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Nurudeen Lawal

Education: Bachelor of Arts Literature-in-English, Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife (2012). Google News Initiative (GNI) News Lab: Advanced digital reporting, Experimenting with New Formats, Fighting Misinformation (2024)

Experience: Saraba Magazine (Social Media Intern, 2015), Content Editor/Strategist, Lantern Books (2015-2017), Dubawa fact-checking fellow (2020), Solutions Journalism fellow (2022), Oxford Climate Journalism Network (2025)

Awards: Best Head of Desk of the Year (Legit.ng 2024), Political Desk Head of the Year (Nigeria Media Nite-Out Award 2023), Top Politics and Current Affairs editor (Legit.ng)

Nurudeen Lawal is an AFP-certified journalist with a wealth of experience spanning over 8 years. He received his B/Arts degree in Literature in English from OAU. Lawal is the Head of the Politics/CA Desk at Legit.ng. He previously worked at Lantern Books and Saraba Magazine. Lawal was named the Political Desk Head of the Year (Nigeria Media Nite-Out Award 2023). Lawal is a member of the Oxford Climate Journalism Network. He is also a certified fact-checker (Dubawa fellowship, 2020). Contact him at lawal.nurudeen@corp.legit.ng or +2348054399455.

6055 articles published since 05 Dec 2017

Author's articles

Just in: Tension as gunmen kidnap former president Jonathan’s cousin in Bayelsa

Just in: Tension as gunmen kidnap former president Jonathan’s cousin in Bayelsa

Nigeria

4 years ago

Just in: Gunmen shoot police orderly dead, abduct expatriate in Edo

Just in: Gunmen shoot police orderly dead, abduct expatriate in Edo

Nigeria

4 years ago

BREAKING: Former House of Reps member declared wanted in Ebonyi

BREAKING: Former House of Reps member declared wanted in Ebonyi

Nigeria

4 years ago

BREAKING: NLC gives fresh update on planned nationwide protest over petrol subsidy removal

BREAKING: NLC gives fresh update on planned nationwide protest over petrol subsidy removal

Nigeria

4 years ago

FG announces final decision on petrol subsidy removal

FG announces final decision on petrol subsidy removal

Economy

4 years ago

2023: Atiku will serve one term if elected president - Prominent PDP chieftain says, unveils 2027 plan

2023: Atiku will serve one term if elected president - Prominent PDP chieftain says, unveils 2027 plan

Politics

4 years ago

Just in: Tension as gunmen blow up Catholic church in Taraba state, photos emerge

Just in: Tension as gunmen blow up Catholic church in Taraba state, photos emerge

Nigeria

4 years ago

Fleeing gunmen threw an explosive into the Catholic Chapel of St. John’s College, Mutum-Biyu, the headquarters of Gassol local government area of Taraba state.

List: 5 times former vice president Atiku has contested for presidency

List: 5 times former vice president Atiku has contested for presidency

Politics

4 years ago

Nigeria's former vice president, Atiku Abubakar, has so far contested for the presidency five times. There are speculations that he may still contest in 2023.

Just in: Tragedy as popular Nigerian professor slumps, dies

Just in: Tragedy as popular Nigerian professor slumps, dies

Nigeria

4 years ago

Professor of Renewable Energy and Molecular Physics, at the Kaduna State University (KASU), Muhammad Sani Abubakar, died on Friday, January 21, at the age of 67

Just In: Former APC chairman, spokesman, deputy Senate president’s supporters, others defect to PDP

Just In: Former APC chairman, spokesman, deputy Senate president’s supporters, others defect to PDP

Politics

4 years ago

A former chairman of the APC, Cyril Ogodo; immediate past spokesman, Sylvester Imonina, Omo-Agege's supporters and others have defected to the PDP in Delta.

Organs missing as 41-year-old man dies in Anambra hotel, family demands justice

Organs missing as 41-year-old man dies in Anambra hotel, family demands justice

Nigeria

4 years ago

Azubuike Nwokolo, aka Zubby More, was found dead in a hotel room in Amichi, Nnewi South of Anambra state, Some of the deceased's organs were said to be missing.

What I’ll not do if elected Nigeria's president in 2023, Governor Yahaya Bello makes huge promise

What I’ll not do if elected Nigeria's president in 2023, Governor Yahaya Bello makes huge promise

Politics

4 years ago

Yahaya Bello, the governor of Kogi state, has assured Nigerians that he will not betray their trust if he is elected as the president of the country in 2023.

Hanifa: Kano govt revokes licences of all private schools

Hanifa: Kano govt revokes licences of all private schools

Education

4 years ago

The government of Kano has revoked operating licences of all private schools in the state following the brutal killing of Hanifa Abubukar by a school proprietor

2023: Former president Obasanjo speaks on possible return to PDP

2023: Former president Obasanjo speaks on possible return to PDP

Politics

4 years ago

Nigeria's ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo has declared that he will never return to the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) or re-join partisan politics.

Updated: Fuel price may soon rise as NEC reportedly gives new recommendation

Updated: Fuel price may soon rise as NEC reportedly gives new recommendation

Economy

4 years ago

The media report that the FG may increase the price of petrol to N302 per litre in February 2022 as part of the recommendation of the NEC has been debunked.

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