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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.

6065 articles published since 05 Dec 2017

Author's articles

Breaking: Gunmen open fire on police officers at Rivers checkpoint, kill 2

Breaking: Gunmen open fire on police officers at Rivers checkpoint, kill 2

Nigeria

4 years ago

Updated: Confusion over alleged release of Obi Cubana by EFCC

Updated: Confusion over alleged release of Obi Cubana by EFCC

Money

5 years ago

BREAKING: Tension as Imo assembly impeaches deputy speaker

BREAKING: Tension as Imo assembly impeaches deputy speaker

Politics

5 years ago

Ikoyi building collapse: Sanwo-Olu suspends General Manager of LASBCA as death toll rises to 14

Ikoyi building collapse: Sanwo-Olu suspends General Manager of LASBCA as death toll rises to 14

Nigeria

5 years ago

Yinka Odumakin returns: Jubilation as widow of late Afenifere spokesperson Okei-Odumakin gives birth to twins 18 years after last childbirth

Yinka Odumakin returns: Jubilation as widow of late Afenifere spokesperson Okei-Odumakin gives birth to twins 18 years after last childbirth

Family and Relationships

5 years ago

Updated: EFCC interrogates Obi Cubana for money laundering, 2 other offences

Updated: EFCC interrogates Obi Cubana for money laundering, 2 other offences

Money

5 years ago

Breaking: Nigerian governor declares Tuesday, November 2 public holiday, gives reason

Breaking: Nigerian governor declares Tuesday, November 2 public holiday, gives reason

Nigeria

5 years ago

The governor of Bayelsa state, Douye Diri, has declared Tuesday November 2, 2021 as work-free day for residents to celebrate the Annual Thanksgiving service.

Why I visited Buhari in Aso Rock - Tinubu opens up as photos emerge

Why I visited Buhari in Aso Rock - Tinubu opens up as photos emerge

Politics

5 years ago

President Buhari on Sunday, October 31, met behind closed doors with the national leader of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) Bola Tinubu in Aso Rock.

BREAKING: Bala Mohammed for president, Shehu Sani for governor, other banners surface at PDP convention in Abuja

BREAKING: Bala Mohammed for president, Shehu Sani for governor, other banners surface at PDP convention in Abuja

Politics

5 years ago

Posters displaying Bala Mohammed for president, Shehu Sanu for Kaduna governor, among others, have flooded Eagles Square, the venue of the PDP's convention.

Anambra governorship election debate: Live updates as Andy Uba, Soludo, Valentine Ozigbo go head to head

Live

Anambra governorship election debate: Live updates as Andy Uba, Soludo, Valentine Ozigbo go head to head

Politics

5 years ago

Legit.ng brings live updates of the debate organised for the top candidates in the Anambra governorship election scheduled to hold on Saturday, November 6.

Just in: Photos emerge as Buhari, Tinubu, Dangote, others perform Lesser Hajj in Saudi Arabia

Just in: Photos emerge as Buhari, Tinubu, Dangote, others perform Lesser Hajj in Saudi Arabia

Nigeria

5 years ago

President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday, October 28, successfully performed the Umrah (Lesser Hajj) at the Grand Mosque in Makkah in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

List of 6 states owing NECO N1.8bn examination debts

List of 6 states owing NECO N1.8bn examination debts

Education

5 years ago

The National Examination Council (NECO) has said Zamfara, Adamawa, Kano, Gombe, Borno and Niger state governments owe the examination body N1.8 billion debts.

Breaking: Buhari embarks on fresh trip to Europe 2 days after returning from Saudi Arabia

Breaking: Buhari embarks on fresh trip to Europe 2 days after returning from Saudi Arabia

Nigeria

5 years ago

President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday, October 31, departs Abuja for Glasgow in Scotland. The president is scheduled to attend a conference on climate change.

What 25-year-old Suleiman's emergence as PDP national youth leader means - Youth Advocate Kingdom Ogoegbunam reacts

What 25-year-old Suleiman's emergence as PDP national youth leader means - Youth Advocate Kingdom Ogoegbunam reacts

Politics

5 years ago

The Platform for Youth and Women Development's director, Kingdom Ogoegbunam, has congratulated Muhammed Suleiman on his emergence as the PDP's youth leader.

Just in: Photos emerge as Buhari prays for Nigeria at Prophet Muhammed's mosque in Saudi Arabia

Just in: Photos emerge as Buhari prays for Nigeria at Prophet Muhammed's mosque in Saudi Arabia

Nigeria

5 years ago

President Buhari continues his visit to Saudi Arabia with a brief stopover at Madinah where he observed his evening prayers and prayed for peace in Nigeria.

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