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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

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List: 12 terrorists, bandits leaders killed so far in 2021

List: 12 terrorists, bandits leaders killed so far in 2021

Nigeria

5 years ago

Jobs alert: List of prominent government agencies currently recruiting

Jobs alert: List of prominent government agencies currently recruiting

Nigeria

5 years ago

List of top 10 states with highest unemployment rates in Nigeria

List of top 10 states with highest unemployment rates in Nigeria

Business and Economy

5 years ago

Full List: 19 Nigerian students sent to prison without option of fine

Full List: 19 Nigerian students sent to prison without option of fine

Education

5 years ago

Tech Tips: 2 ways to read WhatsApp messages without opening them or letting senders know (explainer)

Tech Tips: 2 ways to read WhatsApp messages without opening them or letting senders know (explainer)

Technology

5 years ago

List of 20 prominent Nigerian politicians who have been in government since 1999

List of 20 prominent Nigerian politicians who have been in government since 1999

Politics

5 years ago

Governor Makinde reveals 3 northern politicians who have indicated interest in contesting presidency in 2023

Governor Makinde reveals 3 northern politicians who have indicated interest in contesting presidency in 2023

Politics

5 years ago

Ahead of the 2023 elections, Governor Makinde of Oyo state says former VP Atiku Abubakar and two others have indicated interest in succeeding President Buhari.

Full list of proposed private universities awaiting FG’s final approval and their locations

Full list of proposed private universities awaiting FG’s final approval and their locations

Education

5 years ago

The National Universities Commission (NUC) on Monday released the list of new proposed universities that are awaiting the federal government’s final approval.

Malam Bako: Nigerian troops kill terrorist who succeeded ISWAP leader Al-Barnawi

Malam Bako: Nigerian troops kill terrorist who succeeded ISWAP leader Al-Barnawi

Nigeria

5 years ago

Days after the death of Abu Musad Al-Barnawi was announced, troops have killed Malam Bako, another leader of the Islamic State in West Africa Province (ISWAP).

Full list of 72 prominent lawyers elevated to SAN emerges

Full list of 72 prominent lawyers elevated to SAN emerges

Nigeria

5 years ago

A total of 72 lawyers have been elevated to the rank of the Senior Advocates of Nigeria (SAN). CJN Tanko Muhammad is expected to swear them in in December.

Age is no barrier to success: Daughter celebrates 91-year-old father named among 72 lawyers elevated to SAN

Age is no barrier to success: Daughter celebrates 91-year-old father named among 72 lawyers elevated to SAN

People

5 years ago

A 91-year-old Professor of Law, Ajagbe Toriola Oyewo, was on Thursday, October 21, named among 72 lawyers who got the new Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) rank.

6 things you need to know as WhatsApp rolls out new feature

6 things you need to know as WhatsApp rolls out new feature

World

5 years ago

WhatsApp has rolled a new feature to secure WhatsApp chats that are backed ups on cloud servers such as Google Drive (Android users) and iCloud (iPhone users).

To God be the glory: Dino Melaye celebrates as he bags master's degree, shares statement of result, Nigerians react

To God be the glory: Dino Melaye celebrates as he bags master's degree, shares statement of result, Nigerians react

Nigeria

5 years ago

Dino Melaye, a former senator who represented Kogi West senatorial district in the eighth Senate, has allegedly bagged a Master's degree in Policy Analysis.

Just in: Panic as gunmen set another police station ablaze in southeast state, free suspects

Just in: Panic as gunmen set another police station ablaze in southeast state, free suspects

Nigeria

5 years ago

Hoodlums on Thursday night, October 21, set the Isiala Mbano local government area divisional police headquarters in Imo state, located at Umuelemai on fire.

Did you say that? Reactions as Senator Shehu Sani says watching Tiwa Savage's tape can make him faint

Did you say that? Reactions as Senator Shehu Sani says watching Tiwa Savage's tape can make him faint

Nigeria

5 years ago

Senator Shehu Sani's statement that watching Tiwa Savage's leaked intimate tape can make him faint has drawn heated reactions from Nigerians on social media.

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