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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.

6085 articles published since 05 Dec 2017

Author's articles

Open grazing ban: Miyetti Allah tables fresh demand in Delta, gives reason

Open grazing ban: Miyetti Allah tables fresh demand in Delta, gives reason

Nigeria

5 years ago

Kanu, Igboho's arrest: Northern group talks tough, reveals what FG should do to bandits, armed herdsmen

Kanu, Igboho's arrest: Northern group talks tough, reveals what FG should do to bandits, armed herdsmen

Nigeria

5 years ago

Lagos LGA elections 2021: Full list of APC, PDP candidates and other important facts to know

Lagos LGA elections 2021: Full list of APC, PDP candidates and other important facts to know

Politics

5 years ago

What would have happened if bandits succeeded in killing Air Force pilot in Zamfara - Buhari's aide reveals

What would have happened if bandits succeeded in killing Air Force pilot in Zamfara - Buhari's aide reveals

Nigeria

5 years ago

Second term shaking or assured? Nigerian governor reveals who will decide his re-election

Second term shaking or assured? Nigerian governor reveals who will decide his re-election

Politics

5 years ago

Amid Sunday Igboho's arrest, Yoruba group kicks against secession, tables fresh demand

Amid Sunday Igboho's arrest, Yoruba group kicks against secession, tables fresh demand

Nigeria

5 years ago

Youth Day of Service 2021: Africa's greatest resource revealed

Youth Day of Service 2021: Africa's greatest resource revealed

Nigeria

5 years ago

Femi Taiwo, executive director of LEAP Africa, has said Africa needs its youths to achieve the SDGs, noting that they are the continent's greatest resource.

2023: Why I will never Join APC, Senator Abaribe opens up, reveals when ruling party's "problem" will start

2023: Why I will never Join APC, Senator Abaribe opens up, reveals when ruling party's "problem" will start

Politics

5 years ago

Enyinaya Abaribe, the minority leader of the Senate, has said he will never defect to the All Progressives Congress (APC) even he is the last person in the PDP.

2023 presidency: PDP chieftain names 2 APC leaders who can make his party lose again

2023 presidency: PDP chieftain names 2 APC leaders who can make his party lose again

Politics

5 years ago

Segun Sowunmi, a PDP chieftain, has named the APC leader, Bola Tinubu, and Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi as the credible threats to his party's chances in 2023.

Tension as another African president survives assassination attempt

Tension as another African president survives assassination attempt

World

5 years ago

The prosecutor general’s office in Madagascar has reportedly said it foiled an assassination attempt on President Andry Rajoelina and arrested several suspects.

Breaking: Many feared killed as gunmen attack police checkpoint in Enugu

Breaking: Many feared killed as gunmen attack police checkpoint in Enugu

Nigeria

5 years ago

About six policemen were allegedly killed by gunmen who attacked their checkpoint along Obeagu Uno-Amodu-Umueze Amechi road in Enugu South local government area

BREAKING: Police rescue 2 abducted Bethel Baptist school students

BREAKING: Police rescue 2 abducted Bethel Baptist school students

Nigeria

5 years ago

Two of the abducted students of Bethel Baptist Secondary school in the Chikun local government area of Kaduna state have been rescued by police operatives.

Just in: Many killed, houses burnt as fresh communal crisis erupts in Benue

Just in: Many killed, houses burnt as fresh communal crisis erupts in Benue

Nigeria

5 years ago

Many people have been reportedly killed in a fresh communal crisis between Ochoro and Bonta communities of the Konshisha local government area of Benue state.

Best news website: Legit.ng emerges finalist in WAN-IFRA 2021 African Digital Media Awards

Best news website: Legit.ng emerges finalist in WAN-IFRA 2021 African Digital Media Awards

Nigeria

5 years ago

Legit.ng, Nigeria's number one news website according to Alexa ranking), has emerged as one of the finalists at the WAN-IFRA 2021 African Digital Media Awards.

Full list of the candidates INEC cleared for the Anambra governorship election

Full list of the candidates INEC cleared for the Anambra governorship election

Politics

5 years ago

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Friday released the list of the certified candidates for the forthcoming Anambra governorship election.

Nurudeen Lawal