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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

2023: Prominent Igbo leader predicts what will happen if Tinubu becomes Nigeria's president

2023: Prominent Igbo leader predicts what will happen if Tinubu becomes Nigeria's president

Nigeria

5 years ago

BREAKING: Senate approves Buhari’s $8.3bn, €490m external loan request, gives reason

BREAKING: Senate approves Buhari’s $8.3bn, €490m external loan request, gives reason

Nigeria

5 years ago

Matawalle under fire as PDP insists Zamfara deputy gov be sworn in as governor

Matawalle under fire as PDP insists Zamfara deputy gov be sworn in as governor

Nigeria

5 years ago

Nnamdi Kanu: Prominent APC chieftain opens up, says IPOB leader ordered his men to behead him, kill his children

Nnamdi Kanu: Prominent APC chieftain opens up, says IPOB leader ordered his men to behead him, kill his children

Nigeria

5 years ago

Just in: Gunmen abduct first-class monarch in Kogi, demand huge ransom

Just in: Gunmen abduct first-class monarch in Kogi, demand huge ransom

Nigeria

5 years ago

Olusegun Osoba: Sanwo-Olu showers praise on prominent APC chieftain as he clocks 82

Olusegun Osoba: Sanwo-Olu showers praise on prominent APC chieftain as he clocks 82

Nigeria

5 years ago

List of 5 INEC commissioners confirmed by Senate emerges as Onochie is rejected

List of 5 INEC commissioners confirmed by Senate emerges as Onochie is rejected

Nigeria

5 years ago

The Nigerian Senate on Tuesday, July 13, confirmed the appointment of five national commissioners for the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).

Job alert: List of 15 important guidelines to note as Nigerian Air Force announces recruitment

Job alert: List of 15 important guidelines to note as Nigerian Air Force announces recruitment

Nigeria

5 years ago

The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has announced a new recruitment drive. The NAF will enlist graduates and postgraduates for training as Direct Short Service Cadets.

List of 8 Nigerian states worst hit by security crisis; they recorded highest deaths in 6 months

List of 8 Nigerian states worst hit by security crisis; they recorded highest deaths in 6 months

Nigeria

5 years ago

With 891 deaths, Borno has topped the list of the states worst hit by security crisis between January and June 2021, according to Council on Foreign Relations.

Full list: Nigerian Army releases recruitment centres nationwide

Full list: Nigerian Army releases recruitment centres nationwide

Nigeria

5 years ago

The Nigerian Army on Sunday, July 11, released the list of recruitment centres for 81 Regular Recruit Intake in all the 36 states of the federation and the FCT.

BREAKING: Senate rejects Onochie as INEC commissioner, gives unexpected reason

BREAKING: Senate rejects Onochie as INEC commissioner, gives unexpected reason

Nigeria

5 years ago

The Senate has rejected Lauretta Onochie as INEC national commissioner, saying her nomination violates the 1999 Constitution on the Federal Character Principle.

BREAKING: Bethel Baptist school student, 2 others rescued, police reveal details

BREAKING: Bethel Baptist school student, 2 others rescued, police reveal details

Nigeria

5 years ago

One of the kidnapped students of Bethel Baptist Secondary school in the Chikun local government area of Kaduna state has been rescued by the security operatives

FCMB announces appointment of Yemisi Edun as new managing director and successor to Adam Nuru

FCMB announces appointment of Yemisi Edun as new managing director and successor to Adam Nuru

Business and Economy

5 years ago

The Board of Directors of FCMB Group Plc has appointed Yemisi Edun as the Managing Director of First City Monument Bank (FCMB) Limited. She succeeds Adam Nuru.

COVID-19: How FG stopped virus spread, disappointed experts - Buhari's minister reveals

COVID-19: How FG stopped virus spread, disappointed experts - Buhari's minister reveals

Nigeria

5 years ago

The minister of interior, Rauf Aregbesola, says Nigeria disappointed experts by handling the coronavirus pandemic well through different proactive measures.

Lagos assembly takes action as hoodlums shoot at lawmaker at APC rally

Lagos assembly takes action as hoodlums shoot at lawmaker at APC rally

Nigeria

5 years ago

After the attack on a colleague, the Lagos House of Assembly has passed a resolution urging Governor Sanwo-Olu to further equip security agencies in the state.

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