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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.

6394 articles published since 05 Dec 2017

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Mahamat Deby replacing his late father as Chad’s president is coup - Prominent lawyer

Mahamat Deby replacing his late father as Chad’s president is coup - Prominent lawyer

World

5 years ago

Imo varsity shut indefinitely as rift between Okorocha, Uzodinma worsens

Imo varsity shut indefinitely as rift between Okorocha, Uzodinma worsens

Education

5 years ago

BREAKING: FG Declares Public Holiday to Mark Workers’ Day

BREAKING: FG Declares Public Holiday to Mark Workers’ Day

Nigeria

5 years ago

GtextHomes Global Brokers Conference to Lift 12,000 Unemployed Youths

GtextHomes Global Brokers Conference to Lift 12,000 Unemployed Youths

Business and Economy

5 years ago

Southwest, south-south governors send urgent message to Buhari, say Nigeria's security architecture no longer works

Southwest, south-south governors send urgent message to Buhari, say Nigeria's security architecture no longer works

Nigeria

5 years ago

Just in: Tragedy, tension in Benue as suspected herdsmen kill man, wife while returning from farm

Just in: Tragedy, tension in Benue as suspected herdsmen kill man, wife while returning from farm

Nigeria

5 years ago

Just in: Abducted students of federal university in Benue regains freedom

Just in: Abducted students of federal university in Benue regains freedom

Nigeria

5 years ago

Abducted students of the Federal university of Agriculture in Makurdi, Benue state have regained freedom. The police confirmed the development on Wednesday.

Father Mbaka speaks on Imo violence, says Governor Uzodinma is making expensive mistakes

Father Mbaka speaks on Imo violence, says Governor Uzodinma is making expensive mistakes

Nigeria

5 years ago

Father Mbaka, a popular cleric, says the governor of Imo state, Hope Uzodinma, does not pick his phone calls. He also speaks on the security crisis in the state

Sheikh Gumi reveals what caused rise in Kaduna killings, abductions, proposes new solution

Sheikh Gumi reveals what caused rise in Kaduna killings, abductions, proposes new solution

Nigeria

5 years ago

Sheik Ahmed Gumi, a popular Islamic cleric, has attributed the increase in kidnappings in Kaduna state to the bombardment of the camps of the armed bandits.

Just in: APC defeats PDP as INEC declares result of crucial by-election

Just in: APC defeats PDP as INEC declares result of crucial by-election

Nigeria

5 years ago

The APC has won the Rimba/Ebagi councillorship by-election in the Abaji Area Council of the FCT. The party's candidate, Usman Aminu Yizo, polled 964 votes.

Panic as bandits release video of pregnant student abducted in Kaduna

Panic as bandits release video of pregnant student abducted in Kaduna

Nigeria

5 years ago

A pregnant student, one of those abducted from the Federal College of Forestry Mechanisation, Afaka, Kaduna state has urged parents to facilitate their release.

Sheikh Gumi Opens Up on the Outcome of His Negotiation with Bandits

Sheikh Gumi Opens Up on the Outcome of His Negotiation with Bandits

Nigeria

5 years ago

Sheikh Ahmed Gumi, an Islamic cleric, says the armed bandits he recently met with have stopped kidnapping. He also reiterates his call for amnesty for bandits.

Just in: JAMB announces new date for 2021 mock UTME, gives fresh instructions on registration, NIN

Just in: JAMB announces new date for 2021 mock UTME, gives fresh instructions on registration, NIN

Nigeria

5 years ago

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has shifted the 2021 Mock Examination earlier scheduled to hold on Saturday, April 30, to Thursday, May 20.

List: Top 5 most and least terrorised countries in the world in 2020

List: Top 5 most and least terrorised countries in the world in 2020

Nigeria

5 years ago

The GTI published in November 2020 has revealed top five most terrorised country in the world. The new report also reveals top five least terrorised country.

BREAKING: Tension as gunmen set ablaze Federal High Court in southeast state, photos show ruins

BREAKING: Tension as gunmen set ablaze Federal High Court in southeast state, photos show ruins

Nigeria

5 years ago

The Federal High Court Abakaliki in Ebonyi state, Nigeria’s southeast, has been set ablaze by unknown gunmen. The inferno reportedly destroyed court records.

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