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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

Author's articles

Banditry: Northern governor orders closure of all boarding schools, considers home learning

Banditry: Northern governor orders closure of all boarding schools, considers home learning

Nigeria

5 years ago

Trump ain’t going anywhere: Republicans praise former US president, honour him with large gold-coloured statue

Trump ain’t going anywhere: Republicans praise former US president, honour him with large gold-coloured statue

Politics

5 years ago

Guru Maharaj Ji wants FG to arrest Sheikh Gumi, gives crucial reason

Guru Maharaj Ji wants FG to arrest Sheikh Gumi, gives crucial reason

Nigeria

5 years ago

Virology professor says govt officials should take COVID-19 vaccines first, gives important reason

Virology professor says govt officials should take COVID-19 vaccines first, gives important reason

Nigeria

5 years ago

Just in: Shekau claims responsibility for Maiduguri bombing, sends strong message to Muslims

Just in: Shekau claims responsibility for Maiduguri bombing, sends strong message to Muslims

Nigeria

5 years ago

Emotional photos of wife of air force officer who died in Abuja plane crash as Fayemi pays condolence visit

Emotional photos of wife of air force officer who died in Abuja plane crash as Fayemi pays condolence visit

Nigeria

5 years ago

Sheikh Gumi reacts to Zamfara schoolgirls abduction, issues fresh clarification

Sheikh Gumi reacts to Zamfara schoolgirls abduction, issues fresh clarification

Nigeria

5 years ago

Popular Islamic scholar, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, has said abductors of the Zamfara schoolgirls were not the bandits he recently engaged with in Zamfara forests.

AK-47: Bauchi governor makes U-turn, issues new directive to herdsmen

AK-47: Bauchi governor makes U-turn, issues new directive to herdsmen

Nigeria

5 years ago

Governor Mohammed of Bauchi state has begged herdsmen not to carry AK-47 rifles. He clarified that he only made "a figurative allusion" to the use of the weapon

Just in: Kwara govt puts controversy to rest, approves use of hijab in all public schools

Just in: Kwara govt puts controversy to rest, approves use of hijab in all public schools

Education

5 years ago

The Kwara state government on Thursday approved the use of hijab in all public schools in the state, irrespective of the religious backgrounds of the schools.

Bullets won’t solve banditry - Ex-presidential aspirant reveals cause of north's insecurity, highlights solution

Bullets won’t solve banditry - Ex-presidential aspirant reveals cause of north's insecurity, highlights solution

Nigeria

5 years ago

Adamu Garba, a former presidential aspirant, said on Friday, February 26, that raining bullets on bandits cannot address the security menace in the country.

Just in: Angry parents storm Zamfara school, vandalise properties after kidnap

Just in: Angry parents storm Zamfara school, vandalise properties after kidnap

Nigeria

5 years ago

Some parents of the students of Government Girls Secondary School, Jangebe, Zamfara state, reacted violently following the kidnap of some of the girls on Friday

You are confused: Malami descends heavily on Sagay for saying AGF may not allow new EFCC boss to succeed

You are confused: Malami descends heavily on Sagay for saying AGF may not allow new EFCC boss to succeed

Nigeria

5 years ago

Nigeria's AGF and justice minister, Malami, has reacted to Sagay's allegation that he will interfere in the duties of the new EFCC chairman, Abdulrasheed Bawa.

Just in: Bandits run riot, raid 3 LGAs in Kaduna, kill 18; victims' names released

Just in: Bandits run riot, raid 3 LGAs in Kaduna, kill 18; victims' names released

Nigeria

5 years ago

Bandits have killed 18 people in Giwa, Chikun and Igabi local government areas of Kaduna state. The Kaduna state government confirmed the attacks on Wednesday.

Banditry: Dialogue is not the best option, General Abdulsalami tells governors, reveals what should be done

Banditry: Dialogue is not the best option, General Abdulsalami tells governors, reveals what should be done

Nigeria

5 years ago

General Abdulasalmi Abubakar (rtd), Nigeria's former military head of state, has said negotiation is not the best option to address the menace of banditry.

As fight with Makinde worsens, Fayose speaks on joining APC, reveals how he worked for Fayemi's election

As fight with Makinde worsens, Fayose speaks on joining APC, reveals how he worked for Fayemi's election

Nigeria

5 years ago

The former governor of Ekiti state, Ayodele Fayose, on Wednesday, February 24, disclosed that he has no plan to join the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).

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