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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

Prominent PDP senator reveals why 2023 general elections may not hold

Prominent PDP senator reveals why 2023 general elections may not hold

Politics

5 years ago

Just in: Details emerge as Osinbajo meets President Buhari, briefs him about key issues

Just in: Details emerge as Osinbajo meets President Buhari, briefs him about key issues

Nigeria

5 years ago

EFCC Saga: Wike advises Okorocha on how to handle his political travails

EFCC Saga: Wike advises Okorocha on how to handle his political travails

Nigeria

5 years ago

INEC threatens to blacklist political parties over violent congresses

INEC threatens to blacklist political parties over violent congresses

Politics

5 years ago

BREAKING: Gunmen reportedly raze another police station in southeast, free detained suspects

BREAKING: Gunmen reportedly raze another police station in southeast, free detained suspects

Nigeria

5 years ago

Escapee from Boko Haram’s den shares disturbing news about many abducted schoolgirls

Escapee from Boko Haram’s den shares disturbing news about many abducted schoolgirls

Nigeria

5 years ago

Panic as police take over venue of Yoruba self-determination rally in Ibadan

Panic as police take over venue of Yoruba self-determination rally in Ibadan

Nigeria

5 years ago

The police have reportedly taken over Mapo Hall, Ibadan the venue of the rally organised by Ilana Odua to sensitise people about the Yoruba secession agitation.

Breaking: Nigerian soldiers storm bandits’ hideout in Benue, kill 5

Breaking: Nigerian soldiers storm bandits’ hideout in Benue, kill 5

Nigeria

5 years ago

Troops of the Nigerian Army on Saturday, April 17, killed five armed bandits who attacked a community in Makurdi local government area (LGA) of Benue state.

Just in: Police arrest security personnel sharing military intelligence with bandits

Just in: Police arrest security personnel sharing military intelligence with bandits

Nigeria

5 years ago

The Zamfara state police command says it has arrested one medical doctor and seven other persons for allegedly aiding and abetting bandits in the northern state

Just in: Anglican reverend joins APC, declares interest in contesting Anambra governorship election

Just in: Anglican reverend joins APC, declares interest in contesting Anambra governorship election

Nigeria

5 years ago

Reverend Godwin Okonkwo on Friday, April 16, declared his support for the APC and his ambition to become the party's guber candidate in the forthcoming poll.

Huge loss for APC as 2 prominent party chieftains defect to PDP with over 1,000 supporters in south-south State

Huge loss for APC as 2 prominent party chieftains defect to PDP with over 1,000 supporters in south-south State

Nigeria

5 years ago

An APC candidate for Delta state House of Assembly in the 2019 polls, Peres Oloye, and the party's publicity secretary, Agodi Agbor, have defected to the PDP.

Akeredulu vs Jegede: Anxiety as tribunal announces date to deliver judgement on Ondo governorship election

Akeredulu vs Jegede: Anxiety as tribunal announces date to deliver judgement on Ondo governorship election

Politics

5 years ago

The Ondo state governorship election petition tribunal has announced that it will deliver the judgement on the petition filed by Eyitayo Jegede on Friday, 23.

Another mass shooting in America as gunman kills 8, takes his own life

Another mass shooting in America as gunman kills 8, takes his own life

Nigeria

5 years ago

A gunman shot eight people dead and injured many others at a FedEx facility in Indianapolis, United States, before taking his own life, police said on Friday.

Heated reactions as CBN moves to place forex ban on importation of 2 important products

Heated reactions as CBN moves to place forex ban on importation of 2 important products

Business and Economy

5 years ago

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has announced plans to include sugar and wheat on the list of import items banned from having access to Foreign Exchange (FX).

263 properties to be demolished in Lagos as Sanwo-Olu inaugurates new rail project

263 properties to be demolished in Lagos as Sanwo-Olu inaugurates new rail project

Nigeria

5 years ago

Lagos governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu has flagged off a new rail project which, when completed, has the capacity to move more than one million commuters daily.

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