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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.

6086 articles published since 05 Dec 2017

Author's articles

List: 3 key tasks for Okonjo-Iweala as she makes history, becomes WTO's DG

List: 3 key tasks for Okonjo-Iweala as she makes history, becomes WTO's DG

Business and Economy

5 years ago

Breaking: Okonjo-Iweala finally appointed as WTO DG

Breaking: Okonjo-Iweala finally appointed as WTO DG

Nigeria

5 years ago

Breaking: Senator Iyiola Omisore finally defects to APC

Breaking: Senator Iyiola Omisore finally defects to APC

Politics

5 years ago

Yoruba-Hausa clash in Ibadan: Act now, Zamfara governor sends strong message to Buhari, Makinde, Nigerians react

Yoruba-Hausa clash in Ibadan: Act now, Zamfara governor sends strong message to Buhari, Makinde, Nigerians react

Nigeria

5 years ago

Presidency says thousands of criminal herders are being tried and convicted, wants police to publish their names

Presidency says thousands of criminal herders are being tried and convicted, wants police to publish their names

Nigeria

5 years ago

Breaking: Sad day as aviation minister loses Chief of Staff, Ibrahim Idris

Breaking: Sad day as aviation minister loses Chief of Staff, Ibrahim Idris

Nigeria

5 years ago

How do we get to this point? Nigerians react as Miyetti Allah defends Bauchi governor, tells FG to allow all Nigerians to carry arms

How do we get to this point? Nigerians react as Miyetti Allah defends Bauchi governor, tells FG to allow all Nigerians to carry arms

Nigeria

5 years ago

Nigeria's influential herders' association, Miyetti Allah, has advised the federal government to allow every Nigerian to bear weapons to defend themselves.

List of 8 major infrastructural projects in Nigeria funded by Chinese loans

List of 8 major infrastructural projects in Nigeria funded by Chinese loans

Nigeria

5 years ago

The federal government has obtained some loans from China in the past years. This piece by Legit.ng lists some of the projects the loans were used to fund.

Number of Nigerians killed by Boko Haram terrorists, bandits, others in 36 states, FCT in 2020 (full list)

Number of Nigerians killed by Boko Haram terrorists, bandits, others in 36 states, FCT in 2020 (full list)

Nigeria

5 years ago

A new report by The Cable Index indicates that 3,326 Nigerians in the 36 states of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) were killed in 2020.

Top 10 countries with the world's most powerful passports in 2021 revealed (full list)

Top 10 countries with the world's most powerful passports in 2021 revealed (full list)

Nigeria

5 years ago

The Henley Passport Index has released its latest report on the power of passports across the world. Japan has the most powerful passport, the index shows.

List: 11 states that attracted zero foreign investments in 2 years

List: 11 states that attracted zero foreign investments in 2 years

Business and Economy

5 years ago

For two years, Bayelsa and 10 other states in Nigeria failed to attract foreign investments, according to a new report by the National Bureau of Statistics.

2023: Trouble for PDP as former Oyo governor who supported Makinde in 2019 set to join APC months after meeting Tinubu

2023: Trouble for PDP as former Oyo governor who supported Makinde in 2019 set to join APC months after meeting Tinubu

Nigeria

5 years ago

Ahead of the 2023 general elections, Sen Rasidi Ladoja, a former governor of Oyo state, is reportedly set to join the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).

Governor Makinde shuts Shasha market, imposes curfew in Ibadan as Hausa/Yoruba clash turns bloody

Governor Makinde shuts Shasha market, imposes curfew in Ibadan as Hausa/Yoruba clash turns bloody

Nigeria

5 years ago

Following the skirmishes reported in Shasha market in Akinyele local government area of Ibadan, Governor Makinde has ordered the immediate closure of the market

Update: Comedian Mr Macaroni, other Lekki Tollgate protesters charged to court

Update: Comedian Mr Macaroni, other Lekki Tollgate protesters charged to court

Nigeria

5 years ago

Emerging reports have indicated that the Nigerian youths arrested over the #OccupyLekkiProtest on Saturday, February 13, are facing trial by a mobile court.

Just in: Tragedy in Kaduna as bandits strike again, kill father and son

Just in: Tragedy in Kaduna as bandits strike again, kill father and son

Nigeria

5 years ago

A father and his son were killed in Baka village, Igabi local government area of Kaduna state when bandits struck in the early hours of Saturday, February 13.

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