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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.

6391 articles published since 05 Dec 2017

Author's articles

Why you cannot blame for irregularities in Akwa Ibom rerun - Akpabio replies PDP as poll continues

Why you cannot blame for irregularities in Akwa Ibom rerun - Akpabio replies PDP as poll continues

Nigeria

6 years ago

Preliminary investigations by police uncover suspected reason Oko Oloyun was murdered

Preliminary investigations by police uncover suspected reason Oko Oloyun was murdered

Nigeria

6 years ago

NLC reacts as Borno governor commences paying N30,000 minimum wage

NLC reacts as Borno governor commences paying N30,000 minimum wage

Nigeria

6 years ago

More trouble for Army chief Hakeem Otiki as court orders interim forfeiture of over N136m traced to him

More trouble for Army chief Hakeem Otiki as court orders interim forfeiture of over N136m traced to him

Nigeria

6 years ago

Many terrorists killed as Boko Haram, ISWAP members reportedly turn guns against each other in Borno

Many terrorists killed as Boko Haram, ISWAP members reportedly turn guns against each other in Borno

Nigeria

6 years ago

Army Officer, 7 soldiers reportedly killed in fresh Boko Haram attack in Borno

Army Officer, 7 soldiers reportedly killed in fresh Boko Haram attack in Borno

Nigeria

6 years ago

Africa's richest woman Isabel Dos Santos accused of corruption

Africa's richest woman Isabel Dos Santos accused of corruption

Nigeria

6 years ago

The richest women in Africa, Isabel Dos Santos, has been accused of mismanagement embezzlement of funds which she was accused of committing while serving as chairperson of Angola's oil company.

Just in: FG issues travel advisory as deadly virus kills 6 in China, over 300 infected

Just in: FG issues travel advisory as deadly virus kills 6 in China, over 300 infected

Entertainment

6 years ago

The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has on Wednesday, January 22, issued a travel advisory following the break out of a deadly virus called Coronavirus broke out in China.

Nigerians react as Tinubu breaks silence on Amotekun, calls for dialogue

Nigerians react as Tinubu breaks silence on Amotekun, calls for dialogue

Nigeria

6 years ago

Bola Tinubu, the national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), on Wednesday, January 22, finally made his position known on Operation Amotekun public.

Breaking: Professor Kabir Bala becomes ABU's vice-chancellor

Breaking: Professor Kabir Bala becomes ABU's vice-chancellor

Education

6 years ago

A former deputy vice-chancellor, Administration, Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria, Professor Kab‎ir Bala, has emerged as the new vice-chancellor of the university.

Ihedioha: Commissioner reacts to reports claiming Wike insulted PDP for protesting against Supreme Court verdict

Ihedioha: Commissioner reacts to reports claiming Wike insulted PDP for protesting against Supreme Court verdict

Nigeria

6 years ago

Governor Wike did not insult the PDP over its protest on Imo Supreme Court judgement, the Rivers state commissioner for information, Paulinus Nsirim says, debunking the reports claiming he did so

Yoruba World Congress begins Amotekun protest in Osun as police, other security agencies keep watch

Yoruba World Congress begins Amotekun protest in Osun as police, other security agencies keep watch

Nigeria

6 years ago

The rally in support of the regional security outfit, Operation Amotekun, created by southwest governors has begun in Osogbo, the capital of Osun state.

Abule-Egba explosion: It's sad church, mosque sited there watched it happen - NNPC boss laments

Abule-Egba explosion: It's sad church, mosque sited there watched it happen - NNPC boss laments

Nigeria

6 years ago

The Group Managing Director (GMD) of the NNPC, Mele Kyari says the Abule-Egba pipeline explosion could have been averted if not for the 'conspiracy of silence' among the residents of the community.

Jonathan, Dickson meet for first time after PDP’s loss in Bayelsa

Jonathan, Dickson meet for first time after PDP’s loss in Bayelsa

Nigeria

6 years ago

Nigeria’s former president, Goodluck Jonathan, and his political protégé, Seriake Dickson, the governor of Bayelsa state, reportedly met each other on Sunday, January 19.

Updated: 5 confirmed dead, 11 buildings affected, 33 trucks burnt as pipeline explosion rocks Abule-Egba in Lagos (video)

Updated: 5 confirmed dead, 11 buildings affected, 33 trucks burnt as pipeline explosion rocks Abule-Egba in Lagos (video)

Nigeria

6 years ago

A pipeline explosion around Ile-Epo, in Abule Egba area of Lagos state on Sunday night, January 19, has left five people killed, according to the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA).

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