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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.

6390 articles published since 05 Dec 2017

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Osun governor Oyetola finally sends names of commissioner-nominees to House of Assembly (full list)

Osun governor Oyetola finally sends names of commissioner-nominees to House of Assembly (full list)

Nigeria

6 years ago

Police arrest 3 dismissed soldiers, 2 ex-navy officers, others for alleged robbery in Lagos

Police arrest 3 dismissed soldiers, 2 ex-navy officers, others for alleged robbery in Lagos

Nigeria

6 years ago

Nigeria included as FAO releases full list of countries in need of external food assistance

Nigeria included as FAO releases full list of countries in need of external food assistance

Nigeria

6 years ago

Full salaries, allowances of President Buhari, Osinbajo, state governors and their deputies

Full salaries, allowances of President Buhari, Osinbajo, state governors and their deputies

Nigeria

6 years ago

How newly introduced deposit charges will be deducted - CBN explains

How newly introduced deposit charges will be deducted - CBN explains

Business and Economy

6 years ago

26-year-old arraigned over N22.2m money laundering as EFCC, FBI joint operation continues (photo)

26-year-old arraigned over N22.2m money laundering as EFCC, FBI joint operation continues (photo)

Nigeria

6 years ago

I have killed 5 girls in Port Harcourt, 7 in Owerri and 3 in Lagos - Suspected serial killer confesses

I have killed 5 girls in Port Harcourt, 7 in Owerri and 3 in Lagos - Suspected serial killer confesses

Nigeria

6 years ago

Gracious David West, the suspected serial killer allegedly responsible for the deaths of over 15 girls in different hotels in Port Harcourt, Owerri and Lagos, has reportedly owned up to the crime.

Nigerian Ediozi Odi gets 6 life sentences, 129 years for human trafficking in South Africa (photo)

Nigerian Ediozi Odi gets 6 life sentences, 129 years for human trafficking in South Africa (photo)

Nigeria

6 years ago

The Gauteng high court in South Africa sentenced an alleged Nigerian national, Ediozi Odi, to six life terms and an additional 129 years after finding him guilty of human trafficking.

Africa's tallest building with 254 apartments, 3-floor penthouse, school, opens in South Africa (photos)

Africa's tallest building with 254 apartments, 3-floor penthouse, school, opens in South Africa (photos)

Nigeria

6 years ago

The Leonardo is a high-rise residential and retail complex strategically located near the Johannesburg Stock Exchange and Sandton City, a premier shopping mall.

Nigeria spends $1.2bn on fish importation every year - Emefiele

Nigeria spends $1.2bn on fish importation every year - Emefiele

Nigeria

6 years ago

Godwin Emefiele, the governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), says about 1.2 billion dollars worth of fish is imported into this country every year.

Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau in brownface racism scandal as 2001 yearbook photo surfaces

Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau in brownface racism scandal as 2001 yearbook photo surfaces

World

6 years ago

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau Justin Trudeau wore brownface makeup to a party at the private school where he was teaching in 2001, according to a photo published by Time Magazine.

7 facts about Folasade Yemi-Esan, the new head of service

7 facts about Folasade Yemi-Esan, the new head of service

Nigeria

6 years ago

President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday, September 18, appointed Folasade Yemi-Esan as the new acting head of service of the federation.

Igbo 2023 presidency: Ngige says APC has no arrangement for zoning, Sagay disagrees

Igbo 2023 presidency: Ngige says APC has no arrangement for zoning, Sagay disagrees

Nigeria

6 years ago

The minister of labour and employment, Senator Chris Ngige, said the Igbo must work hard and negotiate with other zones to achieve its 2023 presidential ambition.

We are watching closely - Afenifere says as Buhari reportedly directs Osinbajo to seek approvals for agencies under him

We are watching closely - Afenifere says as Buhari reportedly directs Osinbajo to seek approvals for agencies under him

Politics

6 years ago

Afenifere, a Yoruba socio-cultural group, has said the Office of the Vice President has been rendered useless, impotent and irrelevant.

Xenophobia: Why we won’t report South Africa to UN - FG explains

Xenophobia: Why we won’t report South Africa to UN - FG explains

Nigeria

6 years ago

The minister of foreign affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, has said the federal government will not present the issue of xenophobic attacks on Nigerians in South Africa at the 74th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York.

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