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)

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, where he applies his expertise to provide incisive coverage of events. He was named the Political Desk Head of the Year (Nigeria Media Nite-Out Award 2023). He is also a certified fact-checker (Dubawa fellowship, 2020). Contact him at lawal.nurudeen@corp.legit.ng or +2347057737768.

6309 articles published since 05 Dec 2017

Author's articles

Breaking: Sanwo-Olu presents new list of commissioner nominees to Lagos House of Assembly

Breaking: Sanwo-Olu presents new list of commissioner nominees to Lagos House of...

Politics

a year ago

Atiku, Peter Obi vs Tinubu: List of African countries where presidential elections have been nullified

Atiku, Peter Obi vs Tinubu: List of African countries where presidential...

Politics

a year ago

"I'm ready to testify": Obasanjo finally speaks on $6bn Mambilla power contract

"I'm ready to testify": Obasanjo finally speaks on $6bn Mambilla power contract

Nigeria

a year ago

Full Results: Winners emerge in Edo LGA election as PDP clears all seats

Full Results: Winners emerge in Edo LGA election as PDP clears all seats

Politics

a year ago

Just in: Emotional photos as former commissioner in Lagos state Bosun Jeje dies

Just in: Emotional photos as former commissioner in Lagos state Bosun Jeje dies

Nigeria

a year ago

FCT minister Wike ordered demolition of Jabi Motor Park in Abuja?

FCT minister Wike ordered demolition of Jabi Motor Park in Abuja?

Nigeria

a year ago

Afolabi Ghandi Olaoye: What Pastor Adeboye told me, RCCG pastor who has emerged Soun of Ogbomoso reveals

Afolabi Ghandi Olaoye: What Pastor Adeboye told me, RCCG pastor who has emerged Soun of Ogbomoso reveals

Nigeria

a year ago

Afolabi Ghandi Olaoye, the RCCG pastor turned Soun of Ogbomoso, said the General Overseer, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, advised him not to fight what he was born for.

Afolabi Ghandi Olaoye: List of princes who contested for Soun of Ogbomoso crown and how RCCG pastor emerged

Afolabi Ghandi Olaoye: List of princes who contested for Soun of Ogbomoso crown and how RCCG pastor emerged

Nigeria

a year ago

A pastor of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) based in the United States, Ghandi Olaoye, has become the next traditional ruler of Ogbomoso, Oyo state.

From pulpit to palace: 5 prominent Nigerian pastors who became kings

From pulpit to palace: 5 prominent Nigerian pastors who became kings

People

a year ago

Some Nigerian pastors took the unusual steps of leaving the pulpit to become traditional rulers in their communities. This report lists five of the pastors.

Afolabi Ghandi Olaoye: Facts to know about RCCG pastor who has emerged new Soun of Ogbomoso

Afolabi Ghandi Olaoye: Facts to know about RCCG pastor who has emerged new Soun of Ogbomoso

Nigeria

a year ago

Afolabi Ghandi Olaoye, an RCCG pastor, has emerged as the Soun of Ogbomoso, a first-class traditional position in Oyo state. Here are important facts about him.

Appeal Court sacked PDP's Governor Oborevwori? Delta government reacts

Appeal Court sacked PDP's Governor Oborevwori? Delta government reacts

Politics

a year ago

Delta state government, on Thursday, August 31, reacted to the media reports claiming that a Court of Appeal in Abuja has sacked Governor Sheriff Oborevwori.

List of prominent PDP members appointed by President Bola Tinubu

List of prominent PDP members appointed by President Bola Tinubu

Politics

a year ago

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has appointed some key PDP members in his government, including the minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike.

Why I agreed to work with President Tinubu, Wike reveals, speaks on defection to APC

Why I agreed to work with President Tinubu, Wike reveals, speaks on defection to APC

Politics

a year ago

Nyesom Wike, the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) minister, has spoken about why he decided to work with President Bola Ahmed Tinubu despite being a PDP member.

Meet John Major, former British prime minister who once worked in Nigeria as a banker

Meet John Major, former British prime minister who once worked in Nigeria as a banker

Nigeria

a year ago

John Major, former prime minister of the UK once worked in Nigeria as a banker with Standard Bank. He left the country in 1967 after a serious car accident.

Labour Party loses as tribunal gives verdict in Lagos senatorial election

Labour Party loses as tribunal gives verdict in Lagos senatorial election

Politics

a year ago

Tribunal has dismissed the petition filed by the Labour Party candidate for the Lagos Central senatorial district, Dabiri, against the winner, Eshinlokun-Sanni.

Nurudeen Lawal