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

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Ministerial appointment: Why President Tinubu Dropped Kwankwaso, Sources Reveal

Ministerial appointment: Why President Tinubu Dropped Kwankwaso, Sources Reveal

Politics

a year ago

House of Reps members to share N54bn for constituency projects, each lawmaker gets N150m

House of Reps members to share N54bn for constituency projects, each lawmaker...

Nigeria

a year ago

BREAKING: President Tinubu appoints new minister, reassigns portfolios

BREAKING: President Tinubu appoints new minister, reassigns portfolios

Politics

a year ago

Isese Day: List of states that have declared Monday public holiday

Isese Day: List of states that have declared Monday public holiday

Nigeria

a year ago

"We reject it": Charly Boy says Peter Obi’s supporters won’t accept rerun poll

"We reject it": Charly Boy says Peter Obi’s supporters won’t accept rerun poll

Politics

a year ago

Wike, other ministers complete documentation ahead of inauguration, photos emerge

Wike, other ministers complete documentation ahead of inauguration, photos...

Politics

a year ago

We can fix refineries in 1 year, Nigerian female engineers tell Tinubu

We can fix refineries in 1 year, Nigerian female engineers tell Tinubu

Nigeria

a year ago

The Association of Professional Women Engineers of Nigeria (APWEN) has asked President Tinubu to give them a chance to fix the nation’s refineries in one year.

"Very painful experience": Peter Obi commiserates with Wizkid as singer loses mother

"Very painful experience": Peter Obi commiserates with Wizkid as singer loses mother

Nigeria

a year ago

Peter Obi has commiserated with Nigerian Grammy Award-winning artiste, Ayodeji Ibrahim Balogun, aka Wizkid, over the death of his mother, Jane Dolapo Balogun.

BREAKING: Tinubu asked to stop Wike, Umahi, other ex-governors from collecting life pensions

BREAKING: Tinubu asked to stop Wike, Umahi, other ex-governors from collecting life pensions

Politics

a year ago

SERAP has asked President Bola Tinubu to stop the ex-governors in his cabinet, including Wike, Umahi and others, from collecting life pensions from their states

Full List: Tinubu-led FG announces new set of appointments

Full List: Tinubu-led FG announces new set of appointments

Nigeria

a year ago

The Bola Tinubu-led federal government has approved the appointment of 11 new Chief Medical Directors (CMDs) for federal medical centres across the country.

Anxiety as Tribunal reserves judgement In suit seeking Ebonyi governor's sack

Anxiety as Tribunal reserves judgement In suit seeking Ebonyi governor's sack

Politics

a year ago

The Ebonyi state governorship election tribunal has reserved judgement in the petition filed by the PDP and APGA candidates challenging Gov Nwifuru's victory.

President Tinubu's likely minister of petroleum revealed

President Tinubu's likely minister of petroleum revealed

Nigeria

a year ago

Like his predecessor Buhari, President Tinubu may have appointed himself the minister of petroleum resources and the newly created Ministry of Gas Resources.

Atiku or Tinubu? PDP youth leader reveals who Tribunal should declare as winner of 2023 presidential election

Atiku or Tinubu? PDP youth leader reveals who Tribunal should declare as winner of 2023 presidential election

Politics

a year ago

The PDP national youth leader, Muhammed Kadade, has said that heavens will not fall if the presidential election petitions tribunal sacks President Tinubu.

BREAKING: Mali, Burkina Faso tackle ECOWAS, deploy warplanes in Niger Republic

BREAKING: Mali, Burkina Faso tackle ECOWAS, deploy warplanes in Niger Republic

Africa

a year ago

Burkina Faso and Mali have deployed warplanes in the Niger Republic in readiness to defend the junta against the ECOWAS troops waiting for the order to strike.

BREAKING: Details Emerge as Abdulsalami Delegation Fails to Meet Niger Republic Coup Leader

BREAKING: Details Emerge as Abdulsalami Delegation Fails to Meet Niger Republic Coup Leader

Africa

a year ago

Nigeria's ex-military Head of State, Gen Abdulsalami Abubakar (rtd), has led a delegation of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to Niger.

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