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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.

5977 articles published since 05 Dec 2017

Author's articles

Insecurity: Nigerian Navy showcases combat readiness, engages in nationwide route march

Insecurity: Nigerian Navy showcases combat readiness, engages in nationwide route march

Nigeria

2 years ago

How NCC's commitment to telecoms sector increased its contributions to Nigeria's GDP

How NCC's commitment to telecoms sector increased its contributions to Nigeria's GDP

Nigeria

2 years ago

Rivers crisis: Group sends Message to Tinubu, IGP over sustained police siege on LG secretariats

Rivers crisis: Group sends Message to Tinubu, IGP over sustained police siege on LG secretariats

Politics

2 years ago

Register Now: Police announce date to start enforcing e-motor registry, car owners to pay over N5k

Register Now: Police announce date to start enforcing e-motor registry, car owners to pay over N5k

Nigeria

2 years ago

"I have left": Atiku's ex-spokesman Daniel Bwala dumps PDP, announces next move

"I have left": Atiku's ex-spokesman Daniel Bwala dumps PDP, announces next move

Politics

2 years ago

BREAKING: 2-storey building collapses in Abuja, many trapped, photos, videos emerge

BREAKING: 2-storey building collapses in Abuja, many trapped, photos, videos emerge

Nigeria

2 years ago

JAMB uncovers 88 universities, others that conducted illegal admissions, list emerges

JAMB uncovers 88 universities, others that conducted illegal admissions, list emerges

Education

2 years ago

JAMB says it has uncovered 88 universities, polytechnics, and other tertiary institutions that conducted illegal admissions during the 2022/2023 admission session.

Plateau collapsed school building updates: 22 students dead, 132 injured

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Plateau collapsed school building updates: 22 students dead, 132 injured

Nigeria

2 years ago

The Plateau state government says a total of 22 victims lost their lives while 132 sustained injuries in the collapsed school building in Jos on Friday morning.

Pastor Adeboye explains how he avoids sexual temptation: "Anointing doesn't turn your body to stone"

Pastor Adeboye explains how he avoids sexual temptation: "Anointing doesn't turn your body to stone"

Nigeria

2 years ago

Pastor Enoch Adeboye, the general overseer of the RCCG, has cautioned gospel ministers and youths, saying no amount of anointing can fight sexual temptation.

FG asked to declare public holiday as Sultan announces start of Islamic New Year 1446 AH

FG asked to declare public holiday as Sultan announces start of Islamic New Year 1446 AH

Nigeria

2 years ago

The federal government has been urged to declare a public holiday as the Sultan of Sokoto announced Sunday, July 7, the first day of Muharram 1446 AH.

US 2024 election: Joe Biden gives "condition" to withdraw from presidential race

US 2024 election: Joe Biden gives "condition" to withdraw from presidential race

US

2 years ago

United States President Joe Biden has jokingly said he would only withdraw from the presidential race if “the Lord Almighty came down” and asked him to.

Rivers crisis takes new twist as Fubara asked to dump PDP, Labour Party reacts

Rivers crisis takes new twist as Fubara asked to dump PDP, Labour Party reacts

Politics

2 years ago

Governor Siminalayi Fubara has been advised to dump the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for another party as the political crisis in Rivers worsens.

Shinkafi lists major causes of insecurity in Northwest, recommends solutions

Shinkafi lists major causes of insecurity in Northwest, recommends solutions

Nigeria

2 years ago

The Patriots for the Advancement of Peace and Social Development (PAPSD) director, Sani Shinkafi, has revealed how to tackle the insecurity in the northwest.

FG giving N50,000 child support to all Nigerian parents? Fact emerges

FG giving N50,000 child support to all Nigerian parents? Fact emerges

Nigeria

2 years ago

The federal government has dismissed as fake news a social media post claiming it is giving N50,000 each as a child support grant to every Nigerian parent.

FG agreed on N155,000 minimum wage with labour unions in Nigeria? Fact emerges

FG agreed on N155,000 minimum wage with labour unions in Nigeria? Fact emerges

Nigeria

2 years ago

The claim by an X user that the federal government had agreed on N155,000 as the new national minimum wage in Nigeria is false. No agreement has been reached.

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