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 +2348054399455.

6142 articles published since 05 Dec 2017

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Breaking: Winner of Abia state governorship election set to be declared as INEC finally resumes collation of results

Breaking: Winner of Abia state governorship election set to be declared as INEC finally resumes collation of results

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2023 governorship elections results: 4 states where INEC is yet to declare winners and why

2023 governorship elections results: 4 states where INEC is yet to declare winners and why

Politics

2 years ago

FG removes excise duty for telecoms services as Pantami gives details

FG removes excise duty for telecoms services as Pantami gives details

Technology

2 years ago

2023 elections: Lagos House of Assembly Speaker Obasa speaks after winning, makes crucial promise

2023 elections: Lagos House of Assembly Speaker Obasa speaks after winning, makes crucial promise

Politics

2 years ago

Delta state governorship election results 2023: Live updates from INEC

Delta state governorship election results 2023: Live updates from INEC

Politics

2 years ago

"I'll do everything to ensure genuine healing takes place": Sanwo-Olu speaks after winning Lagos governorship election

"I'll do everything to ensure genuine healing takes place": Sanwo-Olu speaks after winning Lagos governorship election

Politics

2 years ago

Rukayat Motunrayo Shittu, RMS: The 26-year-old lady fighting for a seat at Kwara House of Assembly

Rukayat Motunrayo Shittu, RMS: The 26-year-old lady fighting for a seat at Kwara House of Assembly

Politics

2 years ago

In this interview with Legit.ng, Rukayat Motunrayo Shittu, speaks about her ambition to represent Owode/Onire Constituency at Kwara State House of Assembly.

Lagos state governorship election results 2023: Live updates as announced by INEC

Lagos state governorship election results 2023: Live updates as announced by INEC

Politics

2 years ago

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) collates official results of the 20 local government areas in the Lagos state 2023 governorship election.

Live results of Nigeria 2023 governorship elections trickle in

Live results of Nigeria 2023 governorship elections trickle in

Politics

2 years ago

Voting has ended and the sorting and counting of votes have commenced in many polling units in the 2023 governorship and state House of Assembly elections.

Katsina State Governorship Election Results 2023: Live Updates as announced by INEC

Katsina State Governorship Election Results 2023: Live Updates as announced by INEC

Politics

2 years ago

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) collates official results of the 34 local government areas in the Katsina state 2023 governorship election.

BREAKING: INEC declares APC’s Dikko Radda winner of Katsina 2023 governorship election after final collation of results

BREAKING: INEC declares APC’s Dikko Radda winner of Katsina 2023 governorship election after final collation of results

Politics

2 years ago

INEC has declared Dikko Radda, APC governorship candidate, as the winner of the 2023 guber election. He defeated his closest rival, Yakubu Lado of the PDP.

BREAKING: INEC declares PDP’s Seyi Makinde winner of Oyo 2023 governorship election after final collation of results

BREAKING: INEC declares PDP’s Seyi Makinde winner of Oyo 2023 governorship election after final collation of results

Politics

2 years ago

INEC has declared Seyi Makinde, PDP governorship candidate, as winner of the 2023 guber election. He defeated his closest rival, Teslim Folarin of the APC.

Oyo state governorship election results 2023: Live updates from INEC

Oyo state governorship election results 2023: Live updates from INEC

Politics

2 years ago

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) collates official results of the 33 local government areas in the Oyo state 2023 governorship election.

BREAKING: Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour rejects Lagos governorship election results as INEC continues collation

BREAKING: Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour rejects Lagos governorship election results as INEC continues collation

Politics

2 years ago

The governorship candidate of the Labour Party in Lagos, Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour, has rejected the results of the guber elections even as the collation continues.

2023 Lagos governorship election results trickle in from polling units: Live Updates

2023 Lagos governorship election results trickle in from polling units: Live Updates

Politics

2 years ago

Voting has ended and results have started trickling in from Polling Units in the Governorship Election in Lagos state. Stay tuned for Legit.ng's live updates.

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