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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2023 Nigeria governorship elections begin: Live updates

2023 Nigeria governorship elections begin: Live updates

Politics

2 years ago

2023 governorship polls: Full lists of states APC, PDP or LP may win emerge as EiE, SBM release prediction

2023 governorship polls: Full lists of states APC, PDP or LP may win emerge as EiE, SBM release prediction

Politics

2 years ago

Is president-elect Bola Tinubu hospitalised? Fact emerges

Is president-elect Bola Tinubu hospitalised? Fact emerges

Politics

2 years ago

Photos Emerge as PDP Guber Candidate Jandor Joins Queue, Casts Vote in Ojo: Live Updates

Photos Emerge as PDP Guber Candidate Jandor Joins Queue, Casts Vote in Ojo: Live Updates

Politics

2 years ago

Oyo state 2023 governorship elections; Makinde, Folarin, Adelabu battle for votes: Live Updates

Oyo state 2023 governorship elections; Makinde, Folarin, Adelabu battle for votes: Live Updates

Politics

2 years ago

BREAKING: Tension As EFCC Arrives States Ahead of Election

BREAKING: Tension As EFCC Arrives States Ahead of Election

Politics

2 years ago

Trouble for APC as PDP's campaign DG reportedly defects to Labour Party in Lagos

Trouble for APC as PDP's campaign DG reportedly defects to Labour Party in Lagos

Politics

2 years ago

Dr Seye Dairo, the campaign DG of the PDP Governorship Candidate in Lagos state, Abdul-Azeez Adediran, aka Jandor, may have dumped the PDP for the Labour Party

Who is Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour, the Labour Party governorship candidate who wants to unseat Sanwo-Olu in Lagos?

Who is Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour, the Labour Party governorship candidate who wants to unseat Sanwo-Olu in Lagos?

Politics

2 years ago

Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour, the Labour Party (LP) governorship candidate in Lagos, is riding on Peter Obi's political wave as he seeks to defeat Governor Sanwo-Olu.

Legit Poll: Nigerians predict who will win Lagos 2023 governorship election

Legit Poll: Nigerians predict who will win Lagos 2023 governorship election

Politics

2 years ago

Ahead of the governorship election in Lagos state, Nigerians in a poll conducted by Legit.ng have predicted Labour Party's Rhodes-Vivour will emerge the winner.

2023 elections: List of states where governorship polls will not hold and why

2023 elections: List of states where governorship polls will not hold and why

Politics

2 years ago

In 2023, governorship elections will not hold in eight states according to INEC. The states include: Anambra, Bayelsa, Edo, Ekiti, Imo, Kogi, Osun and Ondo.

2023 elections: List of top Labour Party candidates who have defected to APC

2023 elections: List of top Labour Party candidates who have defected to APC

Politics

2 years ago

Ahead of the 2023 general elections, this report lists some top candidates of the Labour Party who have defected to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).

2023 elections: List of top candidates who have died ahead of polls

2023 elections: List of top candidates who have died ahead of polls

Politics

2 years ago

This report curates a list of top candidates for the 2023 general elections who have died. the PDP governorship in Abia state, Uchenna Ikonne, topped the list.

PDP in trouble as independent poll predicts winner of governorship election in southeast state

PDP in trouble as independent poll predicts winner of governorship election in southeast state

Politics

2 years ago

The governorship candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in Abia state, Alex Otti, has been predicted to win in 2023. Otti's victory was predicted in a poll by Anap.

Trouble for APC as Anap Poll Predicts Winner of Governorship Election in Kano

Trouble for APC as Anap Poll Predicts Winner of Governorship Election in Kano

Politics

2 years ago

A poll conducted by the Anap foundation has predicted that Abba Yusuf of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) will win the governorship election in Kano in 2023

2023: Independent poll predicts winner of governorship election in Kwara state

2023: Independent poll predicts winner of governorship election in Kwara state

Politics

2 years ago

Ahead of 2023, a poll conducted by the Anap foundation has predicted that Gov AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq of the APC will win the governorship election in Kwara.

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