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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.

5982 articles published since 05 Dec 2017

Author's articles

"My son is the supplier": 75-year-old grandma arrested for dealing in illicit drugs in Lagos

"My son is the supplier": 75-year-old grandma arrested for dealing in illicit drugs in Lagos

Nigeria

2 years ago

"His VGC mansion given to FG": Court sends popular drug baron to prison, photos emerge

"His VGC mansion given to FG": Court sends popular drug baron to prison, photos emerge

Nigeria

2 years ago

Appeal court sacks Sokoto PDP lawmaker, declares election inconclusive

Appeal court sacks Sokoto PDP lawmaker, declares election inconclusive

Politics

2 years ago

Matawalle commends Nigerian Army as soldiers kill 30 bandits in Niger state

Matawalle commends Nigerian Army as soldiers kill 30 bandits in Niger state

Nigeria

2 years ago

PDP's Senator Natasha named 2023 Politician of the Year

PDP's Senator Natasha named 2023 Politician of the Year

Politics

2 years ago

FCCPC reportedly bags 2023 Government Agency of the Year award

FCCPC reportedly bags 2023 Government Agency of the Year award

Nigeria

2 years ago

"I tap into this": Pastor Isaac Oyedepo releases prophecies for 2024

"I tap into this": Pastor Isaac Oyedepo releases prophecies for 2024

Nigeria

2 years ago

Pastor Isaac Oyedepo, the founder of the Isaac Oyedepo Evangelistic Ministries and son of Bishop Oyedeop, has released his prophecies for the incoming year 2024.

Nigerians react as Pastor Adeboye says he'd like to die after eating pounded yam on a Sunday

Nigerians react as Pastor Adeboye says he'd like to die after eating pounded yam on a Sunday

Nigeria

2 years ago

Nigerians have reacted to the statement by Pastor Enoch Adejare Adeboye, the RCCG general overseer, that he would like to die on a Sunday after eating pounded yam.

"416 killed": List of 16 communities Nigerian military has mistakenly bombed in 9 years

"416 killed": List of 16 communities Nigerian military has mistakenly bombed in 9 years

Nigeria

2 years ago

Following the Tudun Biri attack, a report reveals airstrike errors by the Nigerian military have killed at least 416 people in 16 communities within nine years.

Rhoda Jatau: Woman sent to prison for condemning Samuel Deborah's killing released after 18 months

Rhoda Jatau: Woman sent to prison for condemning Samuel Deborah's killing released after 18 months

Nigeria

2 years ago

Rhoda Jatau, the woman detained in Bauchi prison for condemning the killing of Samuel Deborah over blasphemy, has regained freedom after CAN's intervention.

"Military has never mistakenly bombed south": Northern Islamic cleric fumes over Kaduna airstrike

"Military has never mistakenly bombed south": Northern Islamic cleric fumes over Kaduna airstrike

Nigeria

2 years ago

Sheikh Yabo, a renowned Islamic scholar, fumes over the mistaken bombing of villagers by the Nigerian Army during the Maulud celebration in Kaduna state.

Concerns as Atiku refuses to release academic records after exposing Tinubu’s

Concerns as Atiku refuses to release academic records after exposing Tinubu’s

Politics

2 years ago

Atiku Abubakar, the PDP's presidential candidate in the 2023 general elections, has refused to release his academic records after exposing Tinubu's.

BREAKING: Ex-NUPENG secretary Frank Kokori dies on 80th birthday

BREAKING: Ex-NUPENG secretary Frank Kokori dies on 80th birthday

Nigeria

2 years ago

Chief Frank Kokori, the ailing elder statesman and former general secretary of the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) is dead.

From Makoko to Italy, China: Nigerian man's floating school idea takes the world by storm, photos amaze many

From Makoko to Italy, China: Nigerian man's floating school idea takes the world by storm, photos amaze many

People

2 years ago

Kunlé Adeyemi, a Nigerian architect has designed an initiative tagged Makoko Floating System (MFS). MFS, he says, is "a simple way to build on water by hand".

Corruption: Court sentences Mauritania's ex-President Aziz to 5 years in jail, confiscates his assets

Corruption: Court sentences Mauritania's ex-President Aziz to 5 years in jail, confiscates his assets

Africa

2 years ago

A court jails the former President of Mauritania, Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, for five years after finding him guilty of money laundering illegally enriching himself.

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