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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Wike reveals what he's doing as Atiku, PDP leaders stage protest at INEC office

Wike reveals what he's doing as Atiku, PDP leaders stage protest at INEC office

Politics

2 years ago

2023 elections results: Updated list of National Assembly seats won by APC, PDP, Labour Party, others so far

2023 elections results: Updated list of National Assembly seats won by APC, PDP, Labour Party, others so far

Politics

2 years ago

Old Naira notes: 5 key things to know about Supreme Court's final verdict

Old Naira notes: 5 key things to know about Supreme Court's final verdict

Nigeria

2 years ago

Jubilation as Supreme Court finally gives judgment on Naira redesign suit against FG/CBN: Live updates

Jubilation as Supreme Court finally gives judgment on Naira redesign suit against FG/CBN: Live updates

Nigeria

2 years ago

List of 6 states asking Supreme Court to nullify 2023 presidential election

List of 6 states asking Supreme Court to nullify 2023 presidential election

Politics

2 years ago

BREAKING: Peter Obi, Atiku, table crucial requests before court as they seek to unseat Tinubu

BREAKING: Peter Obi, Atiku, table crucial requests before court as they seek to unseat Tinubu

Politics

2 years ago

Full text of Atiku's speech as he rejects Tinubu's victory, reveals next plan

Full text of Atiku's speech as he rejects Tinubu's victory, reveals next plan

Politics

2 years ago

The presidential candidate of the PDP, Atiku Abubakar rejected the result of the February 25 election as he addressed a press conference in Abuja on Thursday.

2023 presidential elections results: Full list of states PDP's Atiku Abubakar won

2023 presidential elections results: Full list of states PDP's Atiku Abubakar won

Politics

2 years ago

Here is a list of states Atiku won in the 2023 presidential election. Though the former VP is not the overall winner, he won the majority votes in 12 states.

US President Biden called for cancellation of Nigeria's 2023 presidential election? Fact emerges

US President Biden called for cancellation of Nigeria's 2023 presidential election? Fact emerges

Politics

2 years ago

The viral screenshot claiming that US President Joe Biden called for Nigeria's 2023 presidential election to be cancelled is false, a report by Dubawa stated.

Peter Obi’s first speech after losing 2023 presidential election: Full text

Peter Obi’s first speech after losing 2023 presidential election: Full text

Politics

2 years ago

After his defeat in the 2023 presidential election, Labour Party (LP) flagbearer, Peter Obi has addressed his supporters and other Nigerians on his next plan.

2023 presidency: Peter Obi finally reveals what he will do after losing to Tinubu

2023 presidency: Peter Obi finally reveals what he will do after losing to Tinubu

Politics

2 years ago

The Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has said he will seek redress in court after losing the 2023 presidential election to APC's Bola Tinubu.

2023 presidential election results: Full list of states APC's Bola Tinubu won

2023 presidential election results: Full list of states APC's Bola Tinubu won

Politics

2 years ago

President-elect Bola Tinubu won the highest votes in 12 states in the just concluded 2023 presidential election. Some of the states include Oyo, Ogun and Ondo.

2023 presidential election results: Full list of states Labour Party's Peter Obi won

2023 presidential election results: Full list of states Labour Party's Peter Obi won

Politics

2 years ago

Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate Peter Obi won 12 states (11 states and the FCT) in the 2023 presidential election. These include Lagos and Delta states

2023 presidential election: Prominent PDP chieftain defects to APC after Tinubu’s victory

2023 presidential election: Prominent PDP chieftain defects to APC after Tinubu’s victory

Politics

2 years ago

Chief Aribogha Johnny, a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Delta state, has formally defected to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).

2023 presidential election: El-Rufai reacts to Tinubu's victory, sends strong message to Kaduna APC

2023 presidential election: El-Rufai reacts to Tinubu's victory, sends strong message to Kaduna APC

Politics

2 years ago

Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna state has reacted to the victory of the APC's Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu in the just concluded 2023 presidential election.

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