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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Nigeria 2023 presidential election: Tinubu, Atiku, Peter Obi, others battle to succeed Buhari (LIVE UPDATES)

Nigeria 2023 presidential election: Tinubu, Atiku, Peter Obi, others battle to succeed Buhari (LIVE UPDATES)

Politics

2 years ago

Legit Poll: Nigerians predict who will win 2023 presidential election

Legit Poll: Nigerians predict who will win 2023 presidential election

Politics

2 years ago

BREAKING: Trouble for PDP as Peter Obi defeats Atiku with over 2,500 votes in Adamawa ward

BREAKING: Trouble for PDP as Peter Obi defeats Atiku with over 2,500 votes in Adamawa ward

Politics

2 years ago

BREAKING: Photos emerge as EFCC operatives storm polling unit where Tinubu is expected to vote

BREAKING: Photos emerge as EFCC operatives storm polling unit where Tinubu is expected to vote

Politics

2 years ago

5 reasons why Labour Party’s Peter Obi will not win 2023 presidential election, Fitch report reveals

5 reasons why Labour Party’s Peter Obi will not win 2023 presidential election, Fitch report reveals

Politics

2 years ago

2023 elections: List of top 10 states with highest number of collected PVCs

2023 elections: List of top 10 states with highest number of collected PVCs

Politics

2 years ago

2023 election: How Nigeria's next president will emerge, according to constitution

2023 election: How Nigeria's next president will emerge, according to constitution

Politics

2 years ago

Ahead of the 2023 presidential election in Nigeria, this Legit.ng explainer sheds light on how the winner will be determined, in line with the 1999 Constitution

Economist Intelligence Unit predicts winner of Nigeria's 2023 presidential election

Economist Intelligence Unit predicts winner of Nigeria's 2023 presidential election

Politics

2 years ago

The EIU has predicted that the presidential candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) Bola Ahmed Tinubu will win the 2023 presidential election.

2023 elections: List of presidential candidates who registered with only WAEC/SSCE certificates

2023 elections: List of presidential candidates who registered with only WAEC/SSCE certificates

Politics

2 years ago

This report by Legit.ng highlights three presidential candidates for the 2023 election who are school cert holders. That is, they submitted SSCE/WAEC to INEC.

Peter Obi, Tinubu or Atiku? Winner emerges as Anap Foundation conducts second poll ahead of 2023 elections

Peter Obi, Tinubu or Atiku? Winner emerges as Anap Foundation conducts second poll ahead of 2023 elections

Politics

2 years ago

Peter Obi, Labour Party presidential candidate, leads Tinubu, Atiku and Kwankwaso in a new poll conducted by NOI Polls and commissioned by Anap Foundation.

The winner of Anap Foundation’s polls is not Peter Obi: Here is why

The winner of Anap Foundation’s polls is not Peter Obi: Here is why

Politics

2 years ago

This analysis shows why Labour Party presidential candidate Peter Obi did not win the two polls by Anap Foundation, contrary to the belief of many Nigerians.

2023 elections: How to check live results from Polling Units on INEC portal

2023 elections: How to check live results from Polling Units on INEC portal

Politics

2 years ago

Ahead of the 2023 elections, this report explains how Nigerians can get access to polling unit results on INEC's Election Result Viewing Portal (IReV Portal).

BREAKING: Photo, details emerge as police arrest prominent House of Reps member with bag containing $498,000

BREAKING: Photo, details emerge as police arrest prominent House of Reps member with bag containing $498,000

Politics

2 years ago

A member of the House of Representatives, Dr Chinyere Igwe, has reportedly been arrested with an unspecified amount of foreign currencies. Igwe, who represents

Reactions as Stears Poll predicts winner of 2023 presidency between Tinubu and Peter Obi

Reactions as Stears Poll predicts winner of 2023 presidency between Tinubu and Peter Obi

Politics

2 years ago

Labour Party and APC members have reacted to Stears Poll which predicted the winner of the 2023 presidential election between Peter Obi and Asiwaju Bola Tinubu.

2023 presidency: Ooni of Ife, other Yoruba Obas from 6 southwest states reveal their anointed candidate

2023 presidency: Ooni of Ife, other Yoruba Obas from 6 southwest states reveal their anointed candidate

Politics

2 years ago

Ahead of the 2023 elections, the Conference of Yoruba Obas has endorsed the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Ahmed Tinubu.

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