Oluwatobi Odeyinka

Education: Oluwatobi earned a BA in Communication and Language Arts from the University of Ibadan

Experience: He worked as a Business Reporter at Nairametrics and as Fact-checker at Ripples Nigeria.

Awards: He is a two-time recipient of the Youth DIgest Campus Journalism Awards, winning the Best Investigative Journalist category.

Oluwatobi Odeyinka is a Business Editor at Legit.ng. He reports on markets, finance, energy, technology, and macroeconomic trends in Nigeria. Before joining Legit.ng, he worked as a Business Reporter at Nairametrics and as a Fact-checker at Ripples Nigeria. His features on energy, culture, and conflict have also appeared in reputable national and international outlets, including Africa Oil+Gas Report, HumAngle, The Republic Journal, The Continent, and the US-based Popula. He is a West African Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI) Journalism Fellow.

267 articles published since 31 Oct 2025

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Despite strong growth, CBN flags serious issue for OPay, Moniepoint, others to address

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NUPRC raises alarm over illegal oil activities in South East, South South

Energy

2 days ago

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Dangote refinery unveils high-capacity gantry with 91 bays for petrol, diesel distribution

Energy

2 days ago

Dangote Refinery to start producing raw material used for detergent manufacturing

Industry

3 days ago

NNPC in talks with Chinese firm over possible investment in Nigeria’s refinery

Energy

3 days ago

FG discloses number of free prepaid meters shared to Nigerians, blames DisCos for slow distribution

Energy

3 days ago

The federal government said it has installed 200,000 smart electricity meters under the $500 million World Bank-backed Distribution Sector Recovery Programme.

Power generation companies disagree as FG announces plan to cut electricity subsidy

Energy

4 days ago

Power Generation Companies (GenCos) have criticised the federal government’s announcement that it would stop bearing electricity subsidy costs alone from 2026.

“Unacceptable”: PETROAN criticises NNPC boss over comments on Dangote, Port Harcourt refineries

Energy

4 days ago

PETROAN has criticised recent comments credited to Bayo Ojulari, in which he said the NNPCL does not have the capacity to operate the Port Harcourt Refinery

Possible blackout in Nigeria as electricity workers threaten strike, present demands to FG

Energy

4 days ago

The Minister of Power has met with electricity workers' unions and TCN management in Abuja to address their grievances following threats of a strike.

Ojulari discloses why NNPC kept operating state refineries despite heavy losses

Energy

4 days ago

Bayo Ojulari has said political pressure was mounted to keep Nigeria’s state-owned refineries operating, despite the facilities recording heavy financial losses.

BudgIT Tracka flags Imo, Lagos, others, among states with fraudulent project delivery

Economy

4 days ago

BudgIT Tracka has identified five states with the highest number of fraudulently delivered projects under Nigeria’s 2024 federal government budget.

FG budget: Top 10 Nigerian states with highest project completion rates

Economy

4 days ago

BudgIT Tracka found that only about 52% of federal government's capital projects under the 2024 budget were completed nationwide, despite claims of good performance.

Nigeria Customs Seizes 12 trucks of rice, ‘Ghanaian Loud’, other items worth billions

Economy

5 days ago

Men of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Zone ‘A’, Ikeja, have intercepted prohibited items valued at N3.32 billion across Lagos and neighbouring areas.

FAAN announces temporary shutdown of Lagos International Airport terminal, sets date

Industry

5 days ago

FAAN has announced plans to temporarily shut down Terminal 1 of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, in March to allow for major rehabilitation works.

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