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.

553 articles published since 31 Oct 2025

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FG urged to remove electricity subsidies, introduce cost-reflective tariffs

Energy

4 months ago

NPA announces arrival of 33 vessels with fuel, food cargo at Lagos ports

Maritime

4 months ago

Reps give REA MD 24-hour ultimatum to appear over use of multi-billion dollar funds

Energy

4 months ago

LCCI welcomes CBN’s interest rate cut, advises on protection of jobs, industries

Money

4 months ago

Suspected fake BDC operator nabbed by EFCC over multi-million Naira scam

Money

4 months ago

FULL LIST: 12 petrol marketers sign new deal to sell Dangote fuel nationwide

Energy

4 months ago

Cash or transfer: How Nigerians make payment in nightlife transactions

Money

4 months ago

A fresh study by Moniepoint has shown that electronic transfers have overtaken cash as the dominant payment method in Nigeria’s nightlife economy.

FG secures $700,000 ECOWAS grant to electrify 15 schools, health centres with solar

Energy

4 months ago

The Rural Electrification Agency (REA) has secured a $700,000 grant from the ECOWAS Commission to provide solar power to 15 public health and education institutions.

Group launches scholarship for 1,000 indigent Nigerian students, announces requirements

Money

4 months ago

Zinox Group has announced a N10 billion scholarship programme to sponsor 1,000 indigent Nigerian students to study Computer Science in federal universities.

Fire incident: Flights resume at Lagos airport as FAAN activates emergency plans

Industry

4 months ago

Flight operations have resumed at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos after a brief suspension triggered by a fire incident, FAAN has confirmed.

How Tinubu’s executive order on oil revenue can cause job losses – PENGASSAN

Energy

4 months ago

PENGASSAN has raised concerns over possible job losses in Nigeria’s oil and gas industry following an Executive Order by President Tinubu on revenue remittances.

Tinubu approves N2.8tn for GenCos, rejects N6tn electricity subsidy claim

Energy

4 months ago

President Bola Tinubu has approved the payment of N2.8 trillion to GenCos as the federal government’s audited liability for accumulated electricity subsidies.

FG launches $50m impact innovation Fund to support Nigerian startups

Economy

4 months ago

The federal government has formally launched a $50 million Impact Innovation Fund aimed at supporting Nigerian startups addressing key social challenges.

Public Alert: NAFDAC raises concern over suspected expired baby formula

Industry

4 months ago

NAFDAC has raised an alert over a suspected revalidated batch of SMA Gold First Infant Milk Formula (900g) reportedly found on sale in a Nigerian state.

NAFDAC bursts warehouse, seizes banned, fake cosmetics worth N3bn

Industry

4 months ago

NAFDAC has uncovered a warehouse filled with banned, counterfeit and unregistered cosmetic products valued at more than N3 billion in Lagos state.

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