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.

127 articles published since 31 Oct 2025

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Otedola consolidates grip on First HoldCo, acquires N14.8bn shares, increases ownership stake

Industry

6 days ago

Analysts list consequences of US ban on Nigeria, $4 billion at risk

Economy

6 days ago

Nigeria Customs to sanction banks over failure to remit collected revenue on time

Industry

7 days ago

EKEDC accuses hotels, wealthy Nigerians of widespread electricity theft

Energy

7 days ago

Trouble for economy as debt service, salaries exceed FG's revenue, oil earnings slump in 2025

Economy

7 days ago

Microsoft says it has trained over 4 million Nigerians in five years

Technology

8 days ago

Airtel Africa partners SpaceX to provide Starlink’s service in Nigeria, 13 other countries

Technology

8 days ago

Airtel Africa has partnered with SpaceX to roll out Starlink direct-to-cell satellite services to customers across the 14 countries in which it operates.

Power generation drops as gas pipeline vandalisation affects national grid

Energy

8 days ago

Electricity generation on Nigeria’s national grid has dropped following gas supply constraints caused by gas pipeline vandalism in the upstream supply network.

Nigerian banks rush to raise N4.14trn as CBN recapitalisation deadline nears

Capital Market

8 days ago

Commercial banks are on the rush to raise about N4.14 trillion in fresh capital ahead of the Central Bank of Nigeria’s (CBN) recapitalisation deadline.

FG launches intervention programme to support onion farmers

Industry

9 days ago

The NADF has launched the first phase of its Onion Intervention Programme in Sokoto State to support farmers affected by flooding and climate-related challenges.

CBN revokes licences of Aso Savings, one other bank, gives reasons

Industry

9 days ago

The CBN has revoked the operating licences of Aso Savings and Loans Plc and Union Homes Savings and Loans Plc over violations of banking regulations.

Reps committee summons Benin, Ibadan, Port Harcourt DisCos over N100bn debt to FG

Energy

9 days ago

The House of Representatives has summoned and threatened to sanction IBEDC, BEDC and PHEDC over more than N100 billion allegedly owed to the federal government

FG, states, LGs share N1.9trn as FAAC allocation drops in November

Economy

9 days ago

The Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) has shared a total of N1.928 trillion among the three tiers of government as federation allocation for November.

Nigeria's federation account hits N23trn in 10 months, RMAFC declares

Economy

9 days ago

The federal government has reported a steady rise in inflows into the Federation Account, recording N23.06 trillion as inflows in the first 10 months of 2025.

Nigeria’s inflation rate drops to 14.45% in November, 8th decline in 2025

Economy

10 days ago

Nigeria’s headline inflation rate dropped to 14.45%in November 2025, the eighth decline in the year, following the rebasing of the Consumer Price Index (CPI).

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