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.

269 articles published since 31 Oct 2025

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NCAA orders airlines to add special needs option to ticket booking platforms

Industry

10 days ago

FAAN tariff hike: Cargo agents plan protest over new airport charges

Industry

10 days ago

NCC destroys 450 illegal signal boosters to improve network quality in Nigeria

Technology

10 days ago

Free meters: Agency explains how Nigerians will eventually pay via tariffs

Energy

10 days ago

Nigeria earns N55.5tn from crude oil sales in 2025 as output and prices improve

Energy

10 days ago

Why most aircraft are painted white: 7 key reasons explained

Industry

11 days ago

Oyedele explains why some Nigerians are opposing ongoing tax reforms

Economy

11 days ago

Taiwo Oyedele, chairman of the presidential fiscal policy and tax committee, has disclosed the category of Nigerians who are opposed to the ongoing tax reforms

Customs seizes N36.5m expired raw materials in Lagos, hands over to NAFDAC

Industry

11 days ago

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Kirikiri Lighter Terminal (KLT) Command, has transferred a container of expired raw materials valued at N36.5 million to NAFDAC.

NCAA summons Overland Airways over VAT charges on pre-2026 air tickets

Industry

11 days ago

The NCAA has summoned Overland Airways over a complaint about VAT charged on a ticket purchased in 2025, as airlines were exempt from VAT in the old tax regime.

Nigerian banks face tighter liquidity after CBN’s N3.7 trillion treasury, OMO sales

Money

11 days ago

The CBN withdrew about N3.7 trillion from the banking system through NTB and OMO sales, widening liquidity deficit in the banking system to N2.5 trillion.

“Weather and bird strike”: Airpeace gives reasons for flight delays on Lagos, Abuja routes

Industry

12 days ago

Air Peace has explained the cause of disruptions on some of its domestic flights, Lagos–Port Harcourt, Abuja–Port Harcourt, and Abuja–Owerri flights on Wednesday.

DisCos blame low generation as national grid collapses three times in one month

Energy

12 days ago

DisCos have attributed the latest collapse of Nigeria’s national power grid to low power generation, following a third incident recorded in less than one month.

IATA raises concern as airlines struggle to access billions in ticket revenue worldwide

Industry

12 days ago

IATA says airlines are facing financial pressure due to blocked ticket revenues in several countries, causing about $1.2 billion in airline revenues trapped.

Petrol import costs drop below Dangote refinery price as gantry rate hits N799

Energy

12 days ago

The landing cost of imported petrol, has fallen below the gantry price set by the Dangote Petroleum Refinery following a recent price adjustment by the facility.

FG proposes N30bn for solar mini-grids, inverters in 2026 budget

Economy

13 days ago

The federal government has proposed spending about N30.34 billion on solar mini-grids, inverters and related renewable energy solutions for ministries and agencies.

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