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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How FG plans to drive industrialisation of cassava for higher value

Industry

7 months ago

Lagos launches programmes to improve food production, reduce post-harvest losses

Economy

7 months ago

Report lists Nigeria's untapped export products worth billions of dollars

Industry

7 months ago

Dangote Refinery claims responsibility for petrol pump price reduction, gives reasons

Energy

7 months ago

Local refiners demand regulation of crude oil price, lament over inadequate supply

Energy

7 months ago

Nigeria’s baking industry in crisis as over 80,000 bakeries shut down in 4 years

Industry

7 months ago

FG explains how ponmo consumption threatens Nigeria’s leather industry

Industry

7 months ago

The federal government has warned Nigerians against ponmo consumption, arguing that cow skins are more valuable for manufacturing than for consumption.

Senate warns NNPCL to refund unaccounted trillions of naira as Ojulari snubs panel hearing

Energy

7 months ago

The Nigerian Senate has ordered the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) to refund missing N210 trillion, rejecting the Group CEO's explanation.

“It protects small investors”: FG clarifies new capital gains tax rules

Capital Market

7 months ago

The Federal Government has clarified the new Capital Gains Tax rules to dispel misinformation and misinterpretations, arguing that it would protect small investors.

Major gas investment looms as FG scrutinises 215 projects for $20 billion funding

Energy

7 months ago

The NMDPRA has said it is reviewing 215 gas utilisation projects and it has identified 70 key projects that can unlock investments worth $20 billion.

Enugu DisCo resumes distribution of free prepaid meters, warns residents against bypassing

Energy

7 months ago

The Enugu Electricity Distribution Company (EEDC) has resumed the distribution of free prepaid meters to its customers, while warning against metre bypassing.

Dangote partners with German company to build new fertiliser plants in Lagos

Industry

7 months ago

The Dangote Fertiliser Limited has signed a partnership deal with a German company for the construction of four new urea fertiliser plants in Lagos.

NDIC now empowered to prosecute those behind bank collapses in Nigeria

Money

7 months ago

The Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC) said it has been empowered by new laws to prosecute those responsible for bank collapses and hold them accountable.

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