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.

270 articles published since 31 Oct 2025

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Nigeria’s cashew industry earns over $400m, stakeholders call it underperforming

Industry

17 days ago

Tinubu approves incentives for Shell’s Bonga oil project, demands FID before 2027 election

Energy

17 days ago

CBN discloses amount paid to insured, uninsured depositors of failed banks in 2025

Money

18 days ago

Heirs Insurance Group opens applications for N9m hackathon for youths

Technology

18 days ago

NMDPRA data shows how much petrol Nigerians consumed in December festive season

Energy

18 days ago

New competition for Spectranet, Smile as NCC issues 6 new licences to internet providers

Technology

18 days ago

CPPE warns Nigerian govt against implementing proposed coke, fanta, other soft drinks

Industry

18 days ago

The Centre for the Promotion of Private Enterprise (CPPE) has advised the federal government and policymakers against implementing a proposed tax on soft drinks.

FCCPC removes non-compliant loan apps from approved register, advises Nigerians

Technology

18 days ago

The FCCPC has begun enforcing new rules against digital money lenders that failed to regularise their operations under Nigeria’s updated digital lending regulations.

Serious inflation: Man compares supermarket receipt in 2020 with 2025

Economy

19 days ago

An X user compared grocery prices from 2020 and 2025, using the same supermarket receipt, showing items, which cost N25,225 five years ago, now sell for N147,050.

FairMoney discloses amount it borrowed Nigerians in 2025

Money

19 days ago

FairMoney has disclosed that it disbursed more than N150 billion in loans to customers across Nigeria in 2025, alongside paying over N7bn as interest on savings.

Domestic refineries seek govt support to increase production, end petrol importation

Energy

19 days ago

Domestic oil refiners in Nigeria have expressed confidence that they could reduce the country’s reliance on fuel imports in 2026, if key challenges are addressed.

FG to raise N900bn as DMO offers high-yield FGN bonds to investors

Capital Market

19 days ago

The federal government has announced plans to raise N900 billion from the domestic debt market through the issuance of Federal Government of Nigeria (FGN) bonds.

Lagos govt announces traffic plan ahead of Lekki-Epe road repair

Economy

20 days ago

The Lagos State Government has said that the rehabilitation of a 20km section of Lekki-Epe road will begin on Sunday, January 25, lasting for about 64 days.

NPA announces arrival of 33 ships carrying petrol, diesel to Lagos ports

Maritime

20 days ago

The NPA has announced that 33 vessels carrying petroleum products and other commodities are expected to arrive at major Lagos ports in January 2026.

IMF forecasts Nigeria's economy to grow faster in 2026, sends strong warning to govt

Economy

20 days ago

The IMF has projected that Nigeria’s economy will expand by 4.4% in 2026, citing gradual improvements in macroeconomic conditions, despite inflationary pressures.

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