Ridwan Adeola

Education: Higher National Diploma in Mass Communication, The Polytechnic Ibadan (2014), Journalism Clinic’s Fix The Leak masterclass (2021), Google Digital Skills from Google News Initiative (2024)

Experience: Fact-Checking Researcher, Africa Check (2020-2021); Acting Editor of AllNews Nigeria (2020); Editor, Politics Nigeria (2021-2023); Current Affairs/Politics Editor at Legit.ng (2023-present)

Awards: Video Short Feature category (Africa ranking) AIPS awards (2020), Legit.ng's Rookie Reporter of the Year (2023), Legit.ng's Journalist of the Year (2024), Legit.ng’s Current Affairs/Politics Editor of the Year (2024)

Ridwan Adeola Yusuf is a content creator with more than nine years of experience, He is also a Current Affairs Editor at Legit.ng. He holds a Higher National Diploma in Mass Communication from the Polytechnic Ibadan, Oyo State (2014). Ridwan previously worked at Africa Check, contributing to fact-checking research works within the organisation. He is an active member of the Academic Excellence Initiative (AEI). In March 2024, Ridwan completed the full Google News Initiative Lab workshop and his effort was recognised with a Certificate of Completion. Email: ridwan.adeola@corp.legit.ng.

4251 articles published since 27 Apr 2023

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Tribunal: “I see an arrangement for Peter Obi”, Prophet David Elijah makes revelation

Tribunal: “I see an arrangement for Peter Obi”, Prophet David Elijah makes revel...

a year ago

Fact check: Did Labour Party's Peter Obi meet Seyi Tinubu?

Fact check: Did Labour Party's Peter Obi meet Seyi Tinubu?

a year ago

N5bn palliative to states: “Nigerians must hold govs accountable”, Tinubu

N5bn palliative to states: “Nigerians must hold govs accountable”, Tinubu

a year ago

WASSCE: How to wipe out culture of ‘expo’ in Nigeria, education expert reveals

WASSCE: How to wipe out culture of ‘expo’ in Nigeria, education expert reveals

a year ago

Breaking: Wike orders immediate arrest of owner of collapsed Abuja building

Breaking: Wike orders immediate arrest of owner of collapsed Abuja building

a year ago

Wagner Boss: 7 Things to Know About Russia's Yevgeny Prigozhin

Wagner Boss: 7 Things to Know About Russia's Yevgeny Prigozhin

a year ago

Chicago State University: Political analyst predicts what will happen if US court indicts Tinubu

Chicago State University: Political analyst predicts what will happen if US court indicts Tinubu

Jackson Ojo, a political analyst, does not believe former vice-president, Atiku Abubakar, will be successful in his bid to find justice in the United States.

Peter Obi petitioned US court over Tinubu? LP spokesperson opens up

Peter Obi petitioned US court over Tinubu? LP spokesperson opens up

Amid the legal battle, the national publicity secretary of the Labour Party, Obiorah Ifoh, has said Peter Obi did not petition any court in the United States.

Lagos: Why complaints of lopsided appointments will be recurring, former gov'ship candidate reveals

Lagos: Why complaints of lopsided appointments will be recurring, former gov'ship candidate reveals

Tope Balogun, the AA governorship candidate in Lagos state in the 2023 election, has chosen not to condemn Governor Sanwo-Olu over his choice of cabinet members

2023 WASSCE: Why 84% of candidates getting credits in 5 WAEC subjects is bad news, top education expert

2023 WASSCE: Why 84% of candidates getting credits in 5 WAEC subjects is bad news, top education expert

Prince Adesegun Ogungbayi, the board chairman of MIMS, says the news that 84% of WAEC 2023 candidates got credits in five subjects is not worth celebrating.

Revealed: Minister of youth's slot tears APC caucus apart, as 30 leaders back Seyi Tinubu

Revealed: Minister of youth's slot tears APC caucus apart, as 30 leaders back Seyi Tinubu

Youths who are members of the ruling APC are split over who should be named the new minister of youth. Seyi Tinubu is a viable option, according to reports.

Pictures, details emerge as IPOB insurgents reportedly attempt attack on army base, meet waterloo

Pictures, details emerge as IPOB insurgents reportedly attempt attack on army base, meet waterloo

Men of the Nigerian Army have foiled an attack on the Forward Operating Base by the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) fighters in Nigeria's southeast region.

Demolition threat: “FCT is not Rivers”, prominent lawyer tackles Wike, sends message to colleagues

Demolition threat: “FCT is not Rivers”, prominent lawyer tackles Wike, sends message to colleagues

Popular human rights lawyer, Barrister Ifeanyi Ejiofor, has warned FCT minister, Nyesom Wike, against threatening residents to revoke their property titles.

Just In: Tinubu’s new minister breaches law, risks six-month jail term

Just In: Tinubu’s new minister breaches law, risks six-month jail term

Hannatu Musa Musawa, the new minister of art and culture, could be sent to jail if the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) establishes that she defaced the naira.

Niger’s finance minister facing firing squad after coup? Fact emerges

Niger’s finance minister facing firing squad after coup? Fact emerges

Niger’s finance minister Ahmat Jidoud is not the man shown crying in a widely shared video on social media. Rather, it is Marou Amadou, ex-justice minister.

Ridwan Adeola