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.

4918 articles published since 27 Apr 2023

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Breaking: WAEC extends registration for WASSCE private candidates, detail emerges

Breaking: WAEC extends registration for WASSCE private candidates, detail emerges

Education

2 years ago

LP vs Tinubu: "Peter Obi will be president", Pastor Kingsley unveils fresh prophecy

LP vs Tinubu: "Peter Obi will be president", Pastor Kingsley unveils fresh prophecy

Politics

2 years ago

Ondo: Heavy protest rocks FUTA over sudden death of 500-level student, photos emerge

Ondo: Heavy protest rocks FUTA over sudden death of 500-level student, photos emerge

Education

2 years ago

Obi/Atiku vs Tinubu: “This court case is over”, cleric releases prophecy on 2023 election

Obi/Atiku vs Tinubu: “This court case is over”, cleric releases prophecy on 2023 election

Politics

2 years ago

6 key points from Chicago State University's response to Atiku's US case on President Tinubu's certificate

6 key points from Chicago State University's response to Atiku's US case on President Tinubu's certificate

Politics

2 years ago

Breaking: Former customary court president reportedly assassinated

Breaking: Former customary court president reportedly assassinated

Nigeria

2 years ago

WAEC extends registration for WASSCE private candidates, details surfaces

WAEC extends registration for WASSCE private candidates, details surfaces

Education

2 years ago

Registration deadline for 'private' candidates who are applying for the 2023 second series of the West African Examinations Council's WASSCE, has been extended.

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 revelation

Politics

2 years ago

Prophet David Elijah has released a prophecy concerning the legal battle between Peter Obi and President Bola Tinubu over the February presidential election.

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

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

Politics

2 years ago

A viral picture circulating on social media shows Peter Obi, the LP presidential candidate, seemingly conversing with Seyi, the son of President Bola Tinubu.

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

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

Politics

2 years ago

Tinubu has said he cannot give orders to governors on how to distribute the palliatives the FG is giving to cushion the effects of removal of fuel subsidy.

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

Education

2 years ago

'Expo', the slang for exam fraud, can be expunged from Nigeria's education system through promoting reading culture, an expert, Adesegun Ogungbayi, has said.

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

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

Nigeria

2 years ago

Nyesom Wike, the new minister of the FCT, on Thursday, August 24, ordered the immediate arrest of the owner of a two-storey building that collapsed in Abuja.

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

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

Europe

2 years ago

Wagner mercenary group boss, Yevgeny Viktorovich Prigozhin, is believed to have been killed in a plane crash, Russian state media reported Wednesday, August 23.

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

Politics

2 years ago

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

Politics

2 years ago

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.

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