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Ridwan Adeola Yusuf

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 & 2025), Legit.ng’s Current Affairs/Politics Editor of the Year (2024)

Ridwan Adeola Yusuf is a content writer 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.

7218 articles published since 27 Apr 2023

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Dollar exchange rate: Omokri attacks Nigerian prophet as naira rises in value, video trends

Dollar exchange rate: Omokri attacks Nigerian prophet as naira rises in value, video trends

Nigeria

2 years ago

UTME 2024: JAMB discloses candidates who would not be allowed to sit exam

UTME 2024: JAMB discloses candidates who would not be allowed to sit exam

Education

2 years ago

‘Authoritative’: Jubilation as Buhari's ex aide says dollar being exchanged at rate below N1000

‘Authoritative’: Jubilation as Buhari's ex aide says dollar being exchanged at rate below N1000

Nigeria

2 years ago

Super Eagles star, Boniface reacts as he makes history, becomes third Nigerian to win Bundesliga

Super Eagles star, Boniface reacts as he makes history, becomes third Nigerian to win Bundesliga

Football

2 years ago

Chibok Girls: CSO lists 4 things Tinubu’s govt must do to ensure security of schools in Nigeria

Chibok Girls: CSO lists 4 things Tinubu’s govt must do to ensure security of schools in Nigeria

Nigeria

2 years ago

Just In: DSS arrests APC chieftain Galadima in Kaduna, reason, details emerge

Just In: DSS arrests APC chieftain Galadima in Kaduna, reason, details emerge

Politics

2 years ago

Nigerian Army reacts as Yoruba Nation rebels invade Ibadan secretariat, hoist flag, photos emerge

Nigerian Army reacts as Yoruba Nation rebels invade Ibadan secretariat, hoist flag, photos emerge

Nigeria

2 years ago

Following the invasion of the Oyo state secretariat in Agodi, Ibadan, by Yoruba Nation agitators, the Nigerian Army has released a statement to provide an update.

BREAKING: Sunday Igboho speaks as Yoruba Nation agitators invade Oyo govt secretariat, hoist flag

BREAKING: Sunday Igboho speaks as Yoruba Nation agitators invade Oyo govt secretariat, hoist flag

Nigeria

2 years ago

Sunday Igboho has said he was not responsible for Saturday's invasion of the Oyo state government's secretariat by some purported Yoruba Nation agitators.

Wike vs Fubara: Primate Ayodele releases “prophetic insight”

Wike vs Fubara: Primate Ayodele releases “prophetic insight”

Politics

2 years ago

Primate Elijah Babatunde Ayodele has unveiled a fresh prophecy concerning Governor Siminalayi Fubara's feud with Nyesom Wike in the oil-rich Rivers state.

Delta state commissioner caught with guns? Fact emerges

Delta state commissioner caught with guns? Fact emerges

Politics

2 years ago

Posts on social media claim that the Delta state commissioner for youth development, Agbateyiniro Weyinmi, was recently caught with a sack containing guns.

Tension as Yoruba Nation agitators invade Oyo secretariat, video emerges

Tension as Yoruba Nation agitators invade Oyo secretariat, video emerges

Nigeria

2 years ago

Yoruba Nation agitators on Saturday, April 13, stormed the Oyo state government's secretariat, causing tension in the area. The police responded.

Dollar exchange rate: Omokri attacks Buhari as naira emerges world's top performing currency

Dollar exchange rate: Omokri attacks Buhari as naira emerges world's top performing currency

Nigeria

2 years ago

Following the rise of the naira, Pastor Reno Omokri has said President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is gradually making Nigerians proud of their country again.

UTME 2024: “Not registration slip”, JAMB discloses document to take to exam centre

UTME 2024: “Not registration slip”, JAMB discloses document to take to exam centre

Nigeria

2 years ago

JAMB on Saturday, April 13, said UTME 2024 candidates should ensure that they don't go to their exam hall with more than a copy of the notification slip.

Betty Anyanwu Akeredolu remarried, got engaged to late husband’s younger brother? Fact emerges

Betty Anyanwu Akeredolu remarried, got engaged to late husband’s younger brother? Fact emerges

Nigeria

2 years ago

Posts on social media claim that Betty Anyanwu-Akeredolu has married her late husband's younger brother. A fact-checking platform investigated this claim.

“A trap”: Tinubu’s top campaigner speaks out on Bobrisky’s jail sentence

“A trap”: Tinubu’s top campaigner speaks out on Bobrisky’s jail sentence

Nigeria

2 years ago

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s top campaigner, Aderonke Ogunleye-Bello, has said a trap was set for Okuneye Idris Olanrewaju, aka Bobrisky, and he fell for it.

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