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Segun Adeyemi

Education: ND Mass Communication Rufus Giwa Polytechnic (2012-2014), BA Mass Communication, Adekunle Ajasin University (2016-2018)

Experience: Metro/Judicial Reporter, Daily Trust (2014-2016), Writer, Economic Confidential (2016-2019), Judicial reporter, Daily Nigerian (2017-2019), Managing Editor, News Digest (2019-2022).

Awards: Co-convener Campus Journalism Awards (2018), Certified digital journalist at Reuters and AFP

Segun Adeyemi is a journalist with over 9 years of experience as an active field reporter, editor, and editorial manager. He has had stints with Daily Trust newspaper, Daily Nigerian, and News Digest. He currently works as an editor for Legit.ng's current affairs and politics desk. He holds a degree in Mass Communication (Adekunle Ajasin University). He is a certified digital reporter by Reuters, AFP and the co-convener of the annual campus journalism awards. Email: segun.adeyemi@corp.legit.ng.

4327 articles published since 03 Mar 2022

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Eid-ul-Fitri: Governor Wike sends warm message to Nigerians

Eid-ul-Fitri: Governor Wike sends warm message to Nigerians

Nigeria

3 years ago

Labour Party crisis lingers as embattled national chairman Abure knows fate May 12

Labour Party crisis lingers as embattled national chairman Abure knows fate May 12

Politics

3 years ago

2023 elections: Full names of new governors-elect emerge

2023 elections: Full names of new governors-elect emerge

Politics

3 years ago

List of APC, PDP, and Labour Party governorship candidates in Bayelsa State

List of APC, PDP, and Labour Party governorship candidates in Bayelsa State

Politics

3 years ago

BREAKING: Labour Party suffers more friction as factional chair suspends 5 excos, sends strong message to Obi

BREAKING: Labour Party suffers more friction as factional chair suspends 5 excos, sends strong message to Obi

Politics

3 years ago

Alleged N3bn fraud: Court makes crucial decision in Gov Yahaya Bello’s nephew’s trial

Alleged N3bn fraud: Court makes crucial decision in Gov Yahaya Bello’s nephew’s trial

Politics

3 years ago

Peter Obi reacts to outcome of Adamawa supplementary polls, sends strong message to Obidients

Peter Obi reacts to outcome of Adamawa supplementary polls, sends strong message to Obidients

Politics

3 years ago

Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the LP in the 2023 election, has asked his supporters to remain calm and show restraint in the face of provocation.

Pandemonium as angry mob stones Keke driver to death for killing passenger over N50

Pandemonium as angry mob stones Keke driver to death for killing passenger over N50

Nigeria

3 years ago

The Bayelsa State Police Command has urged residents of Kpensia in the Yenagoa metropolis to keep calm over the tragic death of a Keke driver and his passenger.

Scrabble for Speakership, SGF, CoS causes dilemma as internal war brews in Tinubu's camp, details emerge

Scrabble for Speakership, SGF, CoS causes dilemma as internal war brews in Tinubu's camp, details emerge

Politics

3 years ago

Allies of Nigeria's president-elect, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, are on the verge of sparking an internal crisis as the scrabble for his cabinet's top positions begins.

Lagos auto-crash: Photos emerge as BRT catches fire, runs into danfo, kills driver, injures passengers

Lagos auto-crash: Photos emerge as BRT catches fire, runs into danfo, kills driver, injures passengers

Nigeria

3 years ago

A yet-to-be-identified danfo bus driver lost his life after his bus somersaulted because of a collision with a Bus Rapid Transit vehicle on Wednesday morning.

BREAKING: Tinubu speaks on outcome of supplementary elections in Adamawa, Kebbi, others

BREAKING: Tinubu speaks on outcome of supplementary elections in Adamawa, Kebbi, others

Politics

3 years ago

President-elect, Bola Tinubu has congratulated the winners of the just-concluded supplementary polls while urging losers to go to court to seek legal redress

Adamawa polls: Atiku congratulates Fintiri, sends strong message to Tinubu

Adamawa polls: Atiku congratulates Fintiri, sends strong message to Tinubu

Politics

3 years ago

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has lauded Governor Ahmadu Fintiri of Adamawa state for his epic victory at the keenly contested gubernatorial election.

"Wike an expired drug about to be taken off the shelf," says Dino Melaye

"Wike an expired drug about to be taken off the shelf," says Dino Melaye

Politics

3 years ago

Senator Dino Melaye has said he does not have time for alcohol-induced individuals, a direct shot he aimed at Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers state on live TV.

Why Peter Obi will never become Nigeria's President, APC chieftain Adamu Garba reveals

Why Peter Obi will never become Nigeria's President, APC chieftain Adamu Garba reveals

Politics

3 years ago

A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress and former lawmaker, Adamu Garba, has again berated the Labour Party’s Peter Obi over his presidential ambition.

37-year-old man allegedly steals N21m from church in Lagos, court makes strong decision

37-year-old man allegedly steals N21m from church in Lagos, court makes strong decision

Nigeria

3 years ago

A Lagos state Magistrate Court has granted bail to a man who allegedly stole the sum of N21 million from a Catholic Church in Alaba, Ojo area of the state.

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