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.

4342 articles published since 03 Mar 2022

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"Let the poor breath": TAF urges FG to prioritise needs of PWDs amid economic hardship

"Let the poor breath": TAF urges FG to prioritise needs of PWDs amid economic hardship

Nigeria

a year ago

BREAKING: State speakers back state policing, agree to digitalise plenary proceeding

BREAKING: State speakers back state policing, agree to digitalise plenary proceeding

Nigeria

a year ago

Oronsaye’s report: Tinubu to sack workers? Information minister reacts

Oronsaye’s report: Tinubu to sack workers? Information minister reacts

Nigeria

a year ago

Tragedy in Abia: Son kills 57-year-old father, police react

Tragedy in Abia: Son kills 57-year-old father, police react

Nigeria

a year ago

Nigerian soldiers face court-martial for alleged weapons sale and other offenses

Nigerian soldiers face court-martial for alleged weapons sale and other offenses

Nigeria

a year ago

Kogi Guber Poll: Witnesses in election petition case reportedly abducted in Abuja

Kogi Guber Poll: Witnesses in election petition case reportedly abducted in Abuja

Politics

a year ago

Orosanye Report: FG releases official list of agencies to be merged, subsumed, relocated, scrapped

Orosanye Report: FG releases official list of agencies to be merged, subsumed, relocated, scrapped

Nigeria

a year ago

Bayo Onanuga, the president's special adviser on information and strategy, has highlighted the importance of this action, citing its aim to boost productivity.

Tinubu counters Atiku's proposal for Argentina-style economic model

Tinubu counters Atiku's proposal for Argentina-style economic model

Economy

a year ago

President Bola Tinubu has expressed disapproval of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar's endorsement of Argentina President Javier Milei's policies for Nigeria

Nigeria 'll witness economic growth in 2024 under Tinubu, policy group assures

Nigeria 'll witness economic growth in 2024 under Tinubu, policy group assures

Economy

a year ago

The Independent Media and Policy Initiative (IMPI) forecasts a bright economic future for Nigeria in 2024, drawing on the GDP figures from the last quarter of 2023.

Pro-Tinubu group counters NLC, insists Nigeria will be better off soon

Pro-Tinubu group counters NLC, insists Nigeria will be better off soon

Nigeria

a year ago

Thousands gathered at the National Assembly complex to express their disagreement with the NLC's demonstration against President Bola Ahmed Tinubu

NDLEA records largest seizure of illicit drug at Lagos Airport, 4 suspects arrested

NDLEA records largest seizure of illicit drug at Lagos Airport, 4 suspects arrested

Nigeria

a year ago

The NDLEA has reported the effective disruption of a well-organized criminal syndicate focused on smuggling heroin across several nations of the world.

Deputy speaker: Lawmakers' pay insufficient for demands of job

Deputy speaker: Lawmakers' pay insufficient for demands of job

Nigeria

a year ago

Benjamin Kalu, the Deputy Speaker of the House of Reps, emphasised the necessity of raising the salaries of federal lawmakers to enable them to fulfil their roles

Obasanjo warns of potential shortcomings associated with parliamentary system

Obasanjo warns of potential shortcomings associated with parliamentary system

Politics

a year ago

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo cautioned against the push to transition from the existing presidential system to a parliamentary government in Nigeria.

Fayose: Buhari's administration hindered Nigeria's progress, dragged us 50 years backward

Fayose: Buhari's administration hindered Nigeria's progress, dragged us 50 years backward

Nigeria

a year ago

Former Ekiti governor Ayodele Fayose criticised former President Muhammadu Buhari, asserting that Buhari hasn't brought any prosperity to Nigeria.

Civil war: Ohanaeze demands Gowon's apology over remark

Civil war: Ohanaeze demands Gowon's apology over remark

Nigeria

a year ago

Ohanaeze Ndigbo has called out former Head of State General Yakubu Gowon to tender an apology to the Igbo community for bringing back memories of the Biafra war.

Segun Adeyemi