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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Student loan vs School feeding: Why Tinubu's N150bn scheme can't work in Nigeria, experts reveal

Student loan vs School feeding: Why Tinubu's N150bn scheme can't work in...

Education

a year ago

Betta Edu: Tinubu under pressure to sack minister as CISLAC, HURIWA, SERAP call for probe

Betta Edu: Tinubu under pressure to sack minister as CISLAC, HURIWA, SERAP...

Nigeria

a year ago

"They've upgraded": Rafsanjani schools Osoba over call for unlimited cash deposit to recover loot

"They've upgraded": Rafsanjani schools Osoba over call for unlimited cash...

Nigeria

a year ago

How 75-year-old Attah of Igala's sister, daughter, granddaughter were burnt to death in Kogi

How 75-year-old Attah of Igala's sister, daughter, granddaughter were burnt to...

Nigeria

a year ago

By-election: Winner emerges as APC confirms Reps candidate in Surulere

By-election: Winner emerges as APC confirms Reps candidate in Surulere

Politics

a year ago

How woman abandoned 58-year-old ailing husband in Benin hospital for 6 months, relocated to Lagos

How woman abandoned 58-year-old ailing husband in Benin hospital for 6 months,...

Nigeria

a year ago

Parents of 4-year-old married to 54-year-old man finally break silence

Parents of 4-year-old married to 54-year-old man finally break silence

Nigeria

a year ago

The union between a 4-year-old girl and a 54-year-old man in a Bayelsa is explained by the child's parents as a traditional rite to save the young girl's life.

"A Tribe Called Judah": Peter Obi reacts to Funke Akindele's box office record-breaking movie

"A Tribe Called Judah": Peter Obi reacts to Funke Akindele's box office record-breaking movie

Nigeria

a year ago

Peter Obi, the candidate from the Labour Party in the 2023 general election, has commended the popular film 'A Tribe Called Judah,' created by Funke Akindele.

Igwe Okechuckuwu: How Imo fake doctor duped POS operator of N21m

Igwe Okechuckuwu: How Imo fake doctor duped POS operator of N21m

Nigeria

a year ago

Igwe Gift Okechukwu, a fake doctor has been apprehended by the police for defrauding Anita Chinwe Mathias, a POS operator in Owerri, Imo state, for N21 million.

Rotimi Akeredolu's corpse arrives in Nigeria for burial, photos emerge

Rotimi Akeredolu's corpse arrives in Nigeria for burial, photos emerge

Nigeria

a year ago

The remains of Rotimi Akeredolu, the late former governor of Ondo State, were brought back to Nigeria on Friday, January 5, from Germany, where he passed.

Suspected Boko Haram kill pastor, 5 others in Yobe

Suspected Boko Haram kill pastor, 5 others in Yobe

Nigeria

a year ago

Suspected members of Boko Haram has reportedly murdered Pastor Luka Levong from the Church of Christ In Nations (COCIN) in Kwari, Geidam LGA Yobe State.

Is Nigeria there? Full list of countries that made payments to Donald Trump during presidency

Is Nigeria there? Full list of countries that made payments to Donald Trump during presidency

US

a year ago

Companies linked to ex-U.S. President Donald Trump reportedly received a minimum of $7.8m in payments from 21 countries while serving in the White House.

Nigerian police arrest ‘Gistlover’ handlers, photos emerge

Nigerian police arrest ‘Gistlover’ handlers, photos emerge

Nigeria

a year ago

The Nigerian Police Force's National Cybercrime Center has apprehended three individuals linked to the operation of a microblog known as Gistlover

Fresh crisis rocks education in Enugu as 50% of children can’t read, solve simple math

Fresh crisis rocks education in Enugu as 50% of children can’t read, solve simple math

Education

a year ago

The Enugu State government has raised an alarm over the state of education in the state with 50 per cent of children unable to read and solve basic math.

Plateau killings: Police apprehend 8 suspects in connection to attack in Bokkos, Barkin Ladi LGA

Plateau killings: Police apprehend 8 suspects in connection to attack in Bokkos, Barkin Ladi LGA

Nigeria

a year ago

The Plateau State Police Command has confirmed the arrest of eight suspects linked with the unrest in the Bokkos and Barkin Ladi local government areas.

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