Sola Sanusi

Education: BA(Ed) English, University of Ilorin (2001), Muck Rack Academy’s Fundamentals of Social Media (2020), Reuter Digital Journalism, GNI Advanced Searches on Social Media (2022), Fighting Misinformation, Advanced Digital Reporting (2024).

Experience: City People Magazine (2003 - 2006), Montage Africa Magazine (2006 - 2007), First Weekly Magazine (2007 - 2008), High Society Magazine (2008 - 2013), Daily Newswatch (2013 - 2014), PRMAfrica (2014 - 2015), Legit.ng (2015 to present).

Awards: Mother Drum Golden Entertainment Writer Recognition Award (2012), Outstanding Achievements in Entertainment Desk Management (Legit.ng 2020), 2023 Legit.ng Outstanding Newsroom Mentor of the Year.

Sola Sanusi is the Head of the Entertainment Desk. She is an astute, veteran entertainment/lifestyle journalist with over two decades of experience in print and digital journalism. Sola has a degree in English from the University of Ilorin, Kwara state. She is a 2005 Celebrity Media Awards nominee and a 2012 Mother Drum Golden Awards Entertainment Writer Recognition recipient. 2025 Women in News: Global Leadership Accelerator fellow. She joined Legit.ng in 2015. Email: sanusi.bodunde@corp.legit.ng.

845 articles published since 09 Jun 2015

Author's articles

Oscars 2020: Academy drops names of some Nigerians on its board for Nollywood entries

Oscars 2020: Academy drops names of some Nigerians on its board for Nollywood...

Nigeria

5 years ago

Popular British musical duo Lighthouse’s lead vocalist Tunde Baiyewu reveals how being Yoruba influences his songs

Popular British musical duo Lighthouse’s lead vocalist Tunde Baiyewu reveals how...

Nigeria

5 years ago

Celebrating British-Nigerian genius Esther Okade who bags PhD before 14, plans to own a bank by 15

Celebrating British-Nigerian genius Esther Okade who bags PhD before 14, plans...

World

5 years ago

US-based Nigerian video director Dapo Fagbenle Iggy Azalea's video hits over 900m views on Youtube

US-based Nigerian video director Dapo Fagbenle Iggy Azalea's video hits over...

World

5 years ago

Exclusive: Most Beautiful Girl in the World Jare Ijalana wins African Child Fashion Personality Award in Ghana

Exclusive: Most Beautiful Girl in the World Jare Ijalana wins African Child...

World

5 years ago

Serena Williams stuns in kimono made by Lagos-based Nigerian designer Jane Michael Ekanem

Serena Williams stuns in kimono made by Lagos-based Nigerian designer Jane...

Entertainment

5 years ago

Women’s Equality Day: Celebrating 5 Muslim women who have changed the world

Women’s Equality Day: Celebrating 5 Muslim women who have changed the world

World

5 years ago

Every August 26, is celebrated as the Women’s Equality Day. Legit.ng is celebrating five selected Muslim women who have been changing the world in remarkable ways.

Celebrities remember late American R&B singer, actress Aaliyah 18 years after

Celebrities remember late American R&B singer, actress Aaliyah 18 years after

World

5 years ago

On Sunday, August 25, 2001, iconic R&B singer, actress and model Aaliyah, died at the age of 22 in a plane crash while flying from the Bahamas to Florida. She is being remembered 18 years after by celebrities.

3 Nigerian students pass international examination, beat others from 1,214 schools in 94 countries in IBDP exam

3 Nigerian students pass international examination, beat others from 1,214 schools in 94 countries in IBDP exam

World

5 years ago

Three Nigerian students have exceeded the world average in 12 subjects in the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme (IBDP) examination.

Meet Brad Pitt doppelganger who makes N440k as fee to grace event as Hollywood actor's lookalike

Meet Brad Pitt doppelganger who makes N440k as fee to grace event as Hollywood actor's lookalike

Entertainment

5 years ago

Nathan Meads claimed he started being approached by movie enthusiasts who thought he looked like the Hollywood actor Brad Pitt 10 years ago.

Zimbabwean Vimbai Chapungu becomes 1st black woman to be crown Miss London

Zimbabwean Vimbai Chapungu becomes 1st black woman to be crown Miss London

World

5 years ago

The year 2019 has seen a lot of black people breaking barriers as Zimbabwean born Vimbai Chapungu has been crowned Miss London. This will be the first time a black woman will hold the title.

Hollywood actor Brad Pitt educates American audience how to pronounce David Oyelowo’s Nigerian surname name

Hollywood actor Brad Pitt educates American audience how to pronounce David Oyelowo’s Nigerian surname name

World

5 years ago

Help has come the way of David Oyelowo as Hollywood actor Brad Pitt took it upon himself to teach David's teaming fans how to pronounce his Yoruba surname, Oyelowo.

Miss England: Newly-crowned queen dumps tiara hours after winning for stethoscope

Miss England: Newly-crowned queen dumps tiara hours after winning for stethoscope

Entertainment

5 years ago

The newly-crowned Miss England has dumped her tiara to resume work as a medical doctor few hours after winning the coveted contest. Bhasha Mukherjee, 23, said she never thought she could win the beauty pageant.

American singer Tamar Braxton talks relationship with Nigerian boyfriend David Adefeso

American singer Tamar Braxton talks relationship with Nigerian boyfriend David Adefeso

World

5 years ago

Tamar Braxton was recently on Arise TV in Lagos, where she shared her experience in Nigeria. The songstress claimed that she was “having a blast” in the country.

Segun Toyin Dawodu: Nigerian who specialises in spinal cord and sports medicine abroad, he is also a lawyer

Segun Toyin Dawodu: Nigerian who specialises in spinal cord and sports medicine abroad, he is also a lawyer

World

5 years ago

In summary, Segun Toyin Dawodu specialises in pain medicine/management, sports medicine, clinical informatics, physical medicine/rehabilitation, spinal cord injury medicine, and electrodiagnostic medicine. He is also a lawyer.

Sola Sanusi