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Victor Duru

Education: B.Sc in Management Studies, Imo State University, 2020, Digital Journalism Certification, Reuters News Agency, 2021, Google News Initiative Workshop, 2024

Experience: Editor, Infoscope Media (2018 to 2021), Chief Correspondent, IMSU Star Newspapers (2018-2019) and SUG Director Of Information, Imo State University (2018-2020),

Awards: Best Student Journalist 2018 (Nigeria University Association of Management Students, IMSU), National Finalist, 1st National Green Essay Competition (2014), Legit.ng Top Content Editor (2021), Legit.ng Best Human Interest Editor (2021, 2022 & 2025)

Victor Duru is a Reuters-trained, award-winning journalist with over 5 years of working experience in the media industry. He holds a B.Sc in Management Studies from Imo State University, where he was a Students' Union Government Director of Information. Victor is a human interest editor, strategic content creator, freelancer and a Google-certified digital marketer. His work has been featured on the US news media Faith It. He can be reached via victor.duru@corp.legit.ng

9460 articles published since 07 Dec 2020

Author's articles

Man causes buzz inside aeroplane as he proposes to his fiancée, video of epic moment goes viral

Man causes buzz inside aeroplane as he proposes to his fiancée, video of epic moment goes viral

Family and Relationships

3 months ago

University of Lagos graduate shares how her one-year master's program became 5 years

University of Lagos graduate shares how her one-year master's program became 5 years

People

3 months ago

University of Ibadan fresher makes akara in his hostel, video trends as people notice same thing

University of Ibadan fresher makes akara in his hostel, video trends as people notice same thing

People

3 months ago

University of Ibadan gives admissions to 3 Côte D'Ivoire students, their matriculation photos emerge

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University of Ibadan gives admissions to 3 Côte D'Ivoire students, their matriculation photos emerge

Family and Relationships

3 months ago

Bishop Abioye sends powerful message to retired Winners Chapel Vice Bishop Aremu on his birthday

Bishop Abioye sends powerful message to retired Winners Chapel Vice Bishop Aremu on his birthday

Family and Relationships

3 months ago

UK-based man weeps over touching note his younger sister left him with some cash, displays them

UK-based man weeps over touching note his younger sister left him with some cash, displays them

Family and Relationships

3 months ago

Nigerian man whose American wife delivered baby shares total bill US hospital sent them, many react

Nigerian man whose American wife delivered baby shares total bill US hospital sent them, many react

Family and Relationships

3 months ago

A Nigerian man living in the US with his American wife has displayed the total bill that he and his wife were sent by a US hospital after she gave birth to a baby.

Lady awed as her US visa gets approved despite partial visa ban on country, mentions type she did

Lady awed as her US visa gets approved despite partial visa ban on country, mentions type she did

People

3 months ago

A lady has taken to social media to celebrate the success of her US visa application. She said it was successful despite her country being on visa ban.

Man who worked at Fidelity Bank in 2008 before relocating to Germany shares how much he earned then

Man who worked at Fidelity Bank in 2008 before relocating to Germany shares how much he earned then

People

3 months ago

A former banker at Fidelity Bank has gone public with how much he earned in 2008 when he worked for the bank. He was an execituve trainee at the time.

University of Ibadan student mentions how much he paid for hostel accommodation, displays receipt

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University of Ibadan student mentions how much he paid for hostel accommodation, displays receipt

People

3 months ago

A student of the University of Ibadan has shared exclusively with Legit.ng how much he paid as his hostel accommodation fees. He displayed a receipt.

Man finally admitted into University of Ibadan after writing JAMB exam 5 times and post-UTME 7 times

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Man finally admitted into University of Ibadan after writing JAMB exam 5 times and post-UTME 7 times

People

3 months ago

A man has finally become an undergraduate of the University of Ibadan (UI) after writing the JAMB exam five times and post-UTME seven times. He celebrated online.

Pastor Jerry Eze's wife marks her 19th wedding anniversary with message to husband, shares photos

Pastor Jerry Eze's wife marks her 19th wedding anniversary with message to husband, shares photos

Family and Relationships

3 months ago

Pastor Jerry Eze's wife, Pastor Eno Jerry, has celebrated their 19th wedding anniversary on social media, with a heartfelt message to her husband.

Former secondary school head boy shares how he ended up as barber and wrote UTME 3 times

Former secondary school head boy shares how he ended up as barber and wrote UTME 3 times

People

3 months ago

A Nigerian barber has shared his inspiring story on social media, noting that he wrote the UTME three times before he could enter school. He shared old pictures.

Lady amused over banner displayed when she visited her friend who just delivered baby, shares video

Lady amused over banner displayed when she visited her friend who just delivered baby, shares video

Family and Relationships

3 months ago

A lady has taken to social media to show netizens the banner she found at the house of her friend who just delivered a baby. Mixed reactions trailed the banner.

Fashion designer who wrote JAMB exam 4 times enters Nigerian Law School, her story inspires people

Fashion designer who wrote JAMB exam 4 times enters Nigerian Law School, her story inspires people

People

3 months ago

A Nigerian Law School student has inspired many with her story. She revealed that she wrote the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) four times.

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