Victor Duru

Education: B.Sc in Management Studies, Imo State University, 2021, 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 Managements Students, IMSU), National Finalist, 1st National Green Essay Competition (2014), Top Content Editor, Legit.ng (2021), Top Article of the Year Award, Legit.ng (2022)

Victor Duru is a Reuters-trained award-winning journalist with over 4 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 US news media Faith It. He can be reached via victor.duru@corp.legit.ng

7982 articles published since 07 Dec 2020

Author's articles

Young lady tells traffic officer she likes him, gifts him rose for Val and cash, he blushes in cute video

Young lady tells traffic officer she likes him, gifts him rose for Val and cash,...

People

3 years ago

How did she do it? Plus-size Oyinbo lady steals show at gathering, shows sweet Nigerian dance moves in video

How did she do it? Plus-size Oyinbo lady steals show at gathering, shows sweet...

People

3 years ago

Man declared dead abroad returns to Nigeria after 5 years to find out that his wife has remarried

Man declared dead abroad returns to Nigeria after 5 years to find out that his...

Family and Relationships

3 years ago

Grandma causes stir in hospital as she meets her twin grandkids for the first time, dances strangely in video

Grandma causes stir in hospital as she meets her twin grandkids for the first...

People

3 years ago

I was taken back to pry 2 from pry 6 - Overall best WAEC student of Lagos school shares his story in video

I was taken back to pry 2 from pry 6 - Overall best WAEC student of Lagos school...

People

3 years ago

It's cold but we'll eat it: African men abroad spotted pounding fufu in snow say in video

It's cold but we'll eat it: African men abroad spotted pounding fufu in snow say...

People

3 years ago

Russian beauty queen unable to close her eyes and smile again after undergoing plastic surgery to look young

Russian beauty queen unable to close her eyes and smile again after undergoing plastic surgery to look young

People

3 years ago

A 43-year-old Russian beauty queen named Yulia Tarasevich is unable to smile or close her eyes again after series of failed surgeries. She has sued the doctors.

Kind bank CEO wows his driver and househelp, gifts them N208m in shares

Kind bank CEO wows his driver and househelp, gifts them N208m in shares

People

3 years ago

A bank CEO has stunned his home and office staff with an unusual financial gesture that will definitely change their lives. He gifted them N208m in shares.

My ex-hubby and mum were having an affair for over 15 years: Lady breaks down in tears in video as she opens up

My ex-hubby and mum were having an affair for over 15 years: Lady breaks down in tears in video as she opens up

Family and Relationships

3 years ago

Soipan Martha has been seeking answers on why her mother decided to betray her by sleeping with her ex-husband for 15 years. Later she even moved in with him.

First-class UNILAG graduate who was 'rejected' in Nigeria gets big job in London, now out of the ocuntry

First-class UNILAG graduate who was 'rejected' in Nigeria gets big job in London, now out of the ocuntry

People

3 years ago

A Nigerian man has stated on Twitter that if Nigeria doesn't value one, another country will. He made this statement as he shared how a friend got a job abroad.

I graduated bottom of my class with a 2.9 CGPA but got a job paying me N103m: Young man reveals, wows many

I graduated bottom of my class with a 2.9 CGPA but got a job paying me N103m: Young man reveals, wows many

People

3 years ago

A young man has got many people talking as he celebrated getting a job offer that pays him N103m monthly despite finishing the bottom of his class in school.

Young man told he'd never talk properly proves doctors wrong as he graduates with a second-class upper

Young man told he'd never talk properly proves doctors wrong as he graduates with a second-class upper

People

3 years ago

A woman has celebrated her autistic son for his academic feat many years after medics told her he would not be able to talk properly or even do well in school.

Big girl in the mud: Reactions as lady holds onto seat firmly in video, breaks sweat as aeroplane takes off

Big girl in the mud: Reactions as lady holds onto seat firmly in video, breaks sweat as aeroplane takes off

People

3 years ago

A hilarious video has shown the moment a young girl developed goosebumps and panicked as an aeroplane took off. She held onto a seat's back firmly for support.

Woman shows off tiny hut made of earthen materials she lives in for 20 years with no electricity & internet

Woman shows off tiny hut made of earthen materials she lives in for 20 years with no electricity & internet

People

3 years ago

A pro-nature woman named Emma has shown off the tiny earthen house she has lived in for the past 20 years. It has no electricity, running water and internet.

Lady who went abroad returns months later to discover one of her kidneys has been removed, now on wheelchair

Lady who went abroad returns months later to discover one of her kidneys has been removed, now on wheelchair

People

3 years ago

Judith Nakintu underwent a mysterious surgery while in Saudi and her boss only told her that she had sustained injuries in an accident. Her kidney was removed.

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