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

African woman to put her husband in jail for failing to pay up the N640k he owes her, social media reacts

African woman to put her husband in jail for failing to pay up the N640k he owes...

Family and Relationships

3 years ago

4 of my aunties bet that I'd never attend school: Man celebrates admission into the best university in Nigeria

4 of my aunties bet that I'd never attend school: Man celebrates admission...

People

3 years ago

You're the reason for my successes: Young man says as he gifts parents fully furnished bungalow in cute photos

You're the reason for my successes: Young man says as he gifts parents fully...

People

3 years ago

Killer dancer: Oba of Benin shows off sweet shaku shaku dance moves at event, leaves people jumping in video

Killer dancer: Oba of Benin shows off sweet shaku shaku dance moves at event,...

People

3 years ago

I wasn't having the best outfit: Young Nigerian man rejects juicy bank job he had applied for, gives reason

I wasn't having the best outfit: Young Nigerian man rejects juicy bank job he...

People

3 years ago

World's first floating city by South Korea: It makes its own food, water & can withstand any natural disaster

World's first floating city by South Korea: It makes its own food, water & can...

People

3 years ago

I took back the wig I got for her: Man celebrates breaking up with girlfriend, shares photo that causes stir

I took back the wig I got for her: Man celebrates breaking up with girlfriend, shares photo that causes stir

People

3 years ago

A local Twitter user @Shonny_SA took to social media to share how he took back a wig he had bought for his now ex-girlfriend following their sour break-up.

Homeless Nigerian woman who returned from UK after 25 years receives gig help

Homeless Nigerian woman who returned from UK after 25 years receives gig help

People

3 years ago

Help is set to come the way of the 65-year-old Nigerian woman, Florence Owanogo, who returned from UK after 25 years to find out her tenant sold her house.

Man to become a billionaire as court orders telecom giant to pay him N1.2trn, he first sued them 14 years ago

Man to become a billionaire as court orders telecom giant to pay him N1.2trn, he first sued them 14 years ago

People

3 years ago

Vodacom's "Please Call Me" service developer Nkosana Makate won his latest legal battle against the cellphone company after the high court ruled in his favour.

Nigerian man dragged to court by lady he exposed after she got N1500 from him & failed to show up at his place

Nigerian man dragged to court by lady he exposed after she got N1500 from him & failed to show up at his place

People

3 years ago

A Nigerian lady, Herrie Airtarh, has dragged a man named Lubem Terkula to a Benue Magistrate Court for calling her out after she didn't show up at his place.

Lady in long one-armed dress steals show at wedding with sweet legs & hands dance moves, wows people in video

Lady in long one-armed dress steals show at wedding with sweet legs & hands dance moves, wows people in video

People

3 years ago

Clip of an energetic Ghanaian lady has surfaced online and it is making massive waves. The video showed the female guest showing off cool moves in a long dress.

Sweet moment Dele Momodu stopped his convoy, got down and shook hands of old man waving excitedly goes viral

Sweet moment Dele Momodu stopped his convoy, got down and shook hands of old man waving excitedly goes viral

People

3 years ago

A video has captured the adorable moment PDP Presidential aspirant Dele Momodu stopped his convoy, stepped out and shook the hands of an old man waving at him.

I'm in Europe because of her: Nigerian man reveals why he wept hard at his wedding after wife got him abroad

I'm in Europe because of her: Nigerian man reveals why he wept hard at his wedding after wife got him abroad

People

3 years ago

A Nigerian man, Majekodunmi Abayomi, has shared the real reason he wept profusely on his wedding day. According to him, his wife got him to Europe herself.

Security man feared: Young Nigerian man walks into a bank and screams for no reason, scares everyone in video

Security man feared: Young Nigerian man walks into a bank and screams for no reason, scares everyone in video

People

3 years ago

A young man used a bank in Nigeria as the setting to pull of his usual 'sudden screaming' prank. In a viral video, he arrived a bank and screamed for no reason.

I'm not a thief: Student, 24, who climbed 60ft stadium floodlight in Calabar says God moved him to do it

I'm not a thief: Student, 24, who climbed 60ft stadium floodlight in Calabar says God moved him to do it

People

3 years ago

The young Nigerian man who was rescued on Thursday, February 10 from a 60ft floodlight at the UJ Esuene Stadium, Calabar has said that God moved him to do it.

Victor Duru