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

8252 articles published since 07 Dec 2020

Author's articles

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

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

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

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

Fuel scarcity: Nigerians react to viral video of fuel being bought at filling station in a tank

Fuel scarcity: Nigerians react to viral video of fuel being bought at filling station in a tank

People

3 years ago

Nelson Mandela's home transformed into luxury hotel, video of its look sparks mixed reactions on social media

Nelson Mandela's home transformed into luxury hotel, video of its look sparks mixed reactions on social media

People

3 years ago

Lady breaks up with boyfriend upon realizing he copied Valentine's Day message he sent her from Google

Lady breaks up with boyfriend upon realizing he copied Valentine's Day message he sent her from Google

People

3 years ago

A young man's relationship is on the verge of a break up because the lady found out his Val's Day message was taken from Google. He begged but she refused.

40-year-old man walks into bank to return N365k mistakenly paid into his account, bank praises him

40-year-old man walks into bank to return N365k mistakenly paid into his account, bank praises him

People

3 years ago

NCBA Bank has showered praises on a man, Stephen Waiganjo, who returned N365k he had received on his M-Pesa after an erroneous deposit at the Nairobi branch.

Video shows Nigerian bride leave her car after hours in traffic, quickly hops on okada to get to wedding

Video shows Nigerian bride leave her car after hours in traffic, quickly hops on okada to get to wedding

Wedding

3 years ago

After being stuck in traffic for hours, a bride in a white gown got down from her car and boarded an okada to get her wedding venue in time. Video goes viral.

It took 3 weeks to complete: Kind Nigerian policewoman builds fine house for poor widow who lived in mud house

It took 3 weeks to complete: Kind Nigerian policewoman builds fine house for poor widow who lived in mud house

People

3 years ago

A Nigerian policewoman, SP Princess Nkeiruka Nwode, has built a house for a poor widow who before now lived in a mud house. It took 3 weeks to be completed.

Pretty lady in heels stuns her boss as she shows off sweet dance moves at the office in viral video

Pretty lady in heels stuns her boss as she shows off sweet dance moves at the office in viral video

People

3 years ago

A pretty lady caused stir at the office as she showed off great dance moves right in front of her boss, She did it while in heels after submitting a document.

Graduates find their old university mate who ran mad on eve of project defense, hug & take him away in video

Graduates find their old university mate who ran mad on eve of project defense, hug & take him away in video

People

3 years ago

Some members of the UNIJOS Alumni found their mentally unstable colleague who ran mad on the eve of his master's degree defense. They took him off the street.

She was head girl, he was a quiet student: Secondary school classmates who married 10 years after graduation

She was head girl, he was a quiet student: Secondary school classmates who married 10 years after graduation

Family and Relationships

3 years ago

A Nigerian woman has narrated how she would later fall in love and marry a man she attended secondary school with. The duo reconnected after about 10 years.

Rev. father steals show from man doing legwork, does focus dance that left students screaming in video

Rev. father steals show from man doing legwork, does focus dance that left students screaming in video

People

3 years ago

A reverend father left students screaming for joy as he impressed them with his dance skill. The pastor broke into a focus dance as he joined a man dancing.

African-American woman who gave birth to 'miracle' baby boy with natural red hairs says nurses were wowed

African-American woman who gave birth to 'miracle' baby boy with natural red hairs says nurses were wowed

People

3 years ago

The report had the young mother sharing that she knew from an ultrasound she took while pregnant that her child is hairy but had no idea he would have red hair.

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