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

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Village woman who lived in a shack acquires house, builds big businesses in US years after leaving Nigeria

Village woman who lived in a shack acquires house, builds big businesses in US years after leaving Nigeria

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3 years ago

Man comes home from abroad to find someone building house on his land, 3 returnees who made stunning findings

Man comes home from abroad to find someone building house on his land, 3 returnees who made stunning findings

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3 years ago

History made as Nigerian man Emmanuel Ikechukwu becomes first official Igbo lecturer at Oxford University

History made as Nigerian man Emmanuel Ikechukwu becomes first official Igbo lecturer at Oxford University

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3 years ago

Ladies cause stir at event, step out and spray celebrant expensive wraps of ankara, video goes viral

Ladies cause stir at event, step out and spray celebrant expensive wraps of ankara, video goes viral

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3 years ago

Poor man returns missing expensive smartphone to owner, begs to be given only N1400

Poor man returns missing expensive smartphone to owner, begs to be given only N1400

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3 years ago

Nigerian lady causes stir on campus, shows up for her exam in wedding gown, video sparks mixed reactions

Nigerian lady causes stir on campus, shows up for her exam in wedding gown, video sparks mixed reactions

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3 years ago

Man angry as he visits bae's hostel with truckload of gifts but didn't see her, students mock him in video

Man angry as he visits bae's hostel with truckload of gifts but didn't see her, students mock him in video

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3 years ago

A Nigerian man was embarrassed as he visited his girlfriend's university female hostel unannounced with truck load of gifts but she was nowhere to be found.

Little schoolgirl in long sleeves gives killer waist moves as she dances in front of students in cute video

Little schoolgirl in long sleeves gives killer waist moves as she dances in front of students in cute video

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3 years ago

A little schoolgirl in long sleeves uniform caused quite a stir in public as she burst into slow waist dance moves that left older students screaming in video.

Mum sheds tears as son returns home after 13 years in Canada with a beautiful Oyinbo lady, video causes stir

Mum sheds tears as son returns home after 13 years in Canada with a beautiful Oyinbo lady, video causes stir

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3 years ago

A mother couldn't hold back tears as she broke don upon seeing her son who left home 13 years ago. He returned home with a bag and a beautiful Oyinbo lady.

4-year-old girl who had been missing since 2019 found alive under a staircase, her parents abducted her

4-year-old girl who had been missing since 2019 found alive under a staircase, her parents abducted her

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3 years ago

A 4-year-old girl who had gone missing since 2019 has finally been found under a staircase. Paislee Shultis was abducted by her parents in a makeshift room.

Little girl bends neck as she shows off killer legwork in front of people, leaves guests screaming in video

Little girl bends neck as she shows off killer legwork in front of people, leaves guests screaming in video

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3 years ago

A little girl left guests screaming as she put her dancing skill on display. The talented kid bent her neck as she broke into lovely leg dance moves in clip.

I want to teach people what I know: 67-year-old Nigerian man who made stove that uses only water to cook

I want to teach people what I know: 67-year-old Nigerian man who made stove that uses only water to cook

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3 years ago

The 67-year-old Nigerian man, Hadi Usman, who invented a stove that uses water to cook and doesn't require gas or kerosene has said he wants to teach people.

Female graduate makes colleagues lose focus with hot legwork and 3 other dance videos that broke the internet

Female graduate makes colleagues lose focus with hot legwork and 3 other dance videos that broke the internet

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3 years ago

A young Nigerian lady left her colleagues stunned and awestruck as she showed off impressive leg and hand dance moves on campus to celebrate being a graduate.

Boy, 5, in suit wows crush as he visits her home with chocolates & flowers for Val, gets sweet hug in clip

Boy, 5, in suit wows crush as he visits her home with chocolates & flowers for Val, gets sweet hug in clip

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3 years ago

A boy dressed up in a navy suit as he stormed the home of his crush to ask her to be his Val. He got her a bouquet of flowers, chocolates and stuffed animal.

I was paid about N1,800 for 'short time': Female Libya returnee who was used shares her touching story in clip

I was paid about N1,800 for 'short time': Female Libya returnee who was used shares her touching story in clip

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3 years ago

A female Libya returnee has stated that she was misled into making the trip. According to the lady, she went there for a better living but became a prostitute.

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