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

7988 articles published since 07 Dec 2020

Author's articles

16-year-old boy suspended after he was caught giving haircut in school toilet gets open cheque

16-year-old boy suspended after he was caught giving haircut in school toilet...

People

3 years ago

Fan pulls Wizkid's shirt and snatches his eye glasses amid security in Warri, viral video stirs reactions

Fan pulls Wizkid's shirt and snatches his eye glasses amid security in Warri,...

Celebrities

3 years ago

Nigerian lady shows off the over N41k gifts her church abroad gave her despite never paying tithes & offerings

Nigerian lady shows off the over N41k gifts her church abroad gave her despite...

People

3 years ago

Nigerian lady gets N1.6m job after she gifted man plantain of N400, social media reacts

Nigerian lady gets N1.6m job after she gifted man plantain of N400, social media...

People

3 years ago

I'm surprised: Brother of 22-year-old Nigerian man who was picked by Twitter's founder to head Bitcoin fund

I'm surprised: Brother of 22-year-old Nigerian man who was picked by Twitter's...

People

3 years ago

For 10 years he has been my son: US lady praises Nigerian man who adopted her as mum, shares his feats abroad

For 10 years he has been my son: US lady praises Nigerian man who adopted her as...

Family and Relationships

3 years ago

40-year-old African woman who gave birth to 44 kids from one man goes viral, video shows house where they live

40-year-old African woman who gave birth to 44 kids from one man goes viral, video shows house where they live

Family and Relationships

3 years ago

A 40-year-old African woman who gave birth to 44 kids from one man has gone viral. An emerging video has shown inside the house where she lives with the kids.

Waitress sacked from work for refusing to share with colleagues the N1.7m tip a customer gave her

Waitress sacked from work for refusing to share with colleagues the N1.7m tip a customer gave her

People

3 years ago

A waitress at Oven and Tap restaurant in Arkansas was recently fired for refusing to share 80 per cent of a N1.7 million tip she had received with colleagues.

Wowed Oyinbo man shares photo after catching his black director cleaning the office floor in the morning

Wowed Oyinbo man shares photo after catching his black director cleaning the office floor in the morning

People

3 years ago

An Oyinbo man has shared photo of his black director who he caught in the morning cleaning the office floor. The Oyinbo hailed the director for his humility.

Oyinbo lady flies out to meet prisoner she fell in love with after exchanging letters, vows to wait for him

Oyinbo lady flies out to meet prisoner she fell in love with after exchanging letters, vows to wait for him

Family and Relationships

3 years ago

A young woman only identified as Katie has revealed she fell in love with a prisoner after writing him letters and flew across continents to meet him in person.

It is usually first-class that celebrate: Grateful Nigerian lady celebrates graduating with 2:2, shares photo

It is usually first-class that celebrate: Grateful Nigerian lady celebrates graduating with 2:2, shares photo

People

3 years ago

A Nigerian lady, Chidiebere offor has taken to social media to celebrate graduating from the university with a second class lower. She appreciated God for it.

12-year-old boy drops out of school, now preaches in marketplaces to provide for his sick dad and grandma

12-year-old boy drops out of school, now preaches in marketplaces to provide for his sick dad and grandma

Family and Relationships

3 years ago

12-year-old Jacob Nestor Yalwala from Chavakali has been forced to drop out of school and preach at marketplaces to fend for his ailing father and grandma.

Homeless shirtless man wows US rapper Rick Ross with his rap skills in throwback video, gets his life changed

Homeless shirtless man wows US rapper Rick Ross with his rap skills in throwback video, gets his life changed

People

3 years ago

A throwback video has captured the moment the life of a homeless man was changed after his rare encounter with American Rapper Rick Ross. The man rapped well.

He needs Christmas clothes: 56-year-old man who has been working as truck pusher for 30 years goes viral

He needs Christmas clothes: 56-year-old man who has been working as truck pusher for 30 years goes viral

People

3 years ago

The sad story of a 56-year-old elderly citizen of Ghana who works as a truck pusher for 30 years now has surfaced online and has got netizens very emotional.

Priceless moment Nigerian dad burst into tears as son surprises him with car gift melts hearts

Priceless moment Nigerian dad burst into tears as son surprises him with car gift melts hearts

Family and Relationships

3 years ago

A video has captured the emotional moment a son gifted his dad a car. The Nigerian dad was overwhelmed with joy and burst into tears on seeing the new whip.

Victor Duru