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

2021 in review: 4 brilliant Nigerian graduates who broke university records that looked impossible to shatter

2021 in review: 4 brilliant Nigerian graduates who broke university records that...

People

3 years ago

Nigerian lady breaks 100-year-old Urhobo tradition as she bags her dad's chieftaincy title, photos wow many

Nigerian lady breaks 100-year-old Urhobo tradition as she bags her dad's...

People

3 years ago

I will never break up with my dead husband, he is always with me: Widow makes stunning revelation in video

I will never break up with my dead husband, he is always with me: Widow makes...

Family and Relationships

3 years ago

Sweet moment beautiful female soldier kissed a corps member & flaunted her ring after he proposed goes viral

Sweet moment beautiful female soldier kissed a corps member & flaunted her...

Family and Relationships

3 years ago

2021 in review: 4 talented Nigerian kids who built aeroplane, motorbike, others with no support

2021 in review: 4 talented Nigerian kids who built aeroplane, motorbike,...

People

3 years ago

Man breaks into tears in video as he reunites with daughter he hadn't seen in 12 years on his 80th birthday

Man breaks into tears in video as he reunites with daughter he hadn't seen in 12...

Family and Relationships

3 years ago

I have no regrets going there: 52-year-old Australian woman who cut her legs after mosquito bit her in Nigeria

I have no regrets going there: 52-year-old Australian woman who cut her legs after mosquito bit her in Nigeria

People

3 years ago

The 52-year-old Australian woman Stephenie Rodriguez who had 36 surgeries and her legs amputated after mosquito bit her in Nigeria says there are no regrets.

Stephenie Rodriguez: How Oyinbo lady had 36 surgeries & amputated her legs after mosquito bit her in Nigeria

Stephenie Rodriguez: How Oyinbo lady had 36 surgeries & amputated her legs after mosquito bit her in Nigeria

People

3 years ago

A 52-year-old Australian woman identified as Stephenie Rodriguez has had her legs amputated after mosquito bite in Nigeria. The socialite had 36 surgeries.

I built him a house; Landlady cries out as tenant boyfriend leaves her and falls in love with her daughter

I built him a house; Landlady cries out as tenant boyfriend leaves her and falls in love with her daughter

Family and Relationships

3 years ago

A 55-year-old Nairobi woman has been searching for her daughter for a year now after she eloped with her 'stepfather'. The woman dated the man for four years.

Oyinbo man sells his life, divides it into shares for people to buy and control at N413 per share

Oyinbo man sells his life, divides it into shares for people to buy and control at N413 per share

People

3 years ago

After trying unsuccessfully to start a business, a US man named Mike sold his life by dividing it into shares. People from anywhere in the world can buy it.

Delta man who recently wedded two pregnant ladies at once says people who marry one wife are not married yet

Delta man who recently wedded two pregnant ladies at once says people who marry one wife are not married yet

People

3 years ago

Prince Erere Nana, the Delta State man who recently married two pregnant ladies at once has opened up on why he did it. The man spoke on taking a third wife.

2021 in review: 3 parents who gave their young kids outrageous houses, car gifts for their birthdays

2021 in review: 3 parents who gave their young kids outrageous houses, car gifts for their birthdays

Family and Relationships

3 years ago

Some parents made extra efforts in ensuring their kids' birthdays are not forgotten in a hurry by reason of the gifts they give them. One got a car for his kid.

Young millionaire dropped out of Harvard after a semester, lives in a van & eats 40-year-old canned food

Young millionaire dropped out of Harvard after a semester, lives in a van & eats 40-year-old canned food

People

3 years ago

A 26-year-old millionaire identified as Ben Yu dropped out of Harvard University after just a semester to be living in a van. He eats a 40-year-old canned food.

Nigerian lady gets N5m, bungalow and scholarship from Ogun state governor for breaking 29-year-old OAU record

Nigerian lady gets N5m, bungalow and scholarship from Ogun state governor for breaking 29-year-old OAU record

People

3 years ago

A Nigerian lady Dr Joy Oyinlola Adesina has been gifted a bungalow, N5m and scholarship by the Governor of Ogun State Dapo Abiodun for emerging as best student.

He used his textbooks for the case: 19-year-old law student takes hostel landlord to court & wins, gets N466k

He used his textbooks for the case: 19-year-old law student takes hostel landlord to court & wins, gets N466k

People

3 years ago

A stubborn 19-year-old law student dragged his hostel landlord to court and won his first case. The teen used revision textbooks to fight the case for a year.

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