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

8000 articles published since 07 Dec 2020

Author's articles

Schoolgirl on short uniform twerks hard in front of her male teacher, the man sat speechless in viral video

Schoolgirl on short uniform twerks hard in front of her male teacher, the man...

People

3 years ago

Burna Boy's sister Nissi, 2 other talented Nigerians who designed the 2022 Range Rover and an electric car

Burna Boy's sister Nissi, 2 other talented Nigerians who designed the 2022 Range...

People

3 years ago

Man in London cries out after person he sent MacBook Pro in Nigeria received baby doll, shares photos

Man in London cries out after person he sent MacBook Pro in Nigeria received...

People

3 years ago

Lady returns book borrowed by her father from library after 73 years, it owes N1.5 million

Lady returns book borrowed by her father from library after 73 years, it owes...

People

3 years ago

I don't feel ok If I don't do it in a day; Dancing traffic controller who has been doing the work for 19 years

I don't feel ok If I don't do it in a day; Dancing traffic controller who has...

People

3 years ago

It took me 9 years: Man builds beautiful supercar with woods, used walnuts for the tyres & drives it in video

It took me 9 years: Man builds beautiful supercar with woods, used walnuts for...

People

3 years ago

Pumla Gobelo: How young lady dropped out of university in 300 level to start catering business with N9200

Pumla Gobelo: How young lady dropped out of university in 300 level to start catering business with N9200

People

3 years ago

Pumla Gobelo is a Vaal University of Technology drop out but she is now the proud owner of a catering business after launching it in 2011 using a meagre N9200.

69-year-old woman wakes up from 60 days coma after family members had made funeral arrangements for her

69-year-old woman wakes up from 60 days coma after family members had made funeral arrangements for her

People

3 years ago

After 60 days in a coma, doctors predicted Bettina Lerman would not make it. However, a day before doctors switched off life support, the 69-year-old woke up.

Nigerian man shares video of Rolls Royce Phantom worth N186m being used as taxi in Dubai, causes stir online

Nigerian man shares video of Rolls Royce Phantom worth N186m being used as taxi in Dubai, causes stir online

People

3 years ago

A Nigerian man has stunned the internet with a video of the discovery he made in Dubai that a Rolls Royce Phantom worth N186.8 million is being used as a taxi.

Alaafin of Oyo gifts daughter new car for graduating with a first-class, photo of the vehicle causes stir

Alaafin of Oyo gifts daughter new car for graduating with a first-class, photo of the vehicle causes stir

People

3 years ago

The Alaafin of Oyo Oba Lamidi Adeyemi III has gifted his daughter a new car for graduating from university with a first-class from Lead University in Ibadan.

Young school teacher pulls car while walking with his hands in video, enters Guinness World Records book

Young school teacher pulls car while walking with his hands in video, enters Guinness World Records book

People

3 years ago

A young school teacher identified as Zhang Shuang has bagged a Guinness World Records honour for being the fastest man to pull a car while walking on hands.

Bride who has been paralysed since 2010 surprises husband as she walks on her wedding day, photos go viral

Bride who has been paralysed since 2010 surprises husband as she walks on her wedding day, photos go viral

People

3 years ago

Chelsie Hill stunned her husband after walking down the aisle on their wedding day. She was paralysed in 2020 following a car accident. The images touched many.

Lady screams at soldier for spraying her car with 'marry me' paint, rejects his proposal in video, many react

Lady screams at soldier for spraying her car with 'marry me' paint, rejects his proposal in video, many react

Family and Relationships

3 years ago

A US soldier's attempt at treating his girlfriend to a romantic proposal ended on a sad note as she didn't accept his proposal because he spoilt her car's look.

Photos show inside of abandoned mansion by an investor of the Titanic ship that sank in 1912, it has 110 rooms

Photos show inside of abandoned mansion by an investor of the Titanic ship that sank in 1912, it has 110 rooms

People

3 years ago

The impressive 111-roomed mansion that once belonged to the Titanic's majority shareholder Peter Widener is wasting away in Pennsylvania in the United States.

She didn't like the way she looked; Nigerian man puts smile on face of lady with bow-legs, shares her new look

She didn't like the way she looked; Nigerian man puts smile on face of lady with bow-legs, shares her new look

People

3 years ago

A Nigerian medical practitioner, Bolarinwa Akinola, has transformed the life of a lady and brought a smile to her face. The man corrected the lady's 'bow-leg.'

Victor Duru