Nurudeen Lawal

Education: Bachelor of Arts Literature-in-English, Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife (2012). Google News Initiative (GNI) News Lab: Advanced digital reporting, Experimenting with New Formats, Fighting Misinformation (2024)

Experience: Saraba Magazine (Social Media Intern, 2015), Content Editor/Strategist, Lantern Books (2015-2017), Dubawa fact-checking fellow (2020), Solutions Journalism fellow (2022)

Awards: Best Head of Desk of the Year (Legit.ng 2024), Political Desk Head of the Year (Nigeria Media Nite-Out Award 2023), Top Politics and Current Affairs editor (Legit.ng)

Nurudeen Lawal is an AFP-certified journalist with a wealth of experience spanning over 8 years. He received his B/Arts degree in Literature-in-English from OAU. Lawal is the Head of the Politics/CA Desk at Legit.ng, where he applies his expertise to provide incisive coverage of events. He was named the Political Desk Head of the Year (Nigeria Media Nite-Out Award 2023). He is also a certified fact-checker (Dubawa fellowship, 2020). Contact him at lawal.nurudeen@corp.legit.ng or +2348054399455.

6178 articles published since 05 Dec 2017

Author's articles

Nigeria at 64: Stakeholders react as women’s struggle for gender equity continues

Nigeria at 64: Stakeholders react as women’s struggle for gender equity continues

Nigeria

10 months ago

2024 budget: House committee on appropriations lauded for transparency

2024 budget: House committee on appropriations lauded for transparency

Nigeria

10 months ago

"FG not a travel agency": Atiku's aide tackles Onanuga over Comment on Tinubu's vacation

"FG not a travel agency": Atiku's aide tackles Onanuga over Comment on Tinubu's vacation

Nigeria

10 months ago

Northern groups commend NSA Ribadu, Matawalle as soldiers kill another notorious terrorist leader

Northern groups commend NSA Ribadu, Matawalle as soldiers kill another notorious terrorist leader

Nigeria

10 months ago

Banditry: Group applauds intensified military action in Sokoto, hails Tinubu, Matawalle

Banditry: Group applauds intensified military action in Sokoto, hails Tinubu, Matawalle

Nigeria

10 months ago

US election 2024: Kamala Harris releases medical report, puts Trump under pressure

US election 2024: Kamala Harris releases medical report, puts Trump under pressure

US

10 months ago

Agege LGA chairman asks police to probe ex-ogun deputy speaker’s land ownership claim

Agege LGA chairman asks police to probe ex-ogun deputy speaker’s land ownership claim

Nigeria

10 months ago

Agege LGA chairman Ganiyu Egunjobi has addressed allegations of seizing and demolishing property belonging to former Ogun deputy speaker Edwards Ayo-Odugbesan.

IT expert Mac Eze Nwachukwu explains how AI can solve Nigeria's unemployment problem

IT expert Mac Eze Nwachukwu explains how AI can solve Nigeria's unemployment problem

Nigeria

10 months ago

Nigerian-American AI expert Mac Eze Nwachukwu shared insights on how Artificial Intelligence (AI) can create new job opportunities for Nigerian youths.

Timi Frank accuses Wike of plot to block allocation to LGs in Rivers, sends message to Tinubu

Timi Frank accuses Wike of plot to block allocation to LGs in Rivers, sends message to Tinubu

Politics

10 months ago

Timi Frank raised an alarm over an alleged plot by FCT minister Nyesom Wike to secure a court injunction blocking funds to 22 LGAs in Rivers state.

10-year-old author wins award as Book On Review With Benji celebrates decade on radio

10-year-old author wins award as Book On Review With Benji celebrates decade on radio

Nigeria

10 months ago

Book On Review With Benji marks 10 years with awards ceremony at Eko Hotel Lagos as Jesutise Tanimowo wins Most Original Story award for "Temi's Nightmare".

Pastor Adeboye speaks on Rolls Royce gift to Bishop Oyedepo on 70th birthday, video trends

Pastor Adeboye speaks on Rolls Royce gift to Bishop Oyedepo on 70th birthday, video trends

Nigeria

10 months ago

Pastor Enoch Adeboye, RCCG General Overseer, has defended the gift of a Rolls Royce to Bishop David Oyedepo of Living Faith Church during his 70th birthday.

Akwa Ibom gov picks daughter to oversee First Lady's office after wife's death, speaks on remarrying

Akwa Ibom gov picks daughter to oversee First Lady's office after wife's death, speaks on remarrying

Nigeria

10 months ago

Governor Umo Eno of Akwa Ibom state has picked his daughter, Helen Eno-Obareki, as Acting First Lady. Governor Eno's wife, Pastor Patience Eno, died recently.

BREAKING: Heavy shooting at Wike’s ward as Rivers LGA election turns violent

BREAKING: Heavy shooting at Wike’s ward as Rivers LGA election turns violent

Politics

10 months ago

Gunfire disrupts LG polls in Rumuepirikom, Rivers state, as armed men prevent voting, leaving one person injured. Wike's supporters also protest in Port Harcourt.

Did Pastor Adeboye tell Christians to stop paying tithe? Fact emerges

Did Pastor Adeboye tell Christians to stop paying tithe? Fact emerges

Nigeria

10 months ago

The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Pastor Adeboye, has dismissed reports claiming that he advised Christians to stop paying tithes.

Pastor Adeboye explains 2 things Christians should do if pastors reject their tithe

Pastor Adeboye explains 2 things Christians should do if pastors reject their tithe

Nigeria

10 months ago

Pastor Adeboye of RCCG addressed the tithing controversy and advised Christians on how to relate with pastors who do not accept tithe in their churches.

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