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.

6177 articles published since 05 Dec 2017

Author's articles

Exclusive: Anambra woman in viral tape opens up on relationship with man in video

Exclusive: Anambra woman in viral tape opens up on relationship with man in video

a month ago

"The husband beaters": 340 wives beat their husbands to submission in Lagos

"The husband beaters": 340 wives beat their husbands to submission in Lagos

a year ago

Ondo deputy governor accused of beating Wife, he reacts

Ondo deputy governor accused of beating Wife, he reacts

2 years ago

I can't be dating a mummy: Nigerian lady dumps boyfriend for not supporting Peter Obi for president

I can't be dating a mummy: Nigerian lady dumps boyfriend for not supporting Peter Obi for president

3 years ago

It's a bouncing baby girl: Elated Nigerian lawmaker welcomes 28th child, plans to have more before 2023 polls

It's a bouncing baby girl: Elated Nigerian lawmaker welcomes 28th child, plans to have more before 2023 polls

3 years ago

Why Yul Edochie may have nullified his marriage, committed bigamy - Expert, rights activist reveals

Why Yul Edochie may have nullified his marriage, committed bigamy - Expert, rights activist reveals

3 years ago

What I will do to any member of my church who beats his wife, Apostle Suleman reveals

What I will do to any member of my church who beats his wife, Apostle Suleman reveals

3 years ago

Any man in my church who assaults his wife will get beaten, the General Overseer of the Omega Fire Ministries International, Apostle Johnson Suleman has said.

What Osinachi’s children told me - Minister reveals how husband allegedly brutalised gospel singer

What Osinachi’s children told me - Minister reveals how husband allegedly brutalised gospel singer

3 years ago

Pauline Tallen, minister of women affairs, has met with the children of the late popular gospel artiste, Osinachi Nwachukwu. She revealed what the kids told her

BREAKING: I’m not responsible for my wife's death, Osinachi’s husband speaks, reveals how gospel singer died

BREAKING: I’m not responsible for my wife's death, Osinachi’s husband speaks, reveals how gospel singer died

3 years ago

Peter Nwachukwu, widower of deceased gospel singer, Osinachi, has denied the domestic violence allegations against him. He said his wife had been ill since 2021

Osinachi Nwachukwu: What my daughter's husband told her, mother opens up on late gospel singer's marital woes

Osinachi Nwachukwu: What my daughter's husband told her, mother opens up on late gospel singer's marital woes

3 years ago

Following the tragic death of Nigerian popular singer, Osinachi, her mother and sister have spoken about what she went through in the hands of her husband.

Painful exit: Police arrest 38-year-old man for stabbing lover’s husband to death in Ogun

Painful exit: Police arrest 38-year-old man for stabbing lover’s husband to death in Ogun

3 years ago

The Ogun state police command has arrested a 38-year-old Daniel Udoh for allegedly stabbing his lover’s husband to death at Onipanu area of the southwest state.

Yinka Odumakin returns: Jubilation as widow of late Afenifere spokesperson Okei-Odumakin gives birth to twins 18 years after last childbirth

Yinka Odumakin returns: Jubilation as widow of late Afenifere spokesperson Okei-Odumakin gives birth to twins 18 years after last childbirth

3 years ago

Dr Joe Okei-Odumakin, the widow of the late spokesperson of Afenifere, Yinka Odumakin, has given birth to twins, a boy and a girl, at a hospital in the US.

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