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

8246 articles published since 07 Dec 2020

Author's articles

"I stopped going to church": Lady shares things she did when her UK student visa was denied in 2023

"I stopped going to church": Lady shares things she did when her UK student visa was denied in 2023

People

24 days ago

Boy refuses to dance with others at his graduation party, video raises questions: "He dey think"

Boy refuses to dance with others at his graduation party, video raises questions: "He dey think"

People

24 days ago

Catholic lady says can't marry someone who is non-Catholic, gives reason for her decision

Catholic lady says can't marry someone who is non-Catholic, gives reason for her decision

Wedding

25 days ago

Graduate of biochemistry gives reason he returned to school to study nursing, sparks reactions

Graduate of biochemistry gives reason he returned to school to study nursing, sparks reactions

People

25 days ago

Lady suspended from her work in UK for not being remorseful about death of care home's cat

Lady suspended from her work in UK for not being remorseful about death of care home's cat

People

25 days ago

Final year student wears simplified version of her mother's wedding dress for school's costume day

Final year student wears simplified version of her mother's wedding dress for school's costume day

People

25 days ago

Nurse shares amount private hospital offered her as salary, cries out, people react: "Why?"

Nurse shares amount private hospital offered her as salary, cries out, people react: "Why?"

People

25 days ago

A Nigerian nurse has taken to social media to lament her situation. She said a private hospital offered her an unexpected amount as salary. She lamented.

Nigerian lady's father's business scares people as she posts it online: "My jaw dropped"

Nigerian lady's father's business scares people as she posts it online: "My jaw dropped"

Family and Relationships

25 days ago

A Nigerian lady has taken to social media to show people what her dad does for a living. People had mixed feelings, with some scared after seeing what she posted.

Air India: Details of phone call pilot made an hour before ill-fated plane crash emerges online

Air India: Details of phone call pilot made an hour before ill-fated plane crash emerges online

People

25 days ago

An hour before the ill-fated plane crash on June 12, 2025, the pilot of Air India flight 171, Captain Sumeet Sabharwal, reportedly made a call home.

Nigerian lady shares her occupation, says men ghost her after she tells them: "They are scared"

Nigerian lady shares her occupation, says men ghost her after she tells them: "They are scared"

People

25 days ago

A Nigerian lady caused a stir on social media after explaining how her occupation as a flight attendant was causing men she was dating to ghost her.

DNA test: Man reportedly discovers he's not real father of his 5 kids after 15 years of marriage

DNA test: Man reportedly discovers he's not real father of his 5 kids after 15 years of marriage

Family and Relationships

26 days ago

A man reportedly learnt that he is not the real father of his five children after 15 years of marriage. An X user shared the saddening development online.

Student nurse making video in ward reacts as patient's relative pecks her cheek, video trends

Student nurse making video in ward reacts as patient's relative pecks her cheek, video trends

People

26 days ago

A student nurse has taken to social media to share her unexpected encounter with a patient's relative. She said she was making a video when he came closer.

Man returns to Nigeria after living abroad to start laundry business, gives 5 reasons for decision

Man returns to Nigeria after living abroad to start laundry business, gives 5 reasons for decision

People

26 days ago

After living in Vietnam and Malaysia, a man moved back to Nigeria to start up a laundry business. He gave five reasons for his action and got people talking.

Lady visits Wole Soyinka's forest house in Abeokuta, shows weird signposts she saw there

Lady visits Wole Soyinka's forest house in Abeokuta, shows weird signposts she saw there

People

26 days ago

A lady has shown netizens the things she saw when she visited Wole Soyinka's forest house. People observed the weird signposts along the pathway.

Air India: Ex-pilot recreates plane crash in simulator, opens people's eyes to what likely happened

Air India: Ex-pilot recreates plane crash in simulator, opens people's eyes to what likely happened

People

26 days ago

An ex-pilot has reacted to the Air India crash investigation report released by the Air Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB). He said a fuel switch flip is unlikely.

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