Rahaman Abiola

Education: B.A English and Literature (Obafemi Awolowo University), Media Innovation (School of Media and Communication, Pan Atlantic University (SMC-PAU) and the University of Johannesburg)

Experience: Association of Nigerian Authors (ANA, 2015), The Nation (Reporter, 2017), LEGIT.ng (Editor - Politics and Current Affairs; Head of Human Interest Desk; Editor-in-Chief), Internation News Media Association (INMA, Africa Board Member)

Awards: Mile Media Award (2021), Kwame Karikari Fellowship (2021), Distinguished Editorial Leadership (2023, 2024), MTN-MIP (2024)

Rahaman Abiola is a Nigerian journalist, editor, and media trainer with a decade of experience stranding diverse roles in both traditional and digital media. As the Editor-in-Chief of LEGIT.ng, he leads content direction with data-driven editorial practice, demonstrating a commitment to modern newsroom management and mentoring team(s) of professionals through audience-centric innovation. His work involves leveraging social media and emerging technologies towards impactful journalism, media innovation, etc. Contact via: rahaman.abiola@corp.legit.ng.

1251 articles published since 28 Aug 2018

Author's articles

Opinion: Senator Nkechi Nwaogu: Celebrating a mother, mentor and great leader on her new age

Opinion: Senator Nkechi Nwaogu: Celebrating a mother, mentor and great leader on...

3 years ago

I don't have home: Woman who danced creatively with packs of chewing gum at parties to feed 7 kids seeks help

I don't have home: Woman who danced creatively with packs of chewing gum at part...

3 years ago

Legit is going back to Calabar to change lives of street children: Donate to make the world better

Legit is going back to Calabar to change lives of street children: Donate to mak...

3 years ago

How my exposure to farming at age 10 by grandmum made me a millionaire: 27-year-old Nigerian agripreneur

How my exposure to farming at age 10 by grandmum made me a millionaire: 27-year-...

3 years ago

Marvel needs to do something: Massive reactions over couple's spiderman dance moves

Marvel needs to do something: Massive reactions over couple's spiderman dance mo...

3 years ago

Nigerian minister awards full scholarship to 200L UNIBEN student who goes to construction site for "2k"

Nigerian minister awards full scholarship to 200L UNIBEN student who goes to con...

3 years ago

I won't be like our president who promises & fails: Schoolboy reads manifesto to become prefect in funny video

I won't be like our president who promises & fails: Schoolboy reads manifesto to become prefect in funny video

A school boy aspiring to be a prefect for his school has urged his mates to vote for him promising to deliver whatever promises he makes to them in a video.

I've lost my dad, my mum is a poor widow: Donate to help Suliat Olayanju pay her school fees

I've lost my dad, my mum is a poor widow: Donate to help Suliat Olayanju pay her school fees

25-year-old Suliat Abike Olayanju is giving education a second chance in her life and seeking assistance from well-meaning Nigerians to pay her school fees.

25-year-old university graduate begins work as "shoe shiner" to survive; says it’s better than begging

25-year-old university graduate begins work as "shoe shiner" to survive; says it’s better than begging

Beryl Zawadi, 25, a graduate of Bachelors of Arts in Education from Moi University, works as a shoe shiner along Uganda Road in Eldoret, Uasin Gishu county.

Pair of Yubari melons sold at staggering N10m at auction in Japan; picture goes viral

Pair of Yubari melons sold at staggering N10m at auction in Japan; picture goes viral

The Yubari melons were sold at the first auction of the new season at a market in Sapporo in Japan. They are renowned for their high quality and sweet taste.

Nigerian graduate makes the country proud, becomes senior engineer at top US firm

Nigerian graduate makes the country proud, becomes senior engineer at top US firm

Mr Walter Egbueze has been appointed as the senior environmental engineer in one of the American big firms. He is a graduate of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ife.

It was the right place and time: 2 female police officers awarded for helping woman to deliver baby at road side

It was the right place and time: 2 female police officers awarded for helping woman to deliver baby at road side

Police officers Samantha Raber and Gabrielle Uhrin from the Kokomo Police Department have been awarded for helping a woman give birth by the side of the road.

Is the world ending tomorrow? Man set to "marry out" 10 of his children on same day; IV causes stir

Is the world ending tomorrow? Man set to "marry out" 10 of his children on same day; IV causes stir

A popular Islamic scholar, Sheykh Dr. Imam Goni Muhammad Ali Gabchiya, will hold wedding fatiha for ten of his children on the same day in Maiduguri, Borno.

I dream to become surgeon: 70-Year-old mum of 5 overjoyed as she graduates from secondary school

I dream to become surgeon: 70-Year-old mum of 5 overjoyed as she graduates from secondary school

Hermelinda Sporea had to drop school as a young girl to help support her family by getting a job. Decades later she has attained her certificate and wants more.

Emotional moment mom suffering from cancer painfully tells 6-year-old son she will soon die

Emotional moment mom suffering from cancer painfully tells 6-year-old son she will soon die

The hardest thing Nadia Chaudhri has had to do was not accepting that she has Stage 3 Ovarian Cancer, but telling her six-year-old son that she will soon die.

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