Segun Adeyemi

Education: ND Mass Communication Rufus Giwa Polytechnic (2012-2014), BA Mass Communication, Adekunle Ajasin University (2016-2018)

Experience: Metro/Judicial Reporter, Daily Trust (2014-2016), Writer, Economic Confidential (2016-2019), Judicial reporter, Daily Nigerian (2017-2019), Managing Editor, News Digest (2019-2022).

Awards: Co-convener Campus Journalism Awards (2018), Certified digital journalist at Reuters and AFP

Segun Adeyemi is a journalist with over 9 years of experience as an active field reporter, editor, and editorial manager. He has had stints with Daily Trust newspaper, Daily Nigerian, and News Digest. He currently works as an editor for Legit.ng's current affairs and politics desk. He holds a degree in Mass Communication (Adekunle Ajasin University). He is a certified digital reporter by Reuters, AFP and the co-convener of the annual campus journalism awards. Email: segun.adeyemi@corp.legit.ng.

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PDP chairman, 2 others arrested for allegedly smuggling arms into Zamfara

PDP chairman, 2 others arrested for allegedly smuggling arms into Zamfara

9 months ago

Rivers: Fresh crisis looms as lawmakers bar Fubara from appointing LG chairmen

Rivers: Fresh crisis looms as lawmakers bar Fubara from appointing LG chairmen

9 months ago

Plateau killings: Fresh attack in Mangu as soldiers, gunmen engage in fatal shootout

Plateau killings: Fresh attack in Mangu as soldiers, gunmen engage in fatal shoo...

9 months ago

Insecurity in FCT: Should Tinubu sack Wike? Hamzat Lawal speaks

Insecurity in FCT: Should Tinubu sack Wike? Hamzat Lawal speaks

9 months ago

AFCON 2023: Super Eagles legend Segun Odegbami predicts winner of Nigeria Vs Cameroun R16 clash

AFCON 2023: Super Eagles legend Segun Odegbami predicts winner of Nigeria Vs Cam...

9 months ago

Kano: Governor Yusuf replies to Ganduje's offer to dump NNPP for APC

Kano: Governor Yusuf replies to Ganduje's offer to dump NNPP for APC

9 months ago

AFCON 2023: Super Eagles captain Musa sends crucial message to Tinubu ahead of Cameroon tie

AFCON 2023: Super Eagles captain Musa sends crucial message to Tinubu ahead of Cameroon tie

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has been billed to watch the Super Eagles take on Cameroon in their round of 16 African Cup of Nations tie in Ivory Coast.

Protest as Lagos teacher allegedly flog pupil to death

Protest as Lagos teacher allegedly flog pupil to death

A teacher at Araromi Ilogbo Secondary School in Oko Afo, Lagos, has reportedly beaten a pupil to death which has sparked a pandemonium in the school.

AFCON 2023: Why Nigerian referees are not officiating at Ongoing African Cup of Nations, CAF speaks

AFCON 2023: Why Nigerian referees are not officiating at Ongoing African Cup of Nations, CAF speaks

Noumandiez Doue, the Head of Refereeing at CAF, has explained why Nigerian referees have been snubbed for over 18 years at the African Cup of Nations (AFCON).

FCT: Agitated Wike rolls out fresh directives to area council chairmen amid rising insecurity

FCT: Agitated Wike rolls out fresh directives to area council chairmen amid rising insecurity

FCT Minister Nyesom Wike has directed the chairpersons of the six Area Councils in Abuja to organize mandatory security gatherings on a monthly basis.

Fresh tragedy in Ibadan as fire guts INEC office, details emerge

Fresh tragedy in Ibadan as fire guts INEC office, details emerge

The Ibadan South East Local Government Area Office of the Electoral Commission in Oyo State has officially acknowledged a fire incident that occurred.

Former INEC boss Attahiru Jega calls for probe over iREV's failure during 2023 polls

Former INEC boss Attahiru Jega calls for probe over iREV's failure during 2023 polls

Attahiru Jega, the ex-chairman of INEC, is urging a thorough inquiry into the technical glitches that occurred with the result viewing portal, IReV, in the 2023 poll

FG rolls out initiative to leverage audience measurement system for economic growth

FG rolls out initiative to leverage audience measurement system for economic growth

The federal government has unveiled the Audience Measurement System to strategically boost the broadcasting industry, positioning it as a driver for economic growth

Updated: Kidnappers abduct PDP chairman in Lagos, demand N200m ransome

Updated: Kidnappers abduct PDP chairman in Lagos, demand N200m ransome

The chairman of the Lagos state chapter of PDP, Philip Aivoji, has been abducted on the Lagos-Ibadan expressway while returning from a stakeholder meeting.

Quranic teacher arrested for gruesomely flogging pupil's back with horsewhip

Quranic teacher arrested for gruesomely flogging pupil's back with horsewhip

The police have detained a Quranic teacher named Mallam Nura following an order from the Niger State Child's Rights Agency after he gruesomely molested an 11-yr-old.

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