Joseph Omotayo

Education: Bachelor of Arts Literature-in-English, Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife (2012-2016), Google News Initiative (GNI) News Lab Advance digital reporting workshop (2024)

Experience: Critical Literature Review (Head reviewer) 2010-2014, The234Project (Writer) 2016-2017, Coordinator of OAU The234Project Essay contest (2017), Afridiaspora (Chief Reviewer, 2016-2018), Dubawa Fact checking fellow (2022)

Awards: Best editor and writer (Legit.ng, 2020), My Favourite Nigerian Character in a Book Contest (2011), Unoma Azuah’s Edible Bones Book Review Prize (2013)

Joseph Omotayo has been writing for the human interest desk since 2019 and is currently the head of the desk. He graduated from Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, with a degree in Literature in English in 2016. He once worked for Afridiaspora, OlisaTV & CLR. He is a 2022/2023 Kwame Karikari Fact-Checking fellow. He can be reached via: joseph.omotayo@corp.legit.ng.

6008 articles published since 08 Jan 2019

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Woman returns to her land, cries out as she sees another person has built foundation on it

Woman returns to her land, cries out as she sees another person has built foundation on it

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3 days ago

Nigerian lady who went to Libya to work as nanny succeeds, returns and opens cement shop

Nigerian lady who went to Libya to work as nanny succeeds, returns and opens cement shop

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4 days ago

Gas scarcity: Man who installed big solar setup at home uses induction cooker to cook beans

Gas scarcity: Man who installed big solar setup at home uses induction cooker to cook beans

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8 days ago

"Hope say na your papa house": Lady renovates her room with expensive curtains, ergonomic chair

"Hope say na your papa house": Lady renovates her room with expensive curtains, ergonomic chair

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10 days ago

Lady who relocated to UK shares "bitter" experience, Nigerians react to her video: "I still wonder"

Lady who relocated to UK shares "bitter" experience, Nigerians react to her video: "I still wonder"

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13 days ago

Lagos tenant buys building materials to renovate landlord's house, Nigerians ask questions

Lagos tenant buys building materials to renovate landlord's house, Nigerians ask questions

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14 days ago

Nigerian lady celebrates, shares video of house her man built and tiled, people react

Nigerian lady celebrates, shares video of house her man built and tiled, people react

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17 days ago

A man who built a house and tiled the interior has been praised by his wife. Proudly showing off the man's achievement, the lady also called herself a landlady.

Man who collected money from loan app regrets as company sends message to his contacts

Man who collected money from loan app regrets as company sends message to his contacts

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a month ago

A young Nigerian man who took a loan with a high interest rate complained after his loan company reached out to his contacts with his photos for owing.

Lady looking for apartment in Ibadan laments after house agents showed her 1 place

Lady looking for apartment in Ibadan laments after house agents showed her 1 place

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a month ago

A lady looking for an apartment in Ibadan was surprised when she saw the house her agents showed her for her N1.2m budgets. The place looked dirty.

"I wasn't paid": Man installs solar that powers everything in his house, gives electricity to NEPA

"I wasn't paid": Man installs solar that powers everything in his house, gives electricity to NEPA

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a month ago

A young Nigerian man who has a solar setup that powers his home appliances said he fed his excess power back to NEPA. People asked him questions.

Lady who worked as cleaner in 2021 to fund her education bags first-class from UNILORIN

Lady who worked as cleaner in 2021 to fund her education bags first-class from UNILORIN

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a month ago

A Nigerian lady who had to self-fund her tertiary education as a cleaner in 2021 has graduated with a first class in mathematics from UNILORIN. Many celebrated her.

Grateful daughter based abroad builds and furnishes house for parents in Nigeria, fulfils promise

Grateful daughter based abroad builds and furnishes house for parents in Nigeria, fulfils promise

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a month ago

A Nigerian lady made her parents proud as she completed and furnished a bungalow for them in less than three months. Her family got very emotional.

Nigerian lady builds portable house with flat roof, tiles interior, shows it off

Nigerian lady builds portable house with flat roof, tiles interior, shows it off

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a month ago

A Nigerian lady showed she is very much invested in her future as she completed a portable building. She showed off the interior that had tiles and POP.

Young millionaire builds bungalow, uses expensive shingle roof, shows off beautiful interior

Young millionaire builds bungalow, uses expensive shingle roof, shows off beautiful interior

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2 months ago

A young Nigerian man who completed his building project celebrated massively. His house had stone coated roof, which is a signature for luxury and durability.

Young man starts his building project, celebrates before roofing, Nigerians react

Young man starts his building project, celebrates before roofing, Nigerians react

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3 months ago

A young Nigerian man who just took his building to the lintel level has been celebrating his success. A few people said he still had a long way to go.

Joseph Omotayo