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 is a journalist who has been writing on human interest topics since 2019. He graduated from Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, with a degree in Literature in English in 2016. He is the head of Human Interest and Diaspora Desk at Legit. 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.

6014 articles published since 08 Jan 2019

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Man who sold his only car to fund his relocation to UK builds house in Nigeria

Man who sold his only car to fund his relocation to UK builds house in Nigeria

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a year ago

Nigerian man builds house with modern structure, gives it flat roof, paints walls white

Nigerian man builds house with modern structure, gives it flat roof, paints walls white

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a year ago

Woman finally gives birth to boy after trying many times and having girls

Woman finally gives birth to boy after trying many times and having girls

People

a year ago

Pretty lady welcomes oyinbo lover to Nigeria, becomes shy as man hugs her

Pretty lady welcomes oyinbo lover to Nigeria, becomes shy as man hugs her

People

a year ago

Lady completes her father's house before marriage, makes her family proud

Lady completes her father's house before marriage, makes her family proud

People

a year ago

Young man builds house, tiles interior and installs chandeliers, Nigerians praise him

Young man builds house, tiles interior and installs chandeliers, Nigerians praise him

People

a year ago

Man gets new iPhone 16 Pro Max with millions of naira, checks out dedicated camera button

Man gets new iPhone 16 Pro Max with millions of naira, checks out dedicated camera button

People

a year ago

A young Nigerian man who got the new iPhone 16 Pro Max has got people praising him online. He unboxed the phone as many hailed him as a rich man.

Man proposes to lady with 2024 Range Rover, she accepts, dances with new car

Man proposes to lady with 2024 Range Rover, she accepts, dances with new car

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a year ago

A young lady whose proposal came with a Range Rover has shown it off in a viral TikTok video. Many women online want to have the same rich man as hers.

Nigerian kid emerges as head boy of his school abroad, makes his father proud

Nigerian kid emerges as head boy of his school abroad, makes his father proud

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a year ago

A father was happy when his son became the head boy of his abroad. He said the previous year, his sister was the head prefect of the same school.

Nigerian lady who passed her nursing council exam celebrates with friends and family

Nigerian lady who passed her nursing council exam celebrates with friends and family

People

a year ago

A Nigerian lady who became a registered nurse celebrated her sign-out after she found out she passed her council exam. Nigerians celebrated her online.

Nigerian man says he can never marry a woman who earns higher than him, maintains his stance

Nigerian man says he can never marry a woman who earns higher than him, maintains his stance

People

a year ago

A man who said that he would never marry a woman whose salary his more than his own has generated a lot of reactions online as people questioned his opinion.

Man laments after spending N80k at filling station to get fuel for his Lexus car

Man laments after spending N80k at filling station to get fuel for his Lexus car

People

a year ago

A Nigerian man lamented the high cost of fueling his car as he visited a station. He screamed that despite buying N80k fuel, his tank still remained unfilled.

Nigerian man crashes over N100m Corvette Stingray car during race, begs for help online

Nigerian man crashes over N100m Corvette Stingray car during race, begs for help online

People

a year ago

A Nigerian man's day started when on Saturday, September 14 until he crashed a 2022 Corvette Stingray in a race. The rented car is worth N400m and he's now in debt.

Lady emerges as best graduating student with 4.93 CGPA from Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University

Lady emerges as best graduating student with 4.93 CGPA from Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University

People

a year ago

A young Nigerian lady who graduated with 4.93 CGPA as a pharmacist has been massively celebrated online. The lady got many awards for her brilliance.

Lady whose mum mistakenly baked 220 loaves of bread for church on wrong date seeks help

Lady whose mum mistakenly baked 220 loaves of bread for church on wrong date seeks help

People

a year ago

A lady whose mother baked 220 loaves of bread on a wrong date for a church cried for help as they sought how to rescue the situation so her mum won't lose.

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