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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.

5947 articles published since 08 Jan 2019

Author's articles

Fact check: Viral TikTok video claiming CBN’s Benin branch on fire is false

Fact check: Viral TikTok video claiming CBN’s Benin branch on fire is false

People

3 years ago

"Na guy wey deposit go withdraw": Lady surprises boyfriend in class on his birthday, rents trumpeter

"Na guy wey deposit go withdraw": Lady surprises boyfriend in class on his birthday, rents trumpeter

People

3 years ago

"My passengers all have old naira, I don't know what to do": Bus driver cries for help in trending video

"My passengers all have old naira, I don't know what to do": Bus driver cries for help in trending video

People

3 years ago

Lady & her mum's last born who she's 22 years older than "fight", she slaps her head in funny video

Lady & her mum's last born who she's 22 years older than "fight", she slaps her head in funny video

Family and Relationships

3 years ago

"He knows every beat drop": Man dances like robot to amapiano song on the field, his friends laugh in video

"He knows every beat drop": Man dances like robot to amapiano song on the field, his friends laugh in video

People

3 years ago

Grandma gets angry, tells her children to switch off Wo Da Mo song, says it has bad lyrics

Grandma gets angry, tells her children to switch off Wo Da Mo song, says it has bad lyrics

Family and Relationships

3 years ago

"God did it": Young Nigerian millionaire builds house, shows foundation process, installs solar for 24/7 light

"God did it": Young Nigerian millionaire builds house, shows foundation process, installs solar for 24/7 light

People

3 years ago

A young Nigerian man who completed his mansion and shared a video of it online has been congratulated for the big thing he was able to achieve at an early age.

Checking hashtags, using search bar on TikTok & Twitter are among ways to spot fake news

Checking hashtags, using search bar on TikTok & Twitter are among ways to spot fake news

People

3 years ago

Spotting fake news on both Twitter and TikTok is a very good skill as we head to 2023 general elections. Things like hashtags and search bars are important too.

Bullmastiff, Chow Chow & Dobberman: 3 times dog lovers showed they have good relationship with their pets

Bullmastiff, Chow Chow & Dobberman: 3 times dog lovers showed they have good relationship with their pets

People

3 years ago

A man paid for a flight and travelled with his bullmastiff from Lagos to Abuja so that his dog could mate with its breed & give birth to the right puppies.

"Teach him": Mum uses cloth to lock cupboards to prevent her child from breaking things

"Teach him": Mum uses cloth to lock cupboards to prevent her child from breaking things

People

3 years ago

A short video of cupboards a woman locked with pieces of cloth so that her kid would not destroy other people's things has got many parents talking online.

"She's not thinking like I am": Man marries lady he used to read with in school, wedding video impresses many

"She's not thinking like I am": Man marries lady he used to read with in school, wedding video impresses many

Wedding

3 years ago

A video showing two young lovers who met in the university as reading partners has got many praising their love story. They later got married after school.

"Powerful and clever": Baby carries water containers, assists mother with her work in lovely video

"Powerful and clever": Baby carries water containers, assists mother with her work in lovely video

People

3 years ago

A clip of a mother and son carrying out empty water containers and arranging them in a store has stirred lovely reactions as people praised the hardworking kid.

Few weeks to traditional marriage, man catches fiancée in hotel room, cancels wedding plans

Few weeks to traditional marriage, man catches fiancée in hotel room, cancels wedding plans

People

3 years ago

A video showing the moment a lady was caught doing hook'up in a hotel by her lover has stirred massive reactions. She didn't know her fiancé was in the hotel.

Naira scarcity: Bankers run for their lives, abandon duties as people surround gate in trending video

Naira scarcity: Bankers run for their lives, abandon duties as people surround gate in trending video

People

3 years ago

A video of rioters angered by the present scarcity of naira notes trying to forcefully access a bank has stirred massive reactions as bankers ran for safety.

"Use WWE sound": Father plays like wrestler on the bed, makes his little daughter laugh in cute video

"Use WWE sound": Father plays like wrestler on the bed, makes his little daughter laugh in cute video

Family and Relationships

3 years ago

A pretty mum who loved how her husband always had time for their daughter playfully said the girl had taken all his attention away from her. She shared a clip.

Joseph Omotayo