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.

6165 articles published since 08 Jan 2019

Author's articles

"You all gained admission into same school?" Triplets in matching ankara gowns & braids shake waists

"You all gained admission into same school?" Triplets in matching ankara gowns &...

Family and Relationships

2 years ago

Bride in heels frowns as her asoebi friends arrive wedding late, she tries not to smile in video

Bride in heels frowns as her asoebi friends arrive wedding late, she tries not...

Wedding

2 years ago

"The walls heard my prayers": Lady moves out of apartment, becomes emotional as she goes back to clean it

"The walls heard my prayers": Lady moves out of apartment, becomes emotional...

People

2 years ago

"This made me cry": Emotional moment soldier mum returned from US mission & surprised her kids in school

"This made me cry": Emotional moment soldier mum returned from US mission &...

Family and Relationships

2 years ago

"God showed me pepper": Nigerian lady who carried 2 pregnancies in 2020 & 2021 says deep prayer

"God showed me pepper": Nigerian lady who carried 2 pregnancies in 2020 & 2021...

Family and Relationships

2 years ago

"His smile is priceless": Beautiful Nigerian lady marries Chinese man, shows off her cute oyinbo kids in video

"His smile is priceless": Beautiful Nigerian lady marries Chinese man, shows off...

Family and Relationships

2 years ago

"Allow him to see his children": Single mum & her 2 little kids dance as lady celebrates not having husband

"Allow him to see his children": Single mum & her 2 little kids dance as lady celebrates not having husband

People

2 years ago

A beautiful lady with two kids vowed that her husband would never see their kids. People online wanted to know what really happened between her and the man.

"A good listener": Baby uses key as phone, acts like she's receiving call in funny video

"A good listener": Baby uses key as phone, acts like she's receiving call in funny video

Family and Relationships

2 years ago

A clip of a baby mimicking an adult as she role-played receiving a phone call has got many people talking. Many said that the kid understood what she was doing.

"Mama don do yansh": Curvy mum & daughter whine waist, their trending video makes many men argue

"Mama don do yansh": Curvy mum & daughter whine waist, their trending video makes many men argue

People

2 years ago

A short video showing a mother and daughter dancing has got many men talking about how beautiful they both are. Some TikTokers believed the mum had a surgery.

"Talk to your baby": Pregnant women dance as exercise, say sweet words to their unborn kids in video

"Talk to your baby": Pregnant women dance as exercise, say sweet words to their unborn kids in video

People

2 years ago

A short TikTok video of some pregnant women dancing and singing as they rubbed their baby bumps has got many appreciating the kind of blessing that they have.

"He was going to marry her": Transformation video of lady who used to have crooked teeth gets many emotional

"He was going to marry her": Transformation video of lady who used to have crooked teeth gets many emotional

Wedding

2 years ago

A young lady who wanted to look different and more confident for her wedding visited her dentist to replace her crooked teeth. Her transformation amazed many

"Una go late reach school": Nigerian triplet babies in matching uniforms hug themselves, show love

"Una go late reach school": Nigerian triplet babies in matching uniforms hug themselves, show love

Family and Relationships

2 years ago

A beautiful video of triplets showing themselves love before they started walking to school has stirred lovely reactions. The bond between them is so strong.

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

2 years ago

A fake viral video on TikTok claimed that a CBN building as burning when in fact it was burning of Next Cash and Carry that happened years ago in 2021 in Abuja.

"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

2 years ago

A young beautiful Nigerian lady made her boyfriend's birthday worthwhile as she celebrated him in their class; spending her money to rent a trumpeter for him.

"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

2 years ago

A bus driver in Lagos who has been hit by the situation caused by new naira scarcity cried out in a video. He said his passengers kept giving him old notes.

Joseph Omotayo