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

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...

Family and Relationships

2 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,...

People

2 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...

Family and Relationships

2 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,...

People

2 years ago

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...

People

2 years ago

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...

People

2 years ago

"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

2 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

2 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

2 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

2 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

2 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

2 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.

"Nice couple": Video of lady dancing with goat dressed in fine shirt trends online, Nigerians react

"Nice couple": Video of lady dancing with goat dressed in fine shirt trends online, Nigerians react

People

2 years ago

A pretty lady dressed a goat in a shirt and danced with it in a video. Many people could not stop talking about it. Some said that the animal could be possessed

"Teachers at risk": Secondary school students in short skirts shake waists without fear, clip trends on TikTok

"Teachers at risk": Secondary school students in short skirts shake waists without fear, clip trends on TikTok

People

2 years ago

A group of secondary school students got many people talking about their style of dressing as they danced to an amapiano song in a classroom without any fear.

Bride in heels dances on wedding day, women sitting close by give her cold stares, trending video causes stirs

Bride in heels dances on wedding day, women sitting close by give her cold stares, trending video causes stirs

Wedding

2 years ago

A short TikTok clip of a bride dancing amid many guests has stirred massive reactions as guests kept looking at her as if they never wanted to be in attendance.

Joseph Omotayo