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

"No make dem run o": Mother dresses up like old woman, goes to pick her kids from school, they react in video

"No make dem run o": Mother dresses up like old woman, goes to pick her kids fro...

Family and Relationships

2 years ago

2023 elections: 5 smart ways to spot photoshopped images & prevent sharing manipulated pictures

2023 elections: 5 smart ways to spot photoshopped images & prevent sharing manip...

People

2 years ago

Beautiful lady treats her husband with care, pays for his pedicure in emotional video

Beautiful lady treats her husband with care, pays for his pedicure in emotional...

People

2 years ago

Curvy lady dances & shakes waist at party, confident man challenges her, shows his funny moves

Curvy lady dances & shakes waist at party, confident man challenges her, shows h...

People

2 years ago

"He thought his secret's out.": Man passes small note to lady on her wedding day, groom looks worried

"He thought his secret's out.": Man passes small note to lady on her wedding day...

Wedding

2 years ago

"Which hospital be this?" Pretty Nigerian nurse in uniform dances, her video causes stir

"Which hospital be this?" Pretty Nigerian nurse in uniform dances, her video cau...

People

2 years ago

"You're a Chow Chow": Nigerian lady becomes angry after her dog got pregnant, regrets her investment plan

"You're a Chow Chow": Nigerian lady becomes angry after her dog got pregnant, regrets her investment plan

People

2 years ago

A lady in the UK was angry that her Chow Chow dog got pregnant for a normal breed. She said that the pet destroyed all her plans of getting Chow Chow puppies.

CBN deadline: Journalist Morayo breaks kids' piggybanks after almost 10 years, packs old naira notes out

CBN deadline: Journalist Morayo breaks kids' piggybanks after almost 10 years, packs old naira notes out

Family and Relationships

2 years ago

A mum and journalist, Morayo Afolabi Brown, shared a video of her kids' piggybanks as she packed the saved sums out. People praised the children's commitment.

"When 2 best friends marry each other": Kids look confused as father and mother climb table to dance, sing

"When 2 best friends marry each other": Kids look confused as father and mother climb table to dance, sing

Family and Relationships

2 years ago

A short video of a young family having fun as they danced and sang has stirred massive reactions online. Their children watched them in wonder as they had fun.

Nigerian student converts his hostel room to mini supermarket, attends to customers through his window in clip

Nigerian student converts his hostel room to mini supermarket, attends to customers through his window in clip

People

2 years ago

A Nigerian lady shared a viral video of her classmate who turned his hostel room into a shop. He has everything you would expect to get from a provision store.

"We thank God": Mum who had been looking for baby over an hour later sees him crawling out from under the car

"We thank God": Mum who had been looking for baby over an hour later sees him crawling out from under the car

Family and Relationships

2 years ago

A short video of a baby whose mum had been looking for crawled out from under a parked car. Both the mum and TikTokers were scared of what could have happened.

CBN deadline on old naira notes: 3 times Nigerians quickly stopped saving in their piggy banks

CBN deadline on old naira notes: 3 times Nigerians quickly stopped saving in their piggy banks

People

2 years ago

A young Nigerian man who broke his piggy bank felt sad about his action. He said if not for the CBN directive, he would have stuck to saving in it for years.

"I pray I never get this kind friend": Beautiful lady takes her dog to class, carries pet like baby

"I pray I never get this kind friend": Beautiful lady takes her dog to class, carries pet like baby

People

2 years ago

A video of a lady walking into her lecture hall with a dog in her hands has stirred massive reactions on TikTok. Many wondered why she brought the pet to school

"No wonder client reply dey play": Oyinbos carry calabashes, perform ritual & worship Yoruba god in video

"No wonder client reply dey play": Oyinbos carry calabashes, perform ritual & worship Yoruba god in video

People

2 years ago

A short video showing some white people engaging in a ritual procession as they worshipped a Nigerian god stirred massive reactions online. Many were amazed.

"Zero dropout case": Pretty teacher in fine dress dances in front of class to make students happy, clip trends

"Zero dropout case": Pretty teacher in fine dress dances in front of class to make students happy, clip trends

People

2 years ago

A young teacher who is happy to be seeing her students again has made a video of herself dancing before them as the kids took turns to join her in the class.

Joseph Omotayo