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

Author's articles

Nigerian man who rented apartment in Lagos celebrates as he buys mattress and 3 pillows

Nigerian man who rented apartment in Lagos celebrates as he buys mattress and 3 pillows

People

a year ago

Lady and pretty friends dress like pregnant women, go out on date as people stare

Lady and pretty friends dress like pregnant women, go out on date as people stare

People

a year ago

Baby sits at doorstep as she waits till father returns home and dances with her

Baby sits at doorstep as she waits till father returns home and dances with her

People

a year ago

Nigerian man mistakenly gets N2.5m sent to his account, he goes to bank and returns it

Nigerian man mistakenly gets N2.5m sent to his account, he goes to bank and returns it

People

a year ago

Young man who packed many work shifts in UK builds mansion in Nigeria

Young man who packed many work shifts in UK builds mansion in Nigeria

People

a year ago

Lady does marriage introduction with man she met online after chatting for 2 months

Lady does marriage introduction with man she met online after chatting for 2 months

Wedding

a year ago

Man sponsors wife in university, pays her school fees for 5 years, she honours him

Man sponsors wife in university, pays her school fees for 5 years, she honours him

People

a year ago

A young Nigerian lady cried tears of joy on her graduation day as she thanked her husband who sponsored her university education. Many people rejoiced with her.

Young man who attended GAPOSA celebrates completing his ND with white agabda

Young man who attended GAPOSA celebrates completing his ND with white agabda

People

a year ago

A young Nigerian man who graduated from GAPOSA has made his sign out a trending topic on TikTok as he made people write on his classy white agbada.

Man starts and completes house with aluminum parapets in 5 months

Man starts and completes house with aluminum parapets in 5 months

People

a year ago

A young Nigerian man completed his mansion in five months. Many were amazed by how grand the building looked. The multi-flats building was well fenced.

WAEC result of best student in secondary school trends with multiple A1

WAEC result of best student in secondary school trends with multiple A1

People

a year ago

The WAEC result of a girl who got awards for performing well in 6 science subjects has gone viral online. She had 8 A's in core subjects like chemistry.

WAEC 2024 result: UNN professor's son who scored 339 in JAMB clears his WASSCE papers

WAEC 2024 result: UNN professor's son who scored 339 in JAMB clears his WASSCE papers

People

a year ago

The 2024 WAEC result of a 15-year-old Nigerian boy has got many praising him despite the fact the candidate was expecting a better result of straight A's.

BBNaija S9: Man speaks like Big Brother, his voice captures people's attention

BBNaija S9: Man speaks like Big Brother, his voice captures people's attention

People

a year ago

A young Nigerian man imitated the voice of Big Brother associated with BBNaija show and many people were amazed by how well he got the sterling roleplay.

Man says it's better to say in hotel than pay rent, many Nigerians react, disagree

Man says it's better to say in hotel than pay rent, many Nigerians react, disagree

People

a year ago

A Nigerian man who said it was better to stay in a hotel than pay rent has received backlash online as people said he should have gone through his thoughts well.

Lady shows land inheritance father left for her, it has many rocks for quarry company

Lady shows land inheritance father left for her, it has many rocks for quarry company

People

a year ago

A lady whose father left landed property with rocky stones has made a video online to know what to do with the piece of land. Many people advised her.

Lady who started business 6 years ago builds big and painted hostel for rent

Lady who started business 6 years ago builds big and painted hostel for rent

People

a year ago

A young woman who became successful in her business has built a hostel and became a young landlady. She publicly rejoiced as many celebrated her.

Joseph Omotayo