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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.

5440 articles published since 08 Jan 2019

Author's articles

Nigerian lady becomes successful, makes her first N5m within 1 year of selling clothes, video stirs reactions

Nigerian lady becomes successful, makes her first N5m within 1 year of selling clothes, video stirs reactions

Family and Relationships

3 years ago

Man powers on fake iPhone 14 pro max, Android OS comes up, Nigerians react to viral video

Man powers on fake iPhone 14 pro max, Android OS comes up, Nigerians react to viral video

People

3 years ago

"When dey pursue you for fees": Boy in school uniform dances on his way home, shows off legwork in video

"When dey pursue you for fees": Boy in school uniform dances on his way home, shows off legwork in video

People

3 years ago

Saudi Arabia vs Argentina: Nigerian man predicts exact World Cup scores hours before game, his tweet goes viral

Saudi Arabia vs Argentina: Nigerian man predicts exact World Cup scores hours before game, his tweet goes viral

People

3 years ago

Daughter, mum get emotional as man gains freedom after spending 26 years in prison, video goes viral

Daughter, mum get emotional as man gains freedom after spending 26 years in prison, video goes viral

Family and Relationships

3 years ago

Teacher dances with her students after they got tired in class, cute video of them in hallway goes viral

Teacher dances with her students after they got tired in class, cute video of them in hallway goes viral

People

3 years ago

Kid in uniform stays close to dad in video, ignores mum's call as he takes her to school

Kid in uniform stays close to dad in video, ignores mum's call as he takes her to school

Family and Relationships

3 years ago

A video showing a kid who did not respond to her mother's call just because she was with her dad stirred reactions online. People said she loves her father.

Lady twerks in presence of "father" at wedding, man gives her very bad look, she "vanishes" in video

Lady twerks in presence of "father" at wedding, man gives her very bad look, she "vanishes" in video

People

3 years ago

An old man became very angry as his "daughter" twerked in his presence as they were dancing at a wedding ceremony. Many said that she went way out of line.

"Felt so relieved": Beautiful black lady dances to Asake's Joha in high heels close to swimming pool

"Felt so relieved": Beautiful black lady dances to Asake's Joha in high heels close to swimming pool

People

3 years ago

A brave young lady pulled off some very interesting dance moves beside a swimming pool as people hoped she does not fall into it. Her video trended on TikTok.

Kind Nigerian student gives stranger N500 to eat in video, man rewards him with instant N100k

Kind Nigerian student gives stranger N500 to eat in video, man rewards him with instant N100k

People

3 years ago

A student was given the sum of N100,000 after his level of kindness had been tested. A stranger who asked him for N1,000 for food rewarded him with the money.

Very beautiful lady says men don't want to date her because she's deaf, viral video stirs massive reactions

Very beautiful lady says men don't want to date her because she's deaf, viral video stirs massive reactions

People

3 years ago

A pretty lady who is deaf said that she has not been able to get into any relationship because guys do not like her disability. Many people encouraged her.

"The students get shape": Tailor gives her apprentices practical, their ankara gown designs amaze many

"The students get shape": Tailor gives her apprentices practical, their ankara gown designs amaze many

People

3 years ago

Many people applauded a Nigerian tailor for teaching her apprentices well. They all came out with beautiful ankara designs when she gave them a practical work.

Black lady dances on the street, wows oyinbo woman with her moves, she stops & keeps looking

Black lady dances on the street, wows oyinbo woman with her moves, she stops & keeps looking

People

3 years ago

A young lady got many people talking about how she was able to get the attention of an old woman walking down the street while she was making some dance moves.

"I wan try my luck": Nigerian man invests his money into snail farming, shares video

"I wan try my luck": Nigerian man invests his money into snail farming, shares video

People

3 years ago

A young Nigerian man who went into snail farming with the aim of making profit has shown people how he set everything up as he tended to their eggs in a video.

"This is unfair": Woman shares throwback photo of how she used to look fit before she started giving birth

"This is unfair": Woman shares throwback photo of how she used to look fit before she started giving birth

People

3 years ago

A woman has stirred conversations online when she shared a short video showing the way she looked before and in marriage. She added weight as a mother of two.

Joseph Omotayo