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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

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Nigerian teenagers team up, build their car, say some people thought they were wasting their money

Nigerian teenagers team up, build their car, say some people thought they were wasting their money

People

3 years ago

"Never saw this while growing up": Lovely video shows old Nigerian woman disturbing her busy husband

"Never saw this while growing up": Lovely video shows old Nigerian woman disturbing her busy husband

Family and Relationships

3 years ago

"Keep our child": Girlfriend receives positive pregnancy result, tells boyfriend in "leaked" WhatsApp chat

"Keep our child": Girlfriend receives positive pregnancy result, tells boyfriend in "leaked" WhatsApp chat

People

3 years ago

Twins share transformation clip, say nobody wanted to be their friends when they were Deeper Life members

Twins share transformation clip, say nobody wanted to be their friends when they were Deeper Life members

Family and Relationships

3 years ago

Video of black & clean Mercedes Benz with PS 5 stirs reactions, man grabs game pad, plays it

Video of black & clean Mercedes Benz with PS 5 stirs reactions, man grabs game pad, plays it

People

3 years ago

"You deserve love": After woman got over ex-husband, she met perfect man who loves her, shares video

"You deserve love": After woman got over ex-husband, she met perfect man who loves her, shares video

People

3 years ago

"God'll judge you": Lady narrates how boyfriend of 5 years dumped her after travelling abroad, married oyinbo

"God'll judge you": Lady narrates how boyfriend of 5 years dumped her after travelling abroad, married oyinbo

People

3 years ago

A lady stirred massive reaction on social media for saying that God will judge her boyfriend of five years who broke up with her after he travelled abroad.

Pretty Nigerian lady rents apartment in Abuja, spends over N500k to renovate her floor, video stirs reactions

Pretty Nigerian lady rents apartment in Abuja, spends over N500k to renovate her floor, video stirs reactions

People

3 years ago

A young Nigerian lady revealed that she spent more than half a million to fix the flooring of the apartment she newly rented in Abuja. Many people were wowed.

"My friends advised to abort it": Nigerian lady who became pregnant after getting admission shares viral video

"My friends advised to abort it": Nigerian lady who became pregnant after getting admission shares viral video

People

3 years ago

A young Nigerian lady who got pregnant not long after she got into the polytechnic revealed that though her friends advised her to abort, she kept the baby.

"She is embarrassed": Father dances in front of daughter's school, lady becomes shy & covers face

"She is embarrassed": Father dances in front of daughter's school, lady becomes shy & covers face

People

3 years ago

A father made a good memory with his daughter as he put up a good dancing performance while picking her up from school. The child was embarrassed by it all.

"Come out and see us": Chinese-looking kid speaks Yoruba with sweet voice, teaches people local culture

"Come out and see us": Chinese-looking kid speaks Yoruba with sweet voice, teaches people local culture

People

3 years ago

A Chinese-looking kid amazed people with the way she sang and spoke in Yoruba language. People said that her parents must have really taught her very well.

Young Nigerian lady makes Yoruba version of MTN low airtime voice, her video stirs reactions

Young Nigerian lady makes Yoruba version of MTN low airtime voice, her video stirs reactions

People

3 years ago

A young lady was praised massively on social media after she used Yoruba language in a very beautiful way to translate popular MTN bot voice customers know.

America-based lady uses over N20k to make braids inside Lagos hotel room, shares video of perfect hairstyle

America-based lady uses over N20k to make braids inside Lagos hotel room, shares video of perfect hairstyle

People

3 years ago

A lady shared a video of the beautiful braids she paid $50 for. The stylists came down to her hotel room to have them fixed. Nigerians said she's overcharged.

"She prefers money cos country hard": Baby abandons her toy, crawls towards N500 note in video

"She prefers money cos country hard": Baby abandons her toy, crawls towards N500 note in video

People

3 years ago

A short video of a baby going for the money on her bed without minding her toy has got many people talking about how very smart the kid is at such a young age.

"My neighbour na ritualist": Nigerian man shares video of co-tenant's generator that always has fuel inside

"My neighbour na ritualist": Nigerian man shares video of co-tenant's generator that always has fuel inside

People

3 years ago

A Nigerian man went online to share a video of his neighbour's generator that rarely goes off. He wondered where the man gets his money from to keep it running.

Joseph Omotayo