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

"Is it not your baby?" Pregnant wife blames husband after taking injection, cries in funny video

"Is it not your baby?" Pregnant wife blames husband after taking injection,...

People

2 years ago

3 days to go, Nigerian lady calls off wedding, says fiance didn't drop money for event planning

3 days to go, Nigerian lady calls off wedding, says fiance didn't drop money for...

Wedding

2 years ago

"Empty house": Lady rents apartment, sits on the floor with no furniture after paying landlord

"Empty house": Lady rents apartment, sits on the floor with no furniture after...

People

2 years ago

"He promised her an aeroplane": Lady shares parents' old photo, wonders how pretty mum fell in love with dad

"He promised her an aeroplane": Lady shares parents' old photo, wonders how...

Family and Relationships

2 years ago

"I added alligator pepper": Nigerian lady finally breaks her piggybank, shows off N1000 notes in video

"I added alligator pepper": Nigerian lady finally breaks her piggybank, shows...

People

2 years ago

Lady takes fufu to school abroad, her friends gather around it, quickly finish meal in video

Lady takes fufu to school abroad, her friends gather around it, quickly finish...

People

2 years ago

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

2 years ago

A group of Nigerian students were able to produce their car that started out as a dream. With funding from their school's alumni, they got down to serious work.

"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

2 years ago

A Nigerian lady shared a video of her parents goofing around like young couple. She said that her father didn't want to give her mum attention while working.

"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

2 years ago

A young lady went online to narrate her very supportive her boyfriend was when she fell pregnant. Despite the fact he was scared, he advised against abortion.

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

2 years ago

The transformation clip of two beautiful sisters became the focus of discussion online. Many wondered why being Deeper Life members kept friends away from them.

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

2 years ago

A video of a clean Mercedes Benz with a compartment for a PS 5 stirred reactions on social media. Some people were worried it would consume battery power...

"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

2 years ago

A woman shared a video to show people how well she has gotten over her heartbreak. A man who was way better than her ex-husband started dating her. She's happy.

"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

2 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

2 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

2 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.

Joseph Omotayo