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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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"Computer village na your mate": Nigerian man opens box of 'new Android phone', sees big black nylon

"Computer village na your mate": Nigerian man opens box of 'new Android phone', sees big black nylon

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3 years ago

Video captures moment husband suddenly saw his wife with 7 months old pregnancy at airport

Video captures moment husband suddenly saw his wife with 7 months old pregnancy at airport

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3 years ago

"Bag like supermarket": Nigerian lady prepares to go to school, loads box with milk, soft drink, corn flakes

"Bag like supermarket": Nigerian lady prepares to go to school, loads box with milk, soft drink, corn flakes

People

3 years ago

Keke becomes important in UK as Gwent Police set to add tricycles to weapons of fighting crime

Keke becomes important in UK as Gwent Police set to add tricycles to weapons of fighting crime

People

3 years ago

"Hold her with care": Nigerian man pranks girlfriend, says he has a kid in village, she breaks down in tears

"Hold her with care": Nigerian man pranks girlfriend, says he has a kid in village, she breaks down in tears

People

3 years ago

Nigerian lady who hasn't seen mother in almost 3 years visits her in NYSC khaki, joyful video stirs reactions

Nigerian lady who hasn't seen mother in almost 3 years visits her in NYSC khaki, joyful video stirs reactions

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3 years ago

Video shows mum using sweet trick to teach her kid how to walk, video stirs reactions

Video shows mum using sweet trick to teach her kid how to walk, video stirs reactions

People

3 years ago

A mother has used a system to teach her kid how to move from one place to another without having the fear of falling. She enticed him with a colourful tape.

"Your oga won't fire you": Teni goes into crowd, pulls out cameraman on stage and dances with him in video

"Your oga won't fire you": Teni goes into crowd, pulls out cameraman on stage and dances with him in video

People

3 years ago

A short video has shown the moment Teni invited a cameraman on stage to dance with her. The man was shy and could not hold the musician well in the viral clip.

Emotional moment beautiful kid sang for her grandma during video call, expressed love

Emotional moment beautiful kid sang for her grandma during video call, expressed love

People

3 years ago

A video of a little girl singing a lovely song to show her grandma how much she cares for her has got many emotional comments on TikTok from hundreds of people.

Hand moulded or machine made block? 4 ways Nigerians can know which is better when building their houses

Hand moulded or machine made block? 4 ways Nigerians can know which is better when building their houses

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3 years ago

Going for either hand molded blocks or the ones produced by a machine may depend on what an individual wants. In all, machine makes producing blocks faster.

"I hope you recover": Nigerian lady becomes sad as flood affects her newly built house, shares touching video

"I hope you recover": Nigerian lady becomes sad as flood affects her newly built house, shares touching video

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3 years ago

A lady has gone online to share that her house has been overwhelmed by flood. She revealed in a short video that the situation brought much tears to her eyes.

DJ Khaled vibes to Burna Boy's Last Last inside Rolls-Royce, makes sweet hand moves in video

DJ Khaled vibes to Burna Boy's Last Last inside Rolls-Royce, makes sweet hand moves in video

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3 years ago

DJ Khaled demonstrated his strong love for Burna Boy's Last Last in a video as he vibed to the song while sitting in a Rolls-Royce. Burna found his act funny.

"Things my mum sent to me from Nigeria": Lady shares video of pepper, ogbono, clothes she received in America

"Things my mum sent to me from Nigeria": Lady shares video of pepper, ogbono, clothes she received in America

People

3 years ago

A young lady has made a short video showing the items her mother sent to her from Nigeria to America. Many people were amazed, wanting to know how she did it.

Young Nigerian wins best performing teacher award, gets N20,000 money reward, photo stirs reactions

Young Nigerian wins best performing teacher award, gets N20,000 money reward, photo stirs reactions

People

3 years ago

A young Nigerian has been celebrated online for bagging a best performing teacher award as he got the cash gift of N20,000 which many thought to be very small.

Beautiful Nigerian lady works as car mechanic, removes engine, repairs it in viral video

Beautiful Nigerian lady works as car mechanic, removes engine, repairs it in viral video

People

3 years ago

A lady was praised on social media for the dedication she exuded at work while fixing a vehicle's engine. Despite her beauty, she doesn't mind getting dirty.

Joseph Omotayo