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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 boy working as bricklayer cries uncontrollably, his video touches people's hearts

Nigerian boy working as bricklayer cries uncontrollably, his video touches people's hearts

People

3 years ago

Man who was chased out of school because of his Yoruba proverbs finds help, Nigerians sponsor kid's education

Man who was chased out of school because of his Yoruba proverbs finds help, Nigerians sponsor kid's education

People

3 years ago

Nigerian man goes into fish business, builds 6 ponds with millions, explains how he did everything in video

Nigerian man goes into fish business, builds 6 ponds with millions, explains how he did everything in video

People

3 years ago

World's first flying bike reaches America, video shows man operating it, to sell for over N300m

World's first flying bike reaches America, video shows man operating it, to sell for over N300m

People

3 years ago

Young Nigerian charcoal seller shows off how he makes money, video has him loading a container

Young Nigerian charcoal seller shows off how he makes money, video has him loading a container

People

3 years ago

Nigerian lady chooses yahoo boy as partner, says he can take care of her needs, video causes stir

Nigerian lady chooses yahoo boy as partner, says he can take care of her needs, video causes stir

People

3 years ago

Video captures moment oyinbo ladies ate garri & groundnuts for 1st time, their reactions make Nigerians laugh

Video captures moment oyinbo ladies ate garri & groundnuts for 1st time, their reactions make Nigerians laugh

People

3 years ago

A white lady took garri and groundnuts to her family and asked them to try them out. Many people who reacted to their video said she should have added milk.

I'm educated but I came to Libya for N100k salary job as cleaner: Nigerian graduate speaks fine English

I'm educated but I came to Libya for N100k salary job as cleaner: Nigerian graduate speaks fine English

People

3 years ago

A Nigerian graduate who works very hard to make a living for herself in Libya has said that she is better than when she was being paid N25,000 as a teacher.

Last Last French version: Lady samples Burna Boy's song in video, uses another language

Last Last French version: Lady samples Burna Boy's song in video, uses another language

People

3 years ago

A lady got many people's attention after she made a sweet cover of Burna Boy's last last song. Many social media users were amazed she used French language.

Girl hawks chin chin with great marketing skill in video, makes woman buy what she doesn't need

Girl hawks chin chin with great marketing skill in video, makes woman buy what she doesn't need

People

3 years ago

A Nigerian kid who sells chin chin on the road has become an internet sensation after she was captured in a video trying to make a lady buy chin chin from her.

"She married me because she believed in my dream": Man shares transformation photo of wife, Nigerians react

"She married me because she believed in my dream": Man shares transformation photo of wife, Nigerians react

Family and Relationships

3 years ago

A Nigerian man has revealed that he never had much when his wife married him in 2014. She wanted to build with him. Eight years after, they glowed together.

"We've never been there": Lovely daughter pays for movie tickets for her parents, they watch The Woman King

"We've never been there": Lovely daughter pays for movie tickets for her parents, they watch The Woman King

Family and Relationships

3 years ago

A Nigerian lady got many people praising her kindness after she took her parents out to watch The Woman King at the cinema. They were grateful for what she did.

Man gifts supermarket worker 2 new iPhone 14, tells him to give 1 to his daughter, video goes viral

Man gifts supermarket worker 2 new iPhone 14, tells him to give 1 to his daughter, video goes viral

People

3 years ago

A supermarket worker was amazed when a stranger pranked him and then went ahead to gift him two iPhone 14 devices. He said he should give one to his daughter.

"Are you not scared?" Nigerian lady dances inside fish pond, shows off her lucrative business

"Are you not scared?" Nigerian lady dances inside fish pond, shows off her lucrative business

People

3 years ago

A Nigerian lady has gone online to show that she is very proud of her fish business. The lady danced inside her pond as many said they thought they were snakes.

Davido reaches out to man who remixed Electricity song & made it sound different, he screams in joy in video

Davido reaches out to man who remixed Electricity song & made it sound different, he screams in joy in video

People

3 years ago

A young man who writes songs was very happy when he remixed Electricity song and made it sound as if Rema was featured on the son. Davido reached out to him.

Joseph Omotayo