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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

2 ladies abroad bend low, starts dancing to Igbo song, video generates massive reactions

2 ladies abroad bend low, starts dancing to Igbo song, video generates massive reactions

People

3 years ago

2 babies scatter their house, ready to give mother headache, cute video causes stir

2 babies scatter their house, ready to give mother headache, cute video causes stir

Family and Relationships

3 years ago

"Not everything is yahoo": Transformation photos of Nigerian who used to work as cleaner, security man

"Not everything is yahoo": Transformation photos of Nigerian who used to work as cleaner, security man

People

3 years ago

Dream comes true for kid who asked Federer to promise him to keep playing, he meets tennis star in video

Dream comes true for kid who asked Federer to promise him to keep playing, he meets tennis star in video

People

3 years ago

Kid makes jest of pregnant mum, she allows him carry "watermelon baby" to know how it feels like in video

Kid makes jest of pregnant mum, she allows him carry "watermelon baby" to know how it feels like in video

Family and Relationships

3 years ago

"He asked to use my PayPal": Woman living abroad narrates how yahoo boy almost scammed him

"He asked to use my PayPal": Woman living abroad narrates how yahoo boy almost scammed him

People

3 years ago

"Property does not give money in Nigeria, invest in your business, don't build house now": Man speaks in video

"Property does not give money in Nigeria, invest in your business, don't build house now": Man speaks in video

People

3 years ago

A Nigerian man has in a clip advised against building a house at the expense of expanding a business. He said that it is a very wrong move to do in Nigeria.

2 Nigerian boys use bottle covers to make power bank, explain how it can charge phone in video

2 Nigerian boys use bottle covers to make power bank, explain how it can charge phone in video

People

3 years ago

Two Nigerian teens used covers of used bottles to make a power bank that can charge a phone to 60%. They said that they are still working more on the device.

"Passing is a blessing": Video shows moment kid dances in front of dad as he checks her end of term result

"Passing is a blessing": Video shows moment kid dances in front of dad as he checks her end of term result

People

3 years ago

A viral video has shown the moment a child was so happy that she is going to be on holiday. She danced in front of her father who was checking her results.

"You go collect": Mother tells baby with funny serious face, kid points finger at her in viral video

"You go collect": Mother tells baby with funny serious face, kid points finger at her in viral video

Family and Relationships

3 years ago

A mother and her daughter made many people laugh as they both engaged themselves in a very "serious talk". The baby pointed a finger at the woman, warning her.

"He's not the father": Woman gets pregnant for another man while still married to her husband, speaks in video

"He's not the father": Woman gets pregnant for another man while still married to her husband, speaks in video

People

3 years ago

A woman told the public on a radio show that she was pregnant for another man while still married to her husband. The man was shocked and very sad about it all.

"Fine Yoruba girl": Young lady dances in front of her house without minding background, video stirs reaction

"Fine Yoruba girl": Young lady dances in front of her house without minding background, video stirs reaction

People

3 years ago

A young lady gathered thousands of views on TikTok with her dance video set in front of an old building. Social media users said that she can really dance.

"Does it make you beautiful?" Mother gets angry, shouts on daughter for putting on leg chain, video goes viral

"Does it make you beautiful?" Mother gets angry, shouts on daughter for putting on leg chain, video goes viral

Family and Relationships

3 years ago

A young man has shared a video showing where his mother was speaking angrily against his sister for wearing ankle chain, saying the lady is deceiving herself.

Young Nigerian man living abroad gets his newborn Mexican passport for bright future, many people react

Young Nigerian man living abroad gets his newborn Mexican passport for bright future, many people react

People

3 years ago

A Nigerian man shared a Mexican passport he got for his baby, showing that the boy now has the citizenship of the foreign country. Many people reacted to it.

"I helped someone to borrow N5m from my boss": Nigerian man narrates how he was almost arrested

"I helped someone to borrow N5m from my boss": Nigerian man narrates how he was almost arrested

People

3 years ago

A young man who helped someone to secure a N5 million loan has gone online to speak about how the favour he did almost got him and his boss into a big trouble.

Joseph Omotayo