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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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Female teacher dances in front of students to make class fun, kids hype her in amazing video

Female teacher dances in front of students to make class fun, kids hype her in amazing video

People

4 years ago

Moment Nigerian man who graduated abroad wears isi agu during ceremony, wife screams his name as he dances

Moment Nigerian man who graduated abroad wears isi agu during ceremony, wife screams his name as he dances

People

4 years ago

Video of woman moving gently to song inside classroom gets over 2 million views on TikTok, makes many talk

Video of woman moving gently to song inside classroom gets over 2 million views on TikTok, makes many talk

People

4 years ago

"Thought it was Beyonce": Young lady's voice in viral video stirs mixed reactions online

"Thought it was Beyonce": Young lady's voice in viral video stirs mixed reactions online

People

4 years ago

"Omo, see transformation": Young man's throwback & recent photos stir reactions on social media

"Omo, see transformation": Young man's throwback & recent photos stir reactions on social media

People

4 years ago

"Song wey just comot": Nigerian kid sings Asake's PBUY in video, jumps around inside parents' parlour

"Song wey just comot": Nigerian kid sings Asake's PBUY in video, jumps around inside parents' parlour

People

4 years ago

Lady who bleached skin & had eczema on her face says she regretted it, reveals how she became black again

Lady who bleached skin & had eczema on her face says she regretted it, reveals how she became black again

People

4 years ago

A young lady's skin bleaching story never went well. Her cheeks had eczema spots all around. She revealed she had to stop and revert to her natural black colour

PhD in hawking: Man in suit uses skill to sell groundnut & popcorn, people watch his fast hand moves in video

PhD in hawking: Man in suit uses skill to sell groundnut & popcorn, people watch his fast hand moves in video

People

4 years ago

A video of a man selling groundnuts as he used some brilliant skills to peel the nuts entertained many people on social media. People said that he looks nice.

Beautiful lady tries on her boyfriend's different outfits to to see which one fits her, video causes stir

Beautiful lady tries on her boyfriend's different outfits to to see which one fits her, video causes stir

People

4 years ago

A lady who said she wanted to try on her boyfriend's clothes and went ahead to do the same in a video has been praised online for wearing the outfits well.

"I thought this was Burna Boy": Reactions as man who looks like Nigerian musician dances in video, does split

"I thought this was Burna Boy": Reactions as man who looks like Nigerian musician dances in video, does split

People

4 years ago

A video of a man who looked like Burna dancing has got many people wondering if it was really the musician. The lookalike showed off his smooth vogueing moves.

"Is it right to pay girlfriend allowance?" Mum asks her baby, he "responds" in baby language in funny video

"Is it right to pay girlfriend allowance?" Mum asks her baby, he "responds" in baby language in funny video

People

4 years ago

A video of a mother trying to have a conversation with her baby as if he is an adult has stirred massive reactions online. The cute baby blabbered in the clip.

"I can never walk like this at midnight in Osogbo, Nigeria": Young man moves with lady, speaks in video

"I can never walk like this at midnight in Osogbo, Nigeria": Young man moves with lady, speaks in video

People

4 years ago

A young man in abroad has said that he is walking at midnight and nobody is stopping him. The man said that same thing would have been impossible in Osogbo.

Oyinbo man sings Fireboy DML's Peru song with so much happiness inside Wembley Stadium in video

Oyinbo man sings Fireboy DML's Peru song with so much happiness inside Wembley Stadium in video

People

4 years ago

An old white man got very emotional as he sang Fireboy DML's Peru song at a concert. Many people around him danced at the event. Nigerians online were wowed.

Lady works at construction site, cooks rice & stew for her colleagues to eat during break time in video

Lady works at construction site, cooks rice & stew for her colleagues to eat during break time in video

People

4 years ago

A lady has got people praising her on social media after she shared a clip showing her and colleagues at work at a construction site. She also cooked for them.

Oyinbo lady and colleagues dance to sweet music at work, viral video raises questions online

Oyinbo lady and colleagues dance to sweet music at work, viral video raises questions online

People

4 years ago

A young lady has shared a short video showing her and colleagues having fun while at work. They all vibed hard to Sugarcane song. Many praised a black lady.

Joseph Omotayo