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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

Remember 3 kids who picked money at party & wanted to give their mums? Man buys books, food for them in video

Remember 3 kids who picked money at party & wanted to give their mums? Man buys books, food for them in video

People

4 years ago

Upcoming Olamide: Young Nigerian delivers strong bars, uses Yoruba words to rap in viral video

Upcoming Olamide: Young Nigerian delivers strong bars, uses Yoruba words to rap in viral video

People

4 years ago

Nigerian lady who used to sell kola nuts & sweets by roadside makes it, becomes pro footballer

Nigerian lady who used to sell kola nuts & sweets by roadside makes it, becomes pro footballer

People

4 years ago

My husband is always watching cartoon - Oyinbo shows how her Nigerian man behaves at home in funny video

My husband is always watching cartoon - Oyinbo shows how her Nigerian man behaves at home in funny video

People

4 years ago

Beautiful pregnant lady dances in video, her small kids try to copy her, video stirs massive reactions

Beautiful pregnant lady dances in video, her small kids try to copy her, video stirs massive reactions

People

4 years ago

Another beautiful Nigerian lady wears her mother's and daddy's clothes to see which fits her better in video

Another beautiful Nigerian lady wears her mother's and daddy's clothes to see which fits her better in video

People

4 years ago

I can do both: Pretty US soldier shows off how she looks during work & when she's enjoying weekends in video

I can do both: Pretty US soldier shows off how she looks during work & when she's enjoying weekends in video

People

4 years ago

A lady has got many people talking on social media after she showed people how she looks on weekends and weekdays. Social media users were stunned by her beauty

3 young people whose sweet voices shot them to fame online, 1 of them rapped like Nicki Minaj

3 young people whose sweet voices shot them to fame online, 1 of them rapped like Nicki Minaj

People

4 years ago

Three young Nigerians have in recent times become popular for their excellent voices. One of them was later signed to Mavin Records and has songs playing on TV.

I was the only passenger on board and this bus moved - Nigerian man living in UK amazed

I was the only passenger on board and this bus moved - Nigerian man living in UK amazed

People

4 years ago

A young Nigerian man living in the UK has said that he was amazed when a bus moved with only him as a passenger just because the driver wanted to keep to time.

Finish your food before me & I'll give you N5k - Video shows how 2 Nigerian men 'battled' over spaghetti

Finish your food before me & I'll give you N5k - Video shows how 2 Nigerian men 'battled' over spaghetti

People

4 years ago

A young man outmatched a person who challenged him to a food battle. After he was promised N5000 to finish his plate of spaghetti on time, he did and got N5000.

Beautiful lady dances inside room without cement wall plaster, shows no shame, video stirs reactions

Beautiful lady dances inside room without cement wall plaster, shows no shame, video stirs reactions

People

4 years ago

A young lady has amazed many people online with her simplicity as she danced in her un-plastered room. Many TikTok users said they love how contended she is.

Young lady called Kelly shows off dance moves in video, many want to be like her, men adore her

Young lady called Kelly shows off dance moves in video, many want to be like her, men adore her

People

4 years ago

A young lady has gathered thousands of admirers online for just dancing and looking beautiful. Many content creators have gone ahead to recreate her videos.

Young man buys small car for N453k, transforms it into clean vehicle, his video amazes many

Young man buys small car for N453k, transforms it into clean vehicle, his video amazes many

People

4 years ago

A man transformed the vehicle he bought in 2015 into a ride that became a centre of attention. He spent nights working on the body to make it look beautiful.

Emotional moment kid waits for his brother to get back from school, video shows him jubilating

Emotional moment kid waits for his brother to get back from school, video shows him jubilating

People

4 years ago

A kid was very emotional that his brother was coming home from school and he had to wait for him outside. Many people were very amazed at his show of care.

Video captures moment oyinbo woman who fell in love in Nigeria years ago & never left sang in Yoruba

Video captures moment oyinbo woman who fell in love in Nigeria years ago & never left sang in Yoruba

People

4 years ago

A German grandma who married a Nigerian man decades ago amazed many people online with her piano playing skill online. She also sang in fluent Yoruba language.

Joseph Omotayo