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 has been writing for the human interest desk since 2019 and is currently the head of the desk. He graduated from Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, with a degree in Literature in English in 2016. 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.

6010 articles published since 08 Jan 2019

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No more fuel: Lady buys Tesla Model Y electric car, drives out of showroom with pride

No more fuel: Lady buys Tesla Model Y electric car, drives out of showroom with pride

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a year ago

Lady builds house, decorates veranda & pillars with tiles, shares photos of land documents

Lady builds house, decorates veranda & pillars with tiles, shares photos of land documents

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a year ago

Lady calls out pastor for preaching inside bus, speaks her mind with confidence

Lady calls out pastor for preaching inside bus, speaks her mind with confidence

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a year ago

Man uses well-constructed English to break up with girlfriend, video shows their leaked WhatsApp chat

Man uses well-constructed English to break up with girlfriend, video shows their leaked WhatsApp chat

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a year ago

Man uses old newspapers to decorate apartment, saves money on wall paint

Man uses old newspapers to decorate apartment, saves money on wall paint

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a year ago

Nigerian man returns from abroad rich after 9 years, gives family members money

Nigerian man returns from abroad rich after 9 years, gives family members money

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a year ago

Lady who went for NYSC rents room, uses wallpaper, carpet to transform apartment

Lady who went for NYSC rents room, uses wallpaper, carpet to transform apartment

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a year ago

A corps member who rented a not-so-good room transformed her apartment's interior decor with wallpapers and tiles. She even had a TV hung on her wall.

America's Got Talent: Kid solves "complex" mathematics questions, judges scream

America's Got Talent: Kid solves "complex" mathematics questions, judges scream

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a year ago

A baby surprised judges as he solved some mathematics questions that were too complex for his age. Adults and America's Got Talent's judges praised him.

Woman buys baby things in hope of getting pregnant, Nigerians react

Woman buys baby things in hope of getting pregnant, Nigerians react

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a year ago

A Nigerian woman who thought she would one day become a mother bought many baby things and kept. Five years after, she is yet to become a mother.

Young Nigerian man moves into his uncompleted building without ceilings and windows

Young Nigerian man moves into his uncompleted building without ceilings and windows

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a year ago

A young man who built a house but yet to put windows and perfect the interior said he was moving in the next day. He added that he has tried and not going further.

Lady working as nanny abroad regrets as sister spends money she sent home: "she uses it to party"

Lady working as nanny abroad regrets as sister spends money she sent home: "she uses it to party"

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a year ago

Priscillah Ogino Wesonga is a worried mum as her sister, who lives in Mtwapa, Mombasa, is mistreating her kids. She doesn't buy them food or take them to school.

Nigerian man builds bungalow, roofs it with over N1m, many praise his portable home

Nigerian man builds bungalow, roofs it with over N1m, many praise his portable home

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a year ago

A young Nigerian man built a house and quickly roofed it. Many people who saw his new home said he indeed tried. His exterior walls had tiles all over them.

Lady backs baby to UK market, oyinbo gives British pounds as motherhood reward

Lady backs baby to UK market, oyinbo gives British pounds as motherhood reward

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a year ago

A Nigerian mother who backed her baby to the market was happy when an oyinbo woman rewarded her with some pounds. She made a video about it on TikTok.

Man buys his baby mama N36m house, car, asks for her forgiveness after 8 years

Man buys his baby mama N36m house, car, asks for her forgiveness after 8 years

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a year ago

Sheila from Nakuru county narrated that when she first got pregnant by the man she met in Diani, he was cold towards her and absconded from his fatherly duties.

Pretty lady visits boyfriend's house, washes his clothes, mops floor, cleans flat screen TV

Pretty lady visits boyfriend's house, washes his clothes, mops floor, cleans flat screen TV

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a year ago

A lady showed how much she loved her boyfriend by washing all his dirty clothes in the bathroom. She did all the laundry with so much ease and calm.

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