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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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Agbero in London: Nigerian lady turns conductor in UK, calls bus stop with loud voice, surprises oyinbo people

Agbero in London: Nigerian lady turns conductor in UK, calls bus stop with loud voice, surprises oyinbo people

People

4 years ago

Mum of 12 beautiful children shows her family off with joy in beautiful videos, all of them dance

Mum of 12 beautiful children shows her family off with joy in beautiful videos, all of them dance

Family and Relationships

4 years ago

Hermes Edition Pagani: Woman shows off expensive car that has N24.9m beautiful bag in sweet video

Hermes Edition Pagani: Woman shows off expensive car that has N24.9m beautiful bag in sweet video

People

4 years ago

Man rebuilds dirty-looking beetle car, transforms it into expensive ride in video, surprises many

Man rebuilds dirty-looking beetle car, transforms it into expensive ride in video, surprises many

People

4 years ago

Beautiful lady serving in US Army dances inside bush with uniform in viral video, men want to marry her

Beautiful lady serving in US Army dances inside bush with uniform in viral video, men want to marry her

People

4 years ago

Young lady uses makeup to transform her face completely to man's own, video causes stir

Young lady uses makeup to transform her face completely to man's own, video causes stir

People

4 years ago

Lady begs for N50 from girl hawking on street, rewards her, follows kid home & pays mother's rent in clip

Lady begs for N50 from girl hawking on street, rewards her, follows kid home & pays mother's rent in clip

People

4 years ago

A young Nigerian lady made a poor family happy by gifting them money and paying their house rent. Before she did those, the stranger tested them in a prank clip

Nigerian kid who analysed Chelsea football match with pidgin English like pro in video gets free money

Nigerian kid who analysed Chelsea football match with pidgin English like pro in video gets free money

People

4 years ago

A young kid who is 12 years old surprised many people in a video as he ran a football analysis after a Chelsea match. A man who was impressed sent him money.

Video shows very big dog & woman together, she feeds it in viral video

Video shows very big dog & woman together, she feeds it in viral video

People

4 years ago

A woman has got many talking as a video of her and dog having a wonderful feeding time surfaced online. Many people said that the size of the pet looks scary.

Twitter recognises Nigeria man riding bike from London to Lagos, gives him blue tick on platform

Twitter recognises Nigeria man riding bike from London to Lagos, gives him blue tick on platform

People

4 years ago

A brave Nigerian man who has been on a mission to get to Lagos state come Wednesday, May 25, was verified on Twitter as the platform recognised his hardwork.

Lady in US military uniform dances to Buga during work hours, lovely video stirs reactions online

Lady in US military uniform dances to Buga during work hours, lovely video stirs reactions online

People

4 years ago

A young lady served beauty goals as she vibed hard to Kizz Daniel's Buga song in a clip that has been seen more than 1 million times online. She's a soldier.

Young man marries oyinbo lover in sweet traditional ceremony after welcoming her to Nigeria, videos go viral

Young man marries oyinbo lover in sweet traditional ceremony after welcoming her to Nigeria, videos go viral

People

4 years ago

A young Nigerian man took his oyinbo woman to meet his parents and they welcomed her in Yoruba traditional way to show they she has been recongised as a wife.

Welcome to Nigeria sweetheart - Oyinbo woman travels down to meet man, they hug at airport in video

Welcome to Nigeria sweetheart - Oyinbo woman travels down to meet man, they hug at airport in video

People

4 years ago

A Nigerian man showed the beauty of interracial relationship as he welcomed his white lover to Nigeria. He hugged her at the airport in the presence of friends.

Nigerian man who's been riding bike from London announces when he will get to Lagos state, many rejoice

Nigerian man who's been riding bike from London announces when he will get to Lagos state, many rejoice

People

4 years ago

A brave Nigerian rider who has been on a mission of riding from London to Nigeria is close to getting home as he said he will be in Lagos come Wednesday, May 25

Correct gene: Teenage daughter, 19, dances with 49-year-old mum in video, many react

Correct gene: Teenage daughter, 19, dances with 49-year-old mum in video, many react

People

4 years ago

A Korean family has got many people talking about them on social media as a 49-year-old mum who does not look her age danced with her teenage daughter in a clip

Joseph Omotayo