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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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Man gives white girlfriend serious lesson on African dance moves, shows her how to shake body in video

Man gives white girlfriend serious lesson on African dance moves, shows her how to shake body in video

People

4 years ago

They said no man will marry me - Nigerian lady who works as a welder speaks in video, people praise her

They said no man will marry me - Nigerian lady who works as a welder speaks in video, people praise her

People

4 years ago

Big trouble for policeman who 'flew' inside man's car through window, he will face disciplinary action

Big trouble for policeman who 'flew' inside man's car through window, he will face disciplinary action

People

4 years ago

Joy as Nigerian man recovers his N1.2m from corrupt police officers who extorted him in Lagos

Joy as Nigerian man recovers his N1.2m from corrupt police officers who extorted him in Lagos

People

4 years ago

Please, my husband needs clothes: 3 people who went online to beg for help & got bigger miracles

Please, my husband needs clothes: 3 people who went online to beg for help & got bigger miracles

People

4 years ago

Nigerian lady ‘scatters’ lecture room with dance moves at LASPOTECH, many Students scream in Video

Nigerian lady ‘scatters’ lecture room with dance moves at LASPOTECH, many Students scream in Video

People

4 years ago

Man tries to run away after buying gas without paying in prank video, starts dancing, seller looks confused

Man tries to run away after buying gas without paying in prank video, starts dancing, seller looks confused

People

4 years ago

A young man pranked a gas seller in a video as he attempted to run with the man's money. He started dancing almost immediately as the seller looked on amused.

Please help me, I need washing machine, I've been using my hands for customers' clothes - Man gets fast help

Please help me, I need washing machine, I've been using my hands for customers' clothes - Man gets fast help

People

4 years ago

A young Nigerian man got support online after he came on Twitter to ask for support for his laundry business. Some people offered to give him washing machines.

He should stop watching soccer: Video shows man who couldn't keep still during football match, Nigerians react

He should stop watching soccer: Video shows man who couldn't keep still during football match, Nigerians react

People

4 years ago

A man kept shifting in his chair and could not keep calm while he was watching a football match. He was almost going to fall off as a person secretly filmed him

Woman locks house girl outside in cold weather, people gather around her house, video stirs reactions

Woman locks house girl outside in cold weather, people gather around her house, video stirs reactions

People

4 years ago

A woman in Delta state stirred up the ire of many as she locked out her house girl in the cold at midnight. Her husband claimed he did not know she did that.

Nigerians react as Uyo landlord arrests all tenants over missing plantain in his house

Nigerians react as Uyo landlord arrests all tenants over missing plantain in his house

People

4 years ago

A landlord in Akwa Ibom arrested all his tenants because he could not find his missing plantain. It took the efforts of many before the students were released.

Nigerian lady makes her hair by herself without any help in video, looks beautiful afterwards, many react

Nigerian lady makes her hair by herself without any help in video, looks beautiful afterwards, many react

People

4 years ago

A Nigerian lady has wowed many people online with her extraordinary skill of making hair for herself. Many people wanted to know how she dealt with backaches.

Lady pulls off Nigerian jersey in stadium during Super Eagles vs Ghana match, someone tells her sorry in video

Lady pulls off Nigerian jersey in stadium during Super Eagles vs Ghana match, someone tells her sorry in video

People

4 years ago

A young Nigerian lady who was disappointed with the way Nigeria performed at the Abuja stadium pulled off her jersey in anger. Her video stirred reactions.

Massive reactions as man uses over N800k he won from betting to pay dowry, build toilet in his compound

Massive reactions as man uses over N800k he won from betting to pay dowry, build toilet in his compound

People

4 years ago

A few weeks ago, Zablon Maguta Shitanda from Kakamega won over N800k from betting firm SportPesa, money he spent on dowry and building the family a new toilet.

3 men who rocked the internet with energetic dances moves, 1 whined waist like lady to Eitee Skhillz's ODG song

3 men who rocked the internet with energetic dances moves, 1 whined waist like lady to Eitee Skhillz's ODG song

People

4 years ago

Among many people who have shown great dance moves in recent times, three of them were featured in a report that seeks to see how dance videos became popular.

Joseph Omotayo