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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

Young man creates scene in market, sings Pheelz's Finesse song with loud voice as he eats watermelon in video

Young man creates scene in market, sings Pheelz's Finesse song with loud voice as he eats watermelon in video

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4 years ago

3 times people converted their vehicles to make it look classy, one man redesigned keke's seat into SUV's

3 times people converted their vehicles to make it look classy, one man redesigned keke's seat into SUV's

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4 years ago

Young girl beats boy silly in boxing game, Nigerian man promises her N50k, videos stir mixed reactions online

Young girl beats boy silly in boxing game, Nigerian man promises her N50k, videos stir mixed reactions online

People

4 years ago

Old woman and her daughter vibe hard to Portable's Zaazu Virus song in video, mother's energy causes stir

Old woman and her daughter vibe hard to Portable's Zaazu Virus song in video, mother's energy causes stir

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4 years ago

We were warned not to touch his head anyhow - Ooni of Ife's dad reveals important things about his son in video

We were warned not to touch his head anyhow - Ooni of Ife's dad reveals important things about his son in video

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4 years ago

Video captures sweet moment aeroplane passengers sing Baby Shark song to make kid stop crying

Video captures sweet moment aeroplane passengers sing Baby Shark song to make kid stop crying

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4 years ago

Plus size woman rolls her waist in public, dances with much joy in video, many react

Plus size woman rolls her waist in public, dances with much joy in video, many react

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4 years ago

A jubilant and jovial woman, Dudu Thanjekwayo (@duduthanjekwayo) took to her social media to share a video of herself pulling some moves during a night out.

3 female 'corpers' hold each other, march funnily in front of soldier in viral video, Nigerians react

3 female 'corpers' hold each other, march funnily in front of soldier in viral video, Nigerians react

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4 years ago

A short interesting video showing three female corps members marching funnily on a campground has got many social media users laughing at their poor attempt.

Na your brother run am: Reactions as lady 'cries' after discovering about N30k was stolen from her piggy bank

Na your brother run am: Reactions as lady 'cries' after discovering about N30k was stolen from her piggy bank

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4 years ago

A young Nigerian lady stirred massive reactions on Instagram after she cried that about N30,000 was stolen from her piggybank. Some people tried to console her.

Na lamba, ask her: Reactions as man says wife parked car proper & saw it inside gutter later

Na lamba, ask her: Reactions as man says wife parked car proper & saw it inside gutter later

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4 years ago

A Nigerian man shared four photos of his wife's car in a gutter after the woman said she parked the vehicle well. Many people tried to pick holes in her claim.

Nigerian lady's story changes, mum who sells zobo & mechanic father now have a big house, video goes viral

Nigerian lady's story changes, mum who sells zobo & mechanic father now have a big house, video goes viral

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4 years ago

A Nigerian lady went online to narrate how her family's fortune changed for good. Years ago, they used to live in a dirty house, now they have a bigger one.

Emotional moment man who has been flying aeroplanes for 43 years retires, makes announcement to passengers

Emotional moment man who has been flying aeroplanes for 43 years retires, makes announcement to passengers

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4 years ago

The video of an old white man announcing his retirement before flying passengers for the last time has got many people talking on social media. It was emotional

Sweet love stories: 3 Nigerian ladies who said 'yes' and accepted to marry men who DMed them

Sweet love stories: 3 Nigerian ladies who said 'yes' and accepted to marry men who DMed them

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4 years ago

The couples all started their conversations from the DM without knowing they would end up as partners. Their love stories stirred reactions from many online.

7-year-old girl escapes war in Ukraine, sings national anthem with sweet voice, thousands watch her in video

7-year-old girl escapes war in Ukraine, sings national anthem with sweet voice, thousands watch her in video

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4 years ago

A 7-year-old Ukrainian girl became a world star after she sang Frozen's Let It Go. The kid was on a bigger stage as she performed her country's national anthem

His destiny would have been wasted: Kid who was saved from street, housed & adopted wins maths award in school

His destiny would have been wasted: Kid who was saved from street, housed & adopted wins maths award in school

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4 years ago

A Nigerian kid who was saved from the slum in 2021 is not only in school but excelling at his studies. The kid was awarded for his mathematical intelligence.

Joseph Omotayo