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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

Poco Lee has to respond: Reactions as man displays street legwork in video, ladies watch

Poco Lee has to respond: Reactions as man displays street legwork in video, ladies watch

People

4 years ago

God gave me something bigger: Young lady who sold her 1st car & invested money into business gets new vehicle

God gave me something bigger: Young lady who sold her 1st car & invested money into business gets new vehicle

People

4 years ago

Hide your husbands: Young Nigerian lady reveals she's looking for a married man to date, video goes viral

Hide your husbands: Young Nigerian lady reveals she's looking for a married man to date, video goes viral

People

4 years ago

A queen & more: Lady enters food competition, finishes swallow, draw soup without staining clothes in video

A queen & more: Lady enters food competition, finishes swallow, draw soup without staining clothes in video

People

4 years ago

People gather around man in UNIBEN as he sings about them, approaches lady, 'toasts' her with music in video

People gather around man in UNIBEN as he sings about them, approaches lady, 'toasts' her with music in video

People

4 years ago

Mummy calm down boy, dancing security men among people whose lives changed with power of social media

Mummy calm down boy, dancing security men among people whose lives changed with power of social media

People

4 years ago

At least it won't eat my chicken: Reactions as Nigerian comedian sees robot making deliveries in America

At least it won't eat my chicken: Reactions as Nigerian comedian sees robot making deliveries in America

People

4 years ago

A Nigerian comedian could not contain his excitement when he saw a robot on a mission to make deliveries in the US. Many people said that it is a better option.

Nigerian UFC champion Israel Adesanya shows off dance moves, his video with other men goes viral

Nigerian UFC champion Israel Adesanya shows off dance moves, his video with other men goes viral

People

4 years ago

A Nigerian professional fighter has shown that he could also dance as he displayed his moves in a group of four male dancers. Many people praised his moves.

Nigerian man runs away from Ukraine because of war, lands in Hungary, needs help to continue studies in Europe

Nigerian man runs away from Ukraine because of war, lands in Hungary, needs help to continue studies in Europe

People

4 years ago

A Nigerian man who ran away from Ukraine because of the ongoing war between the country and Russia is looking for how he could continue his studies in Europe.

Christian mothers join #DropItChallenge with cool squat move, 1 of them tries to twerk, video goes viral

Christian mothers join #DropItChallenge with cool squat move, 1 of them tries to twerk, video goes viral

People

4 years ago

A group of Christian women has made a grand entry into the #DropItChallenge with their sleek moves. Many people were amazed by their performance on social media

Man goes to market wearing singlet, puts carton over his head & starts shaking waist for old women in video

Man goes to market wearing singlet, puts carton over his head & starts shaking waist for old women in video

People

4 years ago

A young man put big smiles on the faces of many market women as he entertained them with his beautiful waist moves. The women kept laughing all through it all.

Una go dance taya: Reactions as another set of security men vibe to music during work hours in video

Una go dance taya: Reactions as another set of security men vibe to music during work hours in video

People

4 years ago

A video showing two men dancing during work hours instead of focusing on their security job has stirred massive reactions online. Many people criticised them.

Whose daughter is she? Massive reactions as kid rides toy bike to form circles in viral video

Whose daughter is she? Massive reactions as kid rides toy bike to form circles in viral video

People

4 years ago

A kid who put up a lovely show with her dirt bike has got amazing comments online. The child drifted in circles for many seconds in a video that went viral.

Sweet video of lovely father making his daughter's hair stirs massive reactions online

Sweet video of lovely father making his daughter's hair stirs massive reactions online

Family and Relationships

4 years ago

A cute clip shared online by @thecarlinfamily shows a dad trying to convince his daughter to do piggies instead of bunnies. He loses their adorable debate.

Man who said he's finding it hard to spend N4.1bn he won in 2019 wins same amount in 2022

Man who said he's finding it hard to spend N4.1bn he won in 2019 wins same amount in 2022

People

4 years ago

A man has shown that his lottery winning in 2019 was not just a flash in the pan. In 2022, the man won the same N4.1bn he won years back. People were amazed.

Joseph Omotayo