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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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Teacher who used to earn N87k monthly travels abroad, now collects over N500k as salary

Teacher who used to earn N87k monthly travels abroad, now collects over N500k as salary

People

4 years ago

Man who sells food to survive with his okada gets over N170k and new keke gift from kind people

Man who sells food to survive with his okada gets over N170k and new keke gift from kind people

People

4 years ago

Mother makes 5-year-old daughter happy on her birthday, allows her work as 'policewoman' for 1 day

Mother makes 5-year-old daughter happy on her birthday, allows her work as 'policewoman' for 1 day

People

4 years ago

Video shows moment corps member used his bare hand to pull Toyota truck, people scream, praise him

Video shows moment corps member used his bare hand to pull Toyota truck, people scream, praise him

People

4 years ago

Germany Takes 41% Tax From Your Salary: Nigerian Man Living Abroad Says He’ll Come Back in Video

Germany Takes 41% Tax From Your Salary: Nigerian Man Living Abroad Says He’ll Come Back in Video

People

4 years ago

Many said we were switched: Twins with different skin colours speak in video, react to online comments

Many said we were switched: Twins with different skin colours speak in video, react to online comments

Family and Relationships

4 years ago

Woman gets N280k free money to open shop and get house in video, Nigerians pray for those who contributed

Woman gets N280k free money to open shop and get house in video, Nigerians pray for those who contributed

People

4 years ago

Many Nigerians rose up to the welfare of a woman and contributed over N200,000 for her. The happy woman danced and thanked everyone who financially helped her.

Blind Nigerian man who can use laptop, wash his plates gets PhD scholarship in Canada, needs money to travel

Blind Nigerian man who can use laptop, wash his plates gets PhD scholarship in Canada, needs money to travel

People

4 years ago

A man, Paul Okpanachi, had a hard time after he finished his masters abroad and returned from Egypt. He has got another scholarship in Canada but needs money.

If the animals are sick, I am sick too - Nigerian man who has been feeding lion, others for 50 years speaks

If the animals are sick, I am sick too - Nigerian man who has been feeding lion, others for 50 years speaks

People

4 years ago

A man who has been feeding lions and other animals for 50 years said that when they are sick, he does not feel happy. A monkey once attacked him years ago.

Honest taxi returns big money passenger left behind in his car, says friend abused him for doing so

Honest taxi returns big money passenger left behind in his car, says friend abused him for doing so

People

4 years ago

A Ghanaian taxi driver, Samuel Gyamfi, has returned a sum of GHc4,000 and confidential documents to a passenger after the person left them in his vehicle. Read.

I'm greater than Ogun, Obatala, Awolowo, Oduduwa - Oluwo of Iwo makes bold statement

I'm greater than Ogun, Obatala, Awolowo, Oduduwa - Oluwo of Iwo makes bold statement

People

4 years ago

The Oluwo of Iwo land said that he is greater than all his forefathers as he listed Oduduwa and Sango among those that he doing better than. Many people reacted

You're healed in Jesus name: Nigerian mother prays for sick dog in viral video, stirs reactions

You're healed in Jesus name: Nigerian mother prays for sick dog in viral video, stirs reactions

People

4 years ago

A Nigerian mother was captured on camera praying for a dog as that was sick. She rubbed its body as she kept asking for the animal's healing, calling Jesus.

Pastor performs miracles, makes many fall under 'anointing' in videos days before he was arrested for drug

Pastor performs miracles, makes many fall under 'anointing' in videos days before he was arrested for drug

People

4 years ago

A general overseer was arrested by NDLEA for drug traffic. Many weeks after the arrest, clips of his miracle performance services surfaced on social media.

A Gunner till end: Man who supported Arsenal while alive gets buried in coffin with club logo in photos

People

4 years ago

A man who supported Arsenal while he was alive has been buried in a coffin decorated with the logo of the football club. His child said "a Gooner till the end".

She cried: Nigerian driver returns over N1.2m passenger left in his car in Abuja, says he didn't get reward

She cried: Nigerian driver returns over N1.2m passenger left in his car in Abuja, says he didn't get reward

People

4 years ago

A young man has been praised online for returning a huge amount of money a passenger forgot in his car. Despite not getting any reward, he said he's at peace.

Joseph Omotayo