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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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Canadian officials visit homeless Nigerian kids under Oshodi bridge, play with them, they look happy in photos

Canadian officials visit homeless Nigerian kids under Oshodi bridge, play with them, they look happy in photos

People

4 years ago

Ceiling fan falls from roof, lady thanks God for sparing her life, photo gets many people talking

Ceiling fan falls from roof, lady thanks God for sparing her life, photo gets many people talking

People

4 years ago

Kiss mummy: Little girl shakes her head, plays with her dad instead, video stirs reactions

Kiss mummy: Little girl shakes her head, plays with her dad instead, video stirs reactions

Family and Relationships

4 years ago

Stop, drop and roll: Beautiful lady does belly dance in short video, her moves stir reactions

Stop, drop and roll: Beautiful lady does belly dance in short video, her moves stir reactions

People

4 years ago

3 times Nigerians helped people in business, blessed them with money & visibility

3 times Nigerians helped people in business, blessed them with money & visibility

People

4 years ago

2 ladies 'teach' foreigner Yoruba, mislead him to describe himself with abusive words in funny video

2 ladies 'teach' foreigner Yoruba, mislead him to describe himself with abusive words in funny video

People

4 years ago

Nigerian man approaches 2 ladies on the road, tries to 'toast' them, prank video shows them walking away

Nigerian man approaches 2 ladies on the road, tries to 'toast' them, prank video shows them walking away

People

4 years ago

A Nigerian man has played a prank on two Nigerian ladies. He approached them and said that he is looking for the key to his heart. They hissed and walked away.

She don chop breakfast: Reactions as young lady becomes sad on her bed after boyfriend of 3 years broke up

She don chop breakfast: Reactions as young lady becomes sad on her bed after boyfriend of 3 years broke up

People

4 years ago

The relationship of a young couple took a big hit as they went their different ways despite the lovely memories they once shared. Many people consoled the lady.

Young pregnant lady twerks in dance video, her moves stir massive reactions on social media

Young pregnant lady twerks in dance video, her moves stir massive reactions on social media

People

4 years ago

A pregnant lady wowed socia media users when she started twerking as if she was not heavy. People said that she looks really beautiful despite her pregnancy.

Oyinbo woman who was scammed by Nigerian man claiming to be US soldier gets her money back

Oyinbo woman who was scammed by Nigerian man claiming to be US soldier gets her money back

People

4 years ago

The EFCC was able to put big smile on a German woman who was scammed of her money by an Edo man that pretended to be an American soldier wounded in Afghanistan.

Massive reactions as oyinbo lady marries coworker whose surname is same as her name

Massive reactions as oyinbo lady marries coworker whose surname is same as her name

People

4 years ago

A young American woman who has been married for five years has narrated how her husband's surname is the same as hers and it made for a funny name description.

Muslims need to pay tithes to us like Christians do, we have responsibilities too - Cleric says in video

Muslims need to pay tithes to us like Christians do, we have responsibilities too - Cleric says in video

People

4 years ago

A cleric said that Muslim religious leaders need to be supported as they also have many financial responsibilities. He said he has businesses to support himself

A white man paid me in dollars & promised me things after I cleaned his house in Enugu: Lady shares testimony

A white man paid me in dollars & promised me things after I cleaned his house in Enugu: Lady shares testimony

People

4 years ago

A young lady rejoiced after a white man in Enugu state paid her in dollars for cleaning his house. The man also promised to help her business with work tools.

Sweet video of 5-month-old baby patting his father on the back to soothe him goes viral

Sweet video of 5-month-old baby patting his father on the back to soothe him goes viral

People

4 years ago

Social media has responded with adoration to a baby who patted his father as he copied him while he was trying to get him to burp. The video got SA broody.

I 'killed' a herbalist, he wanted to use me for ritual - Man living under bridge speaks in video

I 'killed' a herbalist, he wanted to use me for ritual - Man living under bridge speaks in video

People

4 years ago

A man who is clearly not mentally balanced has in a video spoken about how he once killed a herbalist who wanted to take his life. Many people prayed for him.

Joseph Omotayo