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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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Won't he fall? Reactions as man dances inside rain with amazing leg moves, video goes viral

Won't he fall? Reactions as man dances inside rain with amazing leg moves, video goes viral

People

4 years ago

Roasted Plantain Seller Breaks Down in Tears Again As She Gets N500k Cash From Kind Lady, People Pull Her Up

Roasted Plantain Seller Breaks Down in Tears Again As She Gets N500k Cash From Kind Lady, People Pull Her Up

People

4 years ago

Nigerian lady who is homeless in Ghana cries in video as she gets N1.9m cash gift

Nigerian lady who is homeless in Ghana cries in video as she gets N1.9m cash gift

People

4 years ago

Pretty twins bag degrees from university on same day, graduation photos surfaced online

Pretty twins bag degrees from university on same day, graduation photos surfaced online

People

4 years ago

He saw me in a club, asked for my number - Oyinbo woman celebrates sweet marriage with Nigerian man

He saw me in a club, asked for my number - Oyinbo woman celebrates sweet marriage with Nigerian man

People

4 years ago

My first job after NYSC paid me N80k salary - Nigerian lady reveals how she changed her life

My first job after NYSC paid me N80k salary - Nigerian lady reveals how she changed her life

People

4 years ago

Happy couple who live in separate apartments talk about their lives, woman says they married early

Happy couple who live in separate apartments talk about their lives, woman says they married early

People

4 years ago

A young couple have broken traditional and societal norms on the standards of marriage by choosing to live apart in separate apartments to stay happily together

Nigerian boy fixes man's generator in few minutes, makes it work again, his photos stir reactions

Nigerian boy fixes man's generator in few minutes, makes it work again, his photos stir reactions

People

4 years ago

A Nigerian man has helped a young boy who knows how to repair generators gain visibility. He was able to buy the boy a mobile phone so that people can reach him

Young lady who washes toilet, cleans room showcases her hustle in video, says she's her mother's only hope

Young lady who washes toilet, cleans room showcases her hustle in video, says she's her mother's only hope

People

4 years ago

A young lady has revealed that she washes toilets and cleans rooms to make money so she can take care of her mother. Many social media users wished her well.

I collected lady's number inside keke and forgot to call her - Man narrates how he later married pretty lady

I collected lady's number inside keke and forgot to call her - Man narrates how he later married pretty lady

Wedding

4 years ago

A Nigerian man said that he met his wife in a keke as a passenger when they both were on their way to their workplaces. They laughed and exchanged contacts.

Fuel scarcity: Video captures moment man stormed filling station, says they sold him water, Nigerians react

Fuel scarcity: Video captures moment man stormed filling station, says they sold him water, Nigerians react

People

4 years ago

A man has blown hot after he was reportedly sold water instead of fuel. The man went back to the filling station he bought and demanded to see their manager.

Nigerian king fries garri for community, markets it to people in video, his humility stirs reactions

Nigerian king fries garri for community, markets it to people in video, his humility stirs reactions

People

4 years ago

The king of Idera community in Ilorin has stirred massive reactions on social media as he demonstrated humility in two Instagram clips by frying garri for sale.

Kids dance with amazing strength to Yemi Alade's Tell Somebody song, make funny faces in viral video

Kids dance with amazing strength to Yemi Alade's Tell Somebody song, make funny faces in viral video

People

4 years ago

A group of dancing kids has shown off their amazing moves as they rocked to Yemi Alade's Tell Somebody song. Many people on Instagram praised their efforts.

We were mates in secondary school: 3 lovely couples in beautiful photos and how they met

We were mates in secondary school: 3 lovely couples in beautiful photos and how they met

People

4 years ago

The couples all had interesting stories that brought all of them together. One of the couples who met in a club in Zurich has been married for many years now.

She Can Dance Than Lepa: Plus Size Lady Displays Amazing Moves, Carries Her Body Well in Viral Video

She Can Dance Than Lepa: Plus Size Lady Displays Amazing Moves, Carries Her Body Well in Viral Video

People

4 years ago

The video of a Nigerian lady dancing hard despite her big physique has got people praising her energy. Some internet users said they cannot dance as good as her

Joseph Omotayo