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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

Baby sings "You want to bam bam" song with father in sweet video, people react to his funny mouth shape

Baby sings "You want to bam bam" song with father in sweet video, people react to his funny mouth shape

People

4 years ago

Woman who got divorced after nearly 40yrs of marriage finds love again at 73, happy wife gets people's praise

Woman who got divorced after nearly 40yrs of marriage finds love again at 73, happy wife gets people's praise

People

4 years ago

Young lady working as professional barber speaks in video, narrates how she fell in love with profession

Young lady working as professional barber speaks in video, narrates how she fell in love with profession

People

4 years ago

Friend gives lady 1 keg of fuel as many queue in filling stations across Nigeria, attaches lovely letter to it

Friend gives lady 1 keg of fuel as many queue in filling stations across Nigeria, attaches lovely letter to it

People

4 years ago

Lady who bought jacket too thick for Nigerian weather keeps it for 7yrs, finally wears it in America

Lady who bought jacket too thick for Nigerian weather keeps it for 7yrs, finally wears it in America

People

4 years ago

Tomatoes and fresh pepper shared as souvenirs at Lagos party, video makes people laugh

Tomatoes and fresh pepper shared as souvenirs at Lagos party, video makes people laugh

People

4 years ago

Moment Nigerian kid speaks in tongues while praying for other children, video stirs reactions

Moment Nigerian kid speaks in tongues while praying for other children, video stirs reactions

People

4 years ago

The video of a kid praying for his fellow mates has stirred massive reactions on social media. Seconds after he went into prayer, he started speaking in tongues

Nigerian father sings hip hop song on 79th birthday, dances in front of his kids to make them laugh

Nigerian father sings hip hop song on 79th birthday, dances in front of his kids to make them laugh

Family and Relationships

4 years ago

The video of a 79-year-old Nigerian father celebrating his birthday with his children while making them laugh has gone viral. The celebrant sang and laughed.

Funny video shows moment dad races against daughter, wins her & screams in excitement

Funny video shows moment dad races against daughter, wins her & screams in excitement

People

4 years ago

A social media user shared a video of a father and his daughter recently. Many online users have responded with differing views on whether the man’s reaction.

My late landlord's son said I should pay N100k, bring goat for his father's burial - Tenant shares letter

My late landlord's son said I should pay N100k, bring goat for his father's burial - Tenant shares letter

People

4 years ago

The photo of a letter asking a tenant to pay the sum of N100,000, bring a goat, & many crates of drinks for his landlord's burial ceremony has stirred reactions

Nigerian man grabs oyinbo's hand suddenly when buying ice cream, many react to funny video

Nigerian man grabs oyinbo's hand suddenly when buying ice cream, many react to funny video

People

4 years ago

A short video of a man taking things a bit seriously when getting ice cream has gone viral. He grabbed the seller's hands because he did not want to be tricked

He understood the assignment: Baby falls on bed dramatically as he and dad 'fight' in funny video

He understood the assignment: Baby falls on bed dramatically as he and dad 'fight' in funny video

People

4 years ago

A baby and a father played fighters in a short video. The dad defeated the kid with his imaginary superpower that got many social media users laughing hard.

Black kid dances with oyinbo man, amazes people with his hot moves like Michael Jackson in viral video

Black kid dances with oyinbo man, amazes people with his hot moves like Michael Jackson in viral video

People

4 years ago

The video of a kid and a white man dancing has entertained many people on the internet. They both moonwalked and danced like a team. Kids clapped for them.

Let's worship science, not juju: Nigerian man says white men colonised us despite Ogun powers, many react

Let's worship science, not juju: Nigerian man says white men colonised us despite Ogun powers, many react

People

4 years ago

A man has ridiculed juju, saying it is not as powerful as many people believe. The man stated that the white man was still able to colonise Nigeria despite it.

After over 5yrs of graduation, young UNILAG graduate returns to his old school, donates N1m

After over 5yrs of graduation, young UNILAG graduate returns to his old school, donates N1m

People

4 years ago

A young Nigerian man has been praised on social media for donating the sum of N1m to his former department in the university. He said that the place helped him.

Joseph Omotayo