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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

Early Valentine's Day Gift: Young lady in love buys plot of land for boyfriend, surprises many

Early Valentine's Day Gift: Young lady in love buys plot of land for boyfriend, surprises many

People

4 years ago

Leaving Nigeria was the best decision: Lady who relocated from Lagos 7 years ago becomes Canadian citizen

Leaving Nigeria was the best decision: Lady who relocated from Lagos 7 years ago becomes Canadian citizen

People

4 years ago

I married him, thought it'd end in tears: Video of lady's wedding to man she met in Abuja goes viral

I married him, thought it'd end in tears: Video of lady's wedding to man she met in Abuja goes viral

People

4 years ago

Rayan Oram: Man offers to build new house for viral 5-yr-old boy who died hours after he was rescued from well

Rayan Oram: Man offers to build new house for viral 5-yr-old boy who died hours after he was rescued from well

People

4 years ago

Young lady who works as heavy truck & excavator driver for living inspires many online

Young lady who works as heavy truck & excavator driver for living inspires many online

People

4 years ago

You're kind: Reactions as woman goes back to pay after cashier debits her N21k instead of N217k

You're kind: Reactions as woman goes back to pay after cashier debits her N21k instead of N217k

People

4 years ago

3 times kind people paid school fees of poor students, 1 UI undergraduate got N50k cash

3 times kind people paid school fees of poor students, 1 UI undergraduate got N50k cash

People

4 years ago

All the beneficiaries really needed help and some of them had lost hope when kind people came to their rescue. A student got N50,000 to pay his university fees.

Nigerian lady sets personal record, graduates with 6.9 CGPA, her award photo from UI goes viral

Nigerian lady sets personal record, graduates with 6.9 CGPA, her award photo from UI goes viral

People

4 years ago

A young lady has been praised online after she came out with a CGPA of 6.9 out of 7.0. The graduate acknowledged God's faithfulness in her academic career.

3 hawkers & roadside sellers who got big surprises in their lives, video shows 1 woman crying

3 hawkers & roadside sellers who got big surprises in their lives, video shows 1 woman crying

People

4 years ago

Three traders who never thought their lives would change got their biggest moments. One of them started crying when she got a wad of N500 notes from a stranger.

I said no to marriage, travelled to Canada for my PhD instead - Nigerian woman shares story, stirs reactions

I said no to marriage, travelled to Canada for my PhD instead - Nigerian woman shares story, stirs reactions

People

4 years ago

A Nigerian woman has revealed how she had to take the brave decision of choosing PhD in Canada instead of staying back with a man who was working as a cleaner.

Man has 1,509 wall clocks in his house, breaks world record, photo generates massive reactions online

Man has 1,509 wall clocks in his house, breaks world record, photo generates massive reactions online

People

4 years ago

A man has been recongnised by the Guinness World Records as the man with the largest collectiion of wall clocks. He has over 1500 of them. Many people reacted.

Nigerian Kid hawking plantain does his school assignment by roadside in touching video

Nigerian Kid hawking plantain does his school assignment by roadside in touching video

People

4 years ago

A young Nigerian boy has caught the attention of a man who always saw him doing his assignment beside his hawking tray. The man hopes people can help the boy.

Nigerians react to mud house renting for N650k per day, it has indoor luxurious swimming pool & 4 bedrooms

Nigerians react to mud house renting for N650k per day, it has indoor luxurious swimming pool & 4 bedrooms

People

4 years ago

A Nigerian man has shown a mud house that has 4 bedrooms and a luxurious indoor swimming pool with N650,000 daily rent. Many said they can never pay for such.

You went down 30 feet? Funny video shows Nigerian father's reaction when he sees daughter playing underwater

You went down 30 feet? Funny video shows Nigerian father's reaction when he sees daughter playing underwater

People

4 years ago

The video of a daddy being dramatic when he saw the clip of his daughter having an underwater adventure has stirred reactions online among instagram users.

Kid calls his father, grandpa & great-great-granda all come out in viral video, many react

Kid calls his father, grandpa & great-great-granda all come out in viral video, many react

Family and Relationships

4 years ago

A short video showed a family all lined up from the smallest in the house to the great-great-grandfather. Many people were wowed by how healthy they looked.

Joseph Omotayo