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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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Emotional moment child asks grandma to be flower girl at her wedding, woman covers mouth & cries in video

Emotional moment child asks grandma to be flower girl at her wedding, woman covers mouth & cries in video

People

4 years ago

Emotional moment man visits wife's grave, pops wine, poses for picture beside tombstone, many react

Emotional moment man visits wife's grave, pops wine, poses for picture beside tombstone, many react

People

4 years ago

Little child scatters everything, pours baby powder on his face and dog, mum screams in funny video

Little child scatters everything, pours baby powder on his face and dog, mum screams in funny video

People

4 years ago

Baby and grandpa use walkers in viral video, kid does exactly like old man, many react

Baby and grandpa use walkers in viral video, kid does exactly like old man, many react

People

4 years ago

Oyinbo kid speaks into Nigerian man's ear, he replies him in Igbo language, confuses child

Oyinbo kid speaks into Nigerian man's ear, he replies him in Igbo language, confuses child

People

4 years ago

Nigerian man adopts kid off street, shares transformation photo 1yr after, puts him in school

Nigerian man adopts kid off street, shares transformation photo 1yr after, puts him in school

People

4 years ago

Apostle Suleman gifts his cook house, woman breaks down in tears during service, video stirs reactions

Apostle Suleman gifts his cook house, woman breaks down in tears during service, video stirs reactions

People

4 years ago

Apostle Johnson Suleman presented the documents of a house to a cook who has lived with him for over 10 years. The woman could not stop crying in great joy.

4 times kind people showed love to street and poor kids, changed their lives for good

4 times kind people showed love to street and poor kids, changed their lives for good

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4 years ago

All the kids were shown great love when they never expected it. One of the kids, Fawaz, gained so much media attention through his mastery of the chess game.

Millionaire abandons house and her gold car after death, leaves vehicle to rust in viral video, many react

Millionaire abandons house and her gold car after death, leaves vehicle to rust in viral video, many react

People

4 years ago

A house abandoned by its owner has got people talking on social media. There was also a Mustang inside. Many condemned people for trespassing on the property.

Video captures moment man came down from his car, cried & hugged kids hawking on road, many react

Video captures moment man came down from his car, cried & hugged kids hawking on road, many react

People

4 years ago

A man got so emotional when he saw poor kids hawking by the side of the road. He came down from his car, hugged them, and cried. His video got many reactions.

How I suffered, sold newspapers to pay my school fees - Man narrates after becoming successful

How I suffered, sold newspapers to pay my school fees - Man narrates after becoming successful

People

4 years ago

Head of sports at Despite Media, Dan Kwaku Yeboah, has disclosed that he sold newspapers to finance his education in senior high school. Read more on YEN.com.gh

Couple meet on social media, get married after exchanging few DMs, people react

Couple meet on social media, get married after exchanging few DMs, people react

People

4 years ago

@KulaniCool has uploaded photographs of a lovely couple who met on a social media platform and communicated via direct messages and are now husband and wife.

Beautiful female farmer wows people online, shows off what she harvested from her farm in cute photo

Beautiful female farmer wows people online, shows off what she harvested from her farm in cute photo

People

4 years ago

Aunty Morad, a beautiful young lady on Twitter has been able to turn farming into her source of living. She shared amazing pictures from her harvest online.

Young Nigerian lady saves poor child from street, pays his school fees, feeds family, calls for more support

Young Nigerian lady saves poor child from street, pays his school fees, feeds family, calls for more support

People

4 years ago

A lady went all out for a Nigerian kid in 2021, paid his school fees, and provided food for the kid's family. She is appealing to Nigerians for more support.

Young Nigerian man builds small keke in Aba, puts horn & headlights, video wows many people

Young Nigerian man builds small keke in Aba, puts horn & headlights, video wows many people

People

4 years ago

A young Nigerian man was praised online for building a small tricycle that looks so real. People said that he would do better if he gets the necessary support.

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