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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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4 big gifts people gave their lovers and parents in 2021, 1 husband bought private jet for his wife

4 big gifts people gave their lovers and parents in 2021, 1 husband bought private jet for his wife

People

4 years ago

Former governor Fayose's brother becomes driver in UK, speaks about his situation in video, Nigerians react

Former governor Fayose's brother becomes driver in UK, speaks about his situation in video, Nigerians react

People

4 years ago

Man buys foodstuff for woman after hearing her tell daughter there's no money to eat that night

Man buys foodstuff for woman after hearing her tell daughter there's no money to eat that night

People

4 years ago

Are they fighting? Nigerians react as man dances with 2 young brides who look very sad in viral video

Are they fighting? Nigerians react as man dances with 2 young brides who look very sad in viral video

People

4 years ago

I have been beaten while sleeping under Oshodi bridge: Boy who won Lagos chess contest speaks in video

I have been beaten while sleeping under Oshodi bridge: Boy who won Lagos chess contest speaks in video

People

4 years ago

American police officers randomly stop people on the road, give them $100 for Christmas in video

American police officers randomly stop people on the road, give them $100 for Christmas in video

People

4 years ago

Young lady wows social media users, buys another car 6 months after she got 1st vehicle

Young lady wows social media users, buys another car 6 months after she got 1st vehicle

People

4 years ago

A Cape Town lady is making fast progress after she upgraded her very first car for a cool new one in just six months. She shared the news and Mzansi is proud.

She paid my fare & I settled her dowry: Man celebrates wife on wedding anniversary, narrates how he met her

She paid my fare & I settled her dowry: Man celebrates wife on wedding anniversary, narrates how he met her

People

4 years ago

Daniel said that after she paid for his cab fare, he could not let her disappear forever and knew she was the one. The two have been together for five years.

Kind man finds kid's Christmas wishlist attached to balloon, searches for her, buys everything she wants

Kind man finds kid's Christmas wishlist attached to balloon, searches for her, buys everything she wants

People

4 years ago

A man made the dream of a kid come true after he fulfilled the things the child had written in a letter addressed to Santa Claus and attached to a balloon.

Travel to village: 5 ways to make your loved ones, people happy at Christmas without spending much

Travel to village: 5 ways to make your loved ones, people happy at Christmas without spending much

People

4 years ago

While showing a dear one love through many gifts may prove to be a huge task, there are some hacks around it that make it easier without having to spend much.

Young lady converts waste plastic bottles into strong building blocks, shows how she does it in viral video

Young lady converts waste plastic bottles into strong building blocks, shows how she does it in viral video

People

4 years ago

A young woman has rethought building science. She is converting plastic wastes that are dangerous to society to durable bricks that will stand the test of time.

2021 in review: 5 videos that captured very funny moments, 1 kid danced to Naira Marley's Koleyewon song

2021 in review: 5 videos that captured very funny moments, 1 kid danced to Naira Marley's Koleyewon song

People

4 years ago

Kids have shown themselves to be great entertainers this year. In five videos, children demonstrated that they may be taking over the comedy industry soon.

Man donates bags, drums to school kids, dresses like them, kneels and raises up his hands in photo

Man donates bags, drums to school kids, dresses like them, kneels and raises up his hands in photo

People

4 years ago

A local governemnt chairman in Oyo state donated necessary materals to school children in order to help them learn better and have quality schooling experience.

I never liked his dreadlock: Young Nigerian lady falls in love with man she met at bus park, set to marry him

I never liked his dreadlock: Young Nigerian lady falls in love with man she met at bus park, set to marry him

Wedding

4 years ago

A lady has narrated her love story and how she met her fiance at a bus park while trying to travel to Abuja. They both connected despite her initial dislike.

Young man who worked at petrol station to feed, pay school fees graduates with second class upper

Young man who worked at petrol station to feed, pay school fees graduates with second class upper

People

4 years ago

A young man by the name of Samuel Hackman has recently taken to social media to narrate how he successfully saw himself through Methodist University on Facebook

Joseph Omotayo