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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

I need a guy taller than me, he shouldn't worry about money, I have it - Young lady reveals in video interview

I need a guy taller than me, he shouldn't worry about money, I have it - Young lady reveals in video interview

People

4 years ago

2021 in review: 3 Nigerians who got their citizenship abroad, showed that better life is possible

2021 in review: 3 Nigerians who got their citizenship abroad, showed that better life is possible

People

4 years ago

Nigerian man who returned thousands of dollars mistakenly paid into his bank account bags award, photos drop

Nigerian man who returned thousands of dollars mistakenly paid into his bank account bags award, photos drop

People

4 years ago

Video shows moment bride & groom take okada in Abuja so they can get to wedding venue quickly, many react

Video shows moment bride & groom take okada in Abuja so they can get to wedding venue quickly, many react

Wedding

4 years ago

She don marry person client: Reactions as Nigerian lady weds older oyinbo man days after he arrived in Kano

She don marry person client: Reactions as Nigerian lady weds older oyinbo man days after he arrived in Kano

Wedding

4 years ago

Trader returns customer's wallet containing money lost 3 months ago, all naira notes still intact, many react

Trader returns customer's wallet containing money lost 3 months ago, all naira notes still intact, many react

People

4 years ago

Young man set to marry lady who joined his WhatsApp group, their pre-wedding photos drop

Young man set to marry lady who joined his WhatsApp group, their pre-wedding photos drop

People

4 years ago

The founder of Fotogbey, Eugene Affum, is set to tie the knot with his long-time girlfriend, a member of a group he created on WhatsApp. See pre-wedding photos.

Your husband has every right to your money, submit it to him - Nigerian prophetess gives 'hot' sermon in video

Your husband has every right to your money, submit it to him - Nigerian prophetess gives 'hot' sermon in video

People

4 years ago

A Nigerian prophetess' sermon on the need for wives to give all their money to their husbands has stirred massive reactions on social media. Many people argued.

Massive jubilation as woman becomes 1st-time mother, gives birth 4 kids, photos drop

Massive jubilation as woman becomes 1st-time mother, gives birth 4 kids, photos drop

People

4 years ago

A 46-year-old Ghanaian woman, Juana Antwi, has become a first-time mother after delivering adorable quadruplets that include two boys and two girls. See video.

MC Oluomo's son sends send strong reply to those calling his father a tout as his siblings graduate in US

MC Oluomo's son sends send strong reply to those calling his father a tout as his siblings graduate in US

People

4 years ago

MC Oluomo's son has given a reply to those calling his father a tout. While celebrating the graduation of his siblings, he said that his dad is better than most

Pretty lady joins dance challenge, rolls her waist with fast leg moves in viral video, stirs reactions

Pretty lady joins dance challenge, rolls her waist with fast leg moves in viral video, stirs reactions

People

4 years ago

Samke Msimang is regarded as the winner of the dance challenge where South African dancers are displaying their dance talents on various social media channels.

It's a sin to speak phonetics - Controversial Nigerian evangelist warns people in video, stirs reactions

It's a sin to speak phonetics - Controversial Nigerian evangelist warns people in video, stirs reactions

People

4 years ago

A very controversial Nigerian evangelist known as Mummy GO has gone online to condemn people who speak phonetics and tried to copy the way white people talk.

Nigerian kid scores 8 A1's in WAEC, gets 350 in JAMB, applies to Covenant University, many react

Nigerian kid scores 8 A1's in WAEC, gets 350 in JAMB, applies to Covenant University, many react

People

4 years ago

A boy was praised online after a man revealed with photos that he got 8 A1's in WAEC and went ahead to score 350 in JAMB before applying to Covenant University.

Stop calling people out with names - Blessing CEO disagrees with Ada Umeh over how she corrected Kemi Olunloyo

Stop calling people out with names - Blessing CEO disagrees with Ada Umeh over how she corrected Kemi Olunloyo

Celebrities

4 years ago

A relationship expert, Blessing CEO, has gone against Ada Umeh's method of correction. She said that it is like creating a monster who is trying to destroy.

God of Shiloh: BBNaija star prays for girlfriend, promises not to cheat, Nigerians express mixed reactions

God of Shiloh: BBNaija star prays for girlfriend, promises not to cheat, Nigerians express mixed reactions

Celebrities

4 years ago

A Nigerian celebrity, Tuoyo Ideh, has said that he really needs a girlfriend. The man prayed to the God of Shiloh to answer his prayer. Many people reacted.

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