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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

Justice4Sylvester: Man withdraws his kid from boarding school over bullying, shares letter, Nigerians react

Justice4Sylvester: Man withdraws his kid from boarding school over bullying, shares letter, Nigerians react

Family and Relationships

4 years ago

I'm not better than you, my friends - Nigerian kid campaigns for head boy post in school, viral video wows many

I'm not better than you, my friends - Nigerian kid campaigns for head boy post in school, viral video wows many

People

4 years ago

52-year-old woman once married to 9 different men hopes to find true love in future

52-year-old woman once married to 9 different men hopes to find true love in future

People

4 years ago

My father died when I was deported: Nigerian man who tried to relocate to Europe by sea reveals in video

My father died when I was deported: Nigerian man who tried to relocate to Europe by sea reveals in video

People

4 years ago

Africans are to be blamed for slavery, we were never conquered - Oluwo of Iwo speaks in video

Africans are to be blamed for slavery, we were never conquered - Oluwo of Iwo speaks in video

People

4 years ago

Nigerian lady becomes lawyer in New York, shares photos of swearing-in ceremony, many react

Nigerian lady becomes lawyer in New York, shares photos of swearing-in ceremony, many react

People

4 years ago

Caterer tries to smuggle cooler of jollof rice from party, Nigerians catch her in viral video

Caterer tries to smuggle cooler of jollof rice from party, Nigerians catch her in viral video

People

4 years ago

A video of a caterer reportedly caught as she was about sneaking a big cooler of jollof rice out of a party held in Port Harcourt has stirred massive reactions.

I am happy to return home from Italy - Man becomes mechanic, speaks in video

I am happy to return home from Italy - Man becomes mechanic, speaks in video

People

4 years ago

A Ghanaian auto mechanic, Jumor Frank, has established that he has no regrets about relocating to Ghana from Italy to work in the automobile industry. Video.

My colleagues were laughing at me - Lady who quit police work to become farmer reveals

My colleagues were laughing at me - Lady who quit police work to become farmer reveals

People

4 years ago

Vamuhle Thisila left her job as a police officer to pursue her dream of farmwork. The beautiful Saffa lady shared her story online and has received praise.

Video of bride arriving wedding party on boat goes viral, her entrance stirs reactions

Video of bride arriving wedding party on boat goes viral, her entrance stirs reactions

Wedding

4 years ago

A young bride made a grand entrance to her wedding venue in a beautifully decorated boat accompanied by a man in uniform and flanked by two men on jet skis.

Kid wins plot of land at Christmas party, Nigerians react to surprising development

Kid wins plot of land at Christmas party, Nigerians react to surprising development

People

4 years ago

A little girl has received massive praise on Facebook after it was revealed that she won a plot of land at a Christmas funfair. She made her parents happy.

4 young Nigerians who cleared their WAEC results & surprised people with their brilliance

4 young Nigerians who cleared their WAEC results & surprised people with their brilliance

People

4 years ago

Nigerian children have every year shown with their performance in WAEC that the future is promising. One of them went ahead to win several American scholarships

Young man makes sculpture of Rihanna in viral video, Nigerians disagree, say it doesn't look like her

Young man makes sculpture of Rihanna in viral video, Nigerians disagree, say it doesn't look like her

People

4 years ago

The video of a man trying to work on the sculpture of Rihanna has got people's reactions. They said the art does not in a any way look like the American star.

Nigerian lady who was expelled for exam misconduct relocates to north, graduates with first class

Nigerian lady who was expelled for exam misconduct relocates to north, graduates with first class

People

4 years ago

A young lady who was caught in examination malpractice years ago and had to apply to another school for her education has made it out with a first class degree.

Are you into money ritual? Massive reactions as Nigerian man breaks his piggy bank, shares photo

Are you into money ritual? Massive reactions as Nigerian man breaks his piggy bank, shares photo

People

4 years ago

A Nigerian man wowed people when he showed them the amount of money he had saved in his piggy bank after he broke it in November. Many praised him on Facebook.

Joseph Omotayo