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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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Kind teacher takes pity on poor students, gives 1,400 beds to kids who sleep on bare floor, many praise her

Kind teacher takes pity on poor students, gives 1,400 beds to kids who sleep on bare floor, many praise her

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4 years ago

Nigerian lady beats many in UNILORIN, becomes only female first class graduate in a department of 92 students

Nigerian lady beats many in UNILORIN, becomes only female first class graduate in a department of 92 students

People

4 years ago

Photos & videos show man giving Davido haircut for his birthday, Nigerians comment about barber's skill

Photos & videos show man giving Davido haircut for his birthday, Nigerians comment about barber's skill

People

4 years ago

4 young Nigerians who have built houses for their mothers, one of them is not up to 15 years old

4 young Nigerians who have built houses for their mothers, one of them is not up to 15 years old

People

4 years ago

Jessica Watkins: 33-year-old will make history, become first black woman to work and live in space

Jessica Watkins: 33-year-old will make history, become first black woman to work and live in space

People

4 years ago

Video captures moment man pulled lady up with only beards, his act sets new world record

Video captures moment man pulled lady up with only beards, his act sets new world record

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4 years ago

Passengers become spiritual, pray hard as their aeroplane experiences issue during Owerri-Lagos flight

Passengers become spiritual, pray hard as their aeroplane experiences issue during Owerri-Lagos flight

People

4 years ago

A video of Nigerians flying from Owerri to Lagos and praying as they experienced air turbulence has stirred massive reactions online. Many said they were lucky.

I should have never been born - Lady with health condition sues doctor who delivered her as baby

I should have never been born - Lady with health condition sues doctor who delivered her as baby

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4 years ago

A lady, Evie, has sued a doctor for her alleged neglegience that contributed to her present disability. She said that that her condition could have been avioded

She's been paying my bills: Man speaks about oyinbo lady he met on Facebook since job loss

She's been paying my bills: Man speaks about oyinbo lady he met on Facebook since job loss

People

4 years ago

A Kenyan man, Bernard Musyoki, says he is missing his Mzungu wife Deborah Jan after American Embassy denied him a visa twice. He says he is not after her money.

Truck without 1 tyre at back seen carrying crates of beer on Lagos-Benin road in video, Nigerians react

Truck without 1 tyre at back seen carrying crates of beer on Lagos-Benin road in video, Nigerians react

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4 years ago

A video of a vehicle carrying crates of beer & it looks as if everything would fall off has got many Nigerians talking. The truck drove on despite losing a tyre

Strong family: Mother and daughter graduate from university on same day with degrees

Strong family: Mother and daughter graduate from university on same day with degrees

People

4 years ago

Dr Dumile Gumede and Ms Lindelwa Msweli are a mother-daughter duo who just graduated from the University of KwaZulu-Natal together, impressing many locals.

5 times kind people helped strangers, gave them money that changed their lives, 1 person got N21.3 million

5 times kind people helped strangers, gave them money that changed their lives, 1 person got N21.3 million

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4 years ago

These kind people have in their own ways become superheroes who have brought people out of their horrible financial situations into a better life never imagined

Kind man totally makes little girl's dream happen, gifts her fully-furnished bakery shop to operate as CEO

Kind man totally makes little girl's dream happen, gifts her fully-furnished bakery shop to operate as CEO

People

4 years ago

A good Samaritan helped a little girl to achieve her dream in a grand style. After opening a bakery for her, he promised to give her $100,000 (N41,155,000).

Teacher builds Taj Mahal mansion replica for wife, says he wants it to be talk of town

Teacher builds Taj Mahal mansion replica for wife, says he wants it to be talk of town

People

4 years ago

A wealthy teacher has made news after he built a mansion for his wife to express his love for her. The house took him three years to build and has marbles.

Burj Khalifa: Dubai Has World’s Tallest Building and Deepest Pool Among Other Records

Burj Khalifa: Dubai Has World’s Tallest Building and Deepest Pool Among Other Records

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4 years ago

Dubai, in the United Arab Emirates, rose from a small fishing village to one of the world's fastest-growing cities. It boasts of over 100 Guinness world records

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