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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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Nigerian govt receives Libya returnees at Lagos airport, photos & videos show moment they came down from plane

Nigerian govt receives Libya returnees at Lagos airport, photos & videos show moment they came down from plane

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4 years ago

5 people who broke Guinness World Records for doing extraordinary things, one of them has biggest natural hair

5 people who broke Guinness World Records for doing extraordinary things, one of them has biggest natural hair

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4 years ago

Man reports his wife on radio broadcast, says she threatened to sell their kids

Man reports his wife on radio broadcast, says she threatened to sell their kids

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4 years ago

Couple vibe hard to Larry Gaga's song, wife twerks for husband in their parlour, video stirs reactions

Couple vibe hard to Larry Gaga's song, wife twerks for husband in their parlour, video stirs reactions

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4 years ago

It's also not easy in Europe, don't relocate if you're established in Nigeria - Oyinbo lady reveals in video

It's also not easy in Europe, don't relocate if you're established in Nigeria - Oyinbo lady reveals in video

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4 years ago

Beautiful bride gets maximum attention, her wedding photos stir reactions from many

Beautiful bride gets maximum attention, her wedding photos stir reactions from many

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4 years ago

Young lady graduates with perfect 7.0 CGPA from UI, says she was working while schooling

Young lady graduates with perfect 7.0 CGPA from UI, says she was working while schooling

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4 years ago

A young lady has achieved great success twice at the same institution. First as an undergraduate. She came back for her masters and got a perfect 7.0 CGPA.

Man sets internet on 'fire' with his amazing dance moves to rap music, video generates massive reactions

Man sets internet on 'fire' with his amazing dance moves to rap music, video generates massive reactions

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4 years ago

Young Mooya Musunga is one of the most talented dancers on social media and his moves are praised for being clean and smooth as he listens to Dreya Mac’s song.

Man breaks down, narrates how girlfriend wants to end their relationship because he is not spiritual enough

Man breaks down, narrates how girlfriend wants to end their relationship because he is not spiritual enough

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4 years ago

A broken hearted young man has recently taken to Twitter to narrate how he lost his girlfriend because he is apparently not spiritual enough for her in a post.

89-year-old man achieves dream, finally bags PhD in physics after many years

89-year-old man achieves dream, finally bags PhD in physics after many years

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4 years ago

An 89-year-old man who has always loved physics from childhood but had to study medicine because he was told to has gone ahead to achieve his dream in life.

19-year-old saves her parents' shop from closing down, uses TikTok videos to promote their business

19-year-old saves her parents' shop from closing down, uses TikTok videos to promote their business

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4 years ago

Annabelle King has used the power of social media to get her family's business back on track. With live streaming, the store is now making massive incomes.

Dog becomes billionaire after inheriting N205.4bn, plans to sell its house for N13m

Dog becomes billionaire after inheriting N205.4bn, plans to sell its house for N13m

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4 years ago

A dog, Gunther VI, is planning on selling one of its willed homes for millions of dollars. The billionaire dog had the inheritance passed down from Gunther III.

Bullion van scatters dollars on the road in US, people abandon their cars to pick money, video goes viral

Bullion van scatters dollars on the road in US, people abandon their cars to pick money, video goes viral

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4 years ago

An armoured vehicle carrying dollars had a minor issue that got its doors bursting open during traffic. Money was spewed everywhere as many people picked them.

If your phone rings in church, you're a poor man: Pastor Ibiyeomie reveals, Nigerians react

If your phone rings in church, you're a poor man: Pastor Ibiyeomie reveals, Nigerians react

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4 years ago

A popular Nigerian pastor, David Ibiyeomie, has said that only a poor man will be so concerned with their phone ringing in the church when service is going on.

19-year-old who makes money by detailing and spraying cars speaks about her work in video

19-year-old who makes money by detailing and spraying cars speaks about her work in video

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4 years ago

Nayila Faisal of Next Level Autodetailing is a young Ghanaian female car detailer and sprayer who has carved out a niche for herself in the automobile industry.

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