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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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Boys who beg people for money on the street captured in video eating big meat, drinking in restaurant

Boys who beg people for money on the street captured in video eating big meat, drinking in restaurant

People

4 years ago

Don't relocate abroad if you can save N134k monthly in your country - Man living in UK advises people

Don't relocate abroad if you can save N134k monthly in your country - Man living in UK advises people

People

4 years ago

Stop working, let's sing: Kid goes to his uncle in cute video, gives him flower to use as microphone

Stop working, let's sing: Kid goes to his uncle in cute video, gives him flower to use as microphone

Family and Relationships

4 years ago

You can pay anybody to have your way: Oyinbo man visits Nigeria 1st time, laments in video about Lagos airport

You can pay anybody to have your way: Oyinbo man visits Nigeria 1st time, laments in video about Lagos airport

People

4 years ago

Young waitress who assisted elderly customer to feed himself in restaurant gets N6.5m scholarship reward

Young waitress who assisted elderly customer to feed himself in restaurant gets N6.5m scholarship reward

People

4 years ago

Young lady renovates her house to look like expensive hotel room, shares beautiful photos, many react

Young lady renovates her house to look like expensive hotel room, shares beautiful photos, many react

People

4 years ago

Don't spray perfume on your body: Preacher warns Christians in video, Nigerians disagree

Don't spray perfume on your body: Preacher warns Christians in video, Nigerians disagree

People

4 years ago

A woman caused much controversy on social media after telling Christians that spraying perfumes on their bodies is not holy. Many disagreed with her online.

Never too old to succeed: 67-year-old grandma goes back to school, graduates with degree

Never too old to succeed: 67-year-old grandma goes back to school, graduates with degree

People

4 years ago

An old woman never allowed her old age to stop her from getting a degree despite leaving school for more than four decades. She is now a graduate in the US.

Boy who lost both hands to electric shock gets help, man buys tricycle for his dad, enrols him in school

Boy who lost both hands to electric shock gets help, man buys tricycle for his dad, enrols him in school

People

4 years ago

A man who lost his hands to electric shock while flying a kite has every reason to be happy again after a kind man helped his family and enrolled him in school.

Man travels down from faraway Turkey, arrives Nigeria to propose to lady at airport, many react

Man travels down from faraway Turkey, arrives Nigeria to propose to lady at airport, many react

People

4 years ago

A man went the extra mile of traveling down from Turkey to Nigeria to propose to his girlfriend. People present were very amazed by the act in a viral video.

They said I was going to Malaysia for boutique work: Nigerian lady sold to Mali to become prostitute narrates

They said I was going to Malaysia for boutique work: Nigerian lady sold to Mali to become prostitute narrates

People

4 years ago

A Nigerian lady was deceived into travelling to Mali even after she had been told that she was going to Mali for a boutique job that would pay her N80k monthly.

University graduate who could not get jobs for 2 years becomes roadside food seller, narrates her story

University graduate who could not get jobs for 2 years becomes roadside food seller, narrates her story

People

4 years ago

A graduate of the University of Education has decided to become a porridge seller after being unemployed for two years and realising there was no food around.

Nigerian students lift their lecturer up, put him on their shoulders after he gave them good marks, many react

Nigerian students lift their lecturer up, put him on their shoulders after he gave them good marks, many react

People

4 years ago

A Nigerian lecturer became a shinny example to many after he graded his students excellently. They got so happy that they lifted him up in class in excitement.

Little girl sings along to Simi's Woman, dances to it in viral video, Nigerians react

Little girl sings along to Simi's Woman, dances to it in viral video, Nigerians react

People

4 years ago

A little girl's performance to Simi's song has got many people commenting on how children could be beautifully passionate about anything they fall in love with

Dorathy Shows Off Money She Got for Her Birthday, Plays With Millions of Naira & Bundle of Dollars in Video

Dorathy Shows Off Money She Got for Her Birthday, Plays With Millions of Naira & Bundle of Dollars in Video

People

4 years ago

Dorathy has shown how best one could celebrate one's birthday in great style. The lady could be seen in a video shuffling through new naira and dollar notes.

Joseph Omotayo