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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.

5939 articles published since 08 Jan 2019

Author's articles

"Marrying an Odogwu is a dream": Groom sets the bar high, takes bundles of cash to wedding ceremony

"Marrying an Odogwu is a dream": Groom sets the bar high, takes bundles of cash to wedding ceremony

People

2 years ago

Nigerian man who took his wife to UK regrets, loses nursing job, now staying in 1 room

Nigerian man who took his wife to UK regrets, loses nursing job, now staying in 1 room

People

2 years ago

Young plumber brags about his work, says he makes money: " I will never go to university"

Young plumber brags about his work, says he makes money: " I will never go to university"

People

2 years ago

Lady returns from Europe after many years, reunites with mum, she hugs her, dances with daughter

Lady returns from Europe after many years, reunites with mum, she hugs her, dances with daughter

People

2 years ago

Man emerges as overall best-graduating student at UNICAL, gets N1m, Nigerians celebrate him

Man emerges as overall best-graduating student at UNICAL, gets N1m, Nigerians celebrate him

People

2 years ago

Lady wears balloon outfit for her birthday, has dinner with friends, makes them laugh

Lady wears balloon outfit for her birthday, has dinner with friends, makes them laugh

People

2 years ago

Single lady, 31, without husband or kids makes emotional video, says age is catching up with her

Single lady, 31, without husband or kids makes emotional video, says age is catching up with her

People

2 years ago

A lady who had no husband, house, or kids wondered when she was going to achieve all of them with age catching up with her. Some people questioned her.

Man imports container house from China, installs it on his land, shows off interior

Man imports container house from China, installs it on his land, shows off interior

People

2 years ago

A young man showed that it's easy to become a house owner without having to draw a plan and mould blocks. People wanted to know how he paid for everything.

Man falls in love with pretty waitress he saw, people help him to get her name

Man falls in love with pretty waitress he saw, people help him to get her name

People

2 years ago

A man who fell in love with a waitress said that she made forget he was hungry. He shared the video of the lady online as people told him her name.

Leaked WhatsApp voice note of man who bought car surfaces online, he warns all his neighbours

Leaked WhatsApp voice note of man who bought car surfaces online, he warns all his neighbours

People

2 years ago

A young who recently got a car in his compound has warned his neighbours not to scratch it. He gave strict instruction on how they should behave around it.

Polygamous man holds yearly meeting with 2 wives, they write their future goals

Polygamous man holds yearly meeting with 2 wives, they write their future goals

Family and Relationships

2 years ago

A TikTok video shows a man with two wives having their annual meeting. Mzansi peeps were fascinated as they discussed the polygamous family's tradition.

Nigerian man gets to Canada, works as carpenter, painter, bricklayer to pay bills

Nigerian man gets to Canada, works as carpenter, painter, bricklayer to pay bills

People

2 years ago

A young Nigerian man who relocated to Canada for ends meet said he did all manner of work abroad to survive. He worked as a bricklayer and painter among others.

Lady rents apartment in Lagos, redecorates house, paints walls white, buys AC, TV

Lady rents apartment in Lagos, redecorates house, paints walls white, buys AC, TV

People

2 years ago

A lady who wanted comfort in her rented apartment spent millions of naira on the space, and it turned out nice. People wondered how much she spent on the renovation.

"Earn in pounds": Gameloft offers Nigerian man job with juicy salary, he declines, states his reason

"Earn in pounds": Gameloft offers Nigerian man job with juicy salary, he declines, states his reason

People

2 years ago

A Nigerian man who turned down a juicy job offer from Gameloft has given his reason for doing so. He said that the company offered a very good salary.

Man living in Canada returns home, realises wife built mud house with dollars he sent, regrets

Man living in Canada returns home, realises wife built mud house with dollars he sent, regrets

People

2 years ago

A man from Kisii County returned home from abroad to find his mud-walled house incomplete despite sending money to his wife for its construction.

Joseph Omotayo