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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.

5945 articles published since 08 Jan 2019

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Young man builds house, tipper brings cement, sand, granite, he uses Gerard stone coated roof

Young man builds house, tipper brings cement, sand, granite, he uses Gerard stone coated roof

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2 years ago

Lady, 19, buys truck as smart investment, goes into logistics business, people praise her

Lady, 19, buys truck as smart investment, goes into logistics business, people praise her

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2 years ago

Couple use money meant for wedding to buy house via mortgage, make N97.6m profit, turn millionaires

Couple use money meant for wedding to buy house via mortgage, make N97.6m profit, turn millionaires

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2 years ago

Man who abandoned his wife and children 44 years ago now wants to reconnect with them

Man who abandoned his wife and children 44 years ago now wants to reconnect with them

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2 years ago

"Best granny ever": Grandma gifts granddaughter white Toyota bus, invests into her life

"Best granny ever": Grandma gifts granddaughter white Toyota bus, invests into her life

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2 years ago

"Passport you do this one": Man brings old oyinbo wife home, his family accepts and hugs her

"Passport you do this one": Man brings old oyinbo wife home, his family accepts and hugs her

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2 years ago

"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

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2 years ago

A young Nigerian man who got married showed off massive stacks of money on his wedding day as he sprayed his wife. Music played, and he kept dancing.

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

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2 years ago

A man who loved his wife and gave her the opportunity to join in the UK regretted he did so. Troubles started two years after his wife landed. He lost everything.

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"

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2 years ago

A Ghanaian plumber has stirred reactions on social media after revealing that he has no plans of going to university because his work earns him a lot of money

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

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2 years ago

A lady who had been abroad for several years returned home amid celebration from her mother. The woman held her tight and would not let the lady go.

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

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2 years ago

An overall best-graduating student of UNICAL, Takon Roland Osaji, has been rewarded with N1m for his academic success. His VC praised him to the high heavens.

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

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2 years ago

A Nigerian lady who wanted to make her birthday special dressed in a balloon outfit that got her friends laughing. Her husband acted quite well and played along.

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

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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

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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

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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.

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