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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

Author's articles

Video captures man using okada like power bike, he rides it on busy road with 1 tyre, people react

Video captures man using okada like power bike, he rides it on busy road with 1 tyre, people react

People

4 years ago

5 young Nigerians who shattered universities' records, bagged first class & broke jinxes

5 young Nigerians who shattered universities' records, bagged first class & broke jinxes

People

4 years ago

Elon Musk set to become the world's first trillionaire in dollars and make huge history - Bank predicts

Elon Musk set to become the world's first trillionaire in dollars and make huge history - Bank predicts

People

4 years ago

Young man prints his CV on billboard, takes it to Sanwo-Olu's office in Ikeja to beg for job

Young man prints his CV on billboard, takes it to Sanwo-Olu's office in Ikeja to beg for job

People

4 years ago

91-year-old grandma shows off gentle steps on her birthday, dances to favourite song, video stirs emotions

91-year-old grandma shows off gentle steps on her birthday, dances to favourite song, video stirs emotions

Family and Relationships

4 years ago

4 young Nigerian men who later won the hearts of ladies who earlier rejected their proposals, 1 was frustrated

4 young Nigerian men who later won the hearts of ladies who earlier rejected their proposals, 1 was frustrated

Family and Relationships

4 years ago

Mothers have fun in group, slide over staircase with wrappers like children in viral video, many react

Mothers have fun in group, slide over staircase with wrappers like children in viral video, many react

Family and Relationships

4 years ago

A group of women served so much entertainment while behaving like children. They screamed in delight while sliding over a staircase in a video that went viral.

Nigerian man set to marry lady who rejected his proposal while they were in school

Nigerian man set to marry lady who rejected his proposal while they were in school

Family and Relationships

4 years ago

A man, Uba, said that the love of his life finally agreed to marry him after several years of trying to win her heart. It all started while they were students.

If I return am, make I die: Nigerians react as okada man returns N20.8 million, meets his country's president

If I return am, make I die: Nigerians react as okada man returns N20.8 million, meets his country's president

People

4 years ago

A teen who rides okada for a living has shown the real meaning of honesty as he returned the sum of N20.8 mlliion he found on the highway. Many codemned his act

Young lady buys her own house, shows it off in beautiful photos, people celebrate her

Young lady buys her own house, shows it off in beautiful photos, people celebrate her

People

4 years ago

Emarantia Ngomane is a young content creator from Gauteng who recently used social media to thank God for helping her accomplish her dream of buying a home.

Okada man finds N20.8m on the road, gets over N600k appreciation cash after returning the money

Okada man finds N20.8m on the road, gets over N600k appreciation cash after returning the money

People

4 years ago

A publication by BBC News on October 13, 2021, reports that a kind young man by the name, Emmanuel Tuloe chose to return a sum of £37,000 (N20,881,048) he found

Mayor of London invites Nigerian man to event, he speaks about dealing with poverty

Mayor of London invites Nigerian man to event, he speaks about dealing with poverty

People

4 years ago

A Nigerian man was honoured by the Mayor of the city of London and invited to events. At one of them, he spoke about the need to eliminate poverty in Africa.

Couple move entire house across the ocean, wow world with their action

Couple move entire house across the ocean, wow world with their action

People

4 years ago

The world community is wowed by a lovely couple that decided to buy a house that was set to be demolished and moved it across the sea and the video is viral.

Kind 13-Year-Old Son Works As Gardener, Sells Off His Xbox Game so He Can Buy Mother a Car

Kind 13-Year-Old Son Works As Gardener, Sells Off His Xbox Game so He Can Buy Mother a Car

People

4 years ago

A 13-year-old teen has made his mother super proud as he worked in exchange for a car for her. He also let go of his Xbox to be able to afford the vehicle.

Young lady quickly hides under the table in video after she saw big 'teddy bear' dancing

Young lady quickly hides under the table in video after she saw big 'teddy bear' dancing

People

4 years ago

A Nigerian lady put up a show at a party when she saw a mascot. With a phobia for the teddy, the lady quickly hid under the table to avoid being seen by it.

Joseph Omotayo