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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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Alaafin of Oyo dances with royal vibes, amazes many people with his moves in video

Alaafin of Oyo dances with royal vibes, amazes many people with his moves in video

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4 years ago

Kind teacher changes lives of village girls, gives them okada, uniforms, and shoes so they can start school

Kind teacher changes lives of village girls, gives them okada, uniforms, and shoes so they can start school

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4 years ago

Young lady who responded to her DM in 24 minutes marries man who sent message, wedding photo goes viral

Young lady who responded to her DM in 24 minutes marries man who sent message, wedding photo goes viral

People

4 years ago

Elderly woman gets annoyed as choir member interrupts her while she wanted to sing, video stirs reactions

Elderly woman gets annoyed as choir member interrupts her while she wanted to sing, video stirs reactions

People

4 years ago

Woman complains bitterly in video after she was charged N500 to use trolley at Nigerian airport

Woman complains bitterly in video after she was charged N500 to use trolley at Nigerian airport

People

4 years ago

Young man quits his juicy bank job, goes full time into shoemaking business to make money

Young man quits his juicy bank job, goes full time into shoemaking business to make money

People

4 years ago

Little girl screams in funny video after seeing her makeup face in mirror, she blames her mum

Little girl screams in funny video after seeing her makeup face in mirror, she blames her mum

People

4 years ago

A video of a young girl is cracking ribs online. The girl did her own makeup without a mirror. Her reaction upon finally seeing her face was the spice of it all

Hotel guests demand refund as rooms turn into 'swimming pool' after heavy downpour in video

Hotel guests demand refund as rooms turn into 'swimming pool' after heavy downpour in video

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4 years ago

Guests at a hotel in Ibadan were grossly dissatisfied after heavy flooding chased them out of their rooms. Even the compound was not spared from the disaster.

Video captures lady serving ewedu and gbegiri with kettles, Nigerians give mixed reactions

Video captures lady serving ewedu and gbegiri with kettles, Nigerians give mixed reactions

People

4 years ago

The video of a lady serving ewedu and gbegiri soup with the use of kettles created social media buzz. Some people wondered how she would wash the containers.

Man goes extra mile to show girlfriend he's really at home, takes photos with spoon & fork

Man goes extra mile to show girlfriend he's really at home, takes photos with spoon & fork

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4 years ago

A young man found himself in a peculiar situation after his girlfriend wanted silly pics to prove he was at home. He had to take pics with a specific spoon.

Mother unable to pay N400k and detained by hospital after giving birth through CS helped with money

Mother unable to pay N400k and detained by hospital after giving birth through CS helped with money

People

4 years ago

A young woman who cried out in a video about two days ago for help in settling her N400,000 medical bill has got help thanks to Givers Supportive Foundation.

Husband shows off gifts wife surprised him with in his office, she also sent over N74k alert

Husband shows off gifts wife surprised him with in his office, she also sent over N74k alert

People

4 years ago

A guy from Botswana is receiving all the positive messages from fellow social media users as he celebrates his birthday and he received money from his lover.

Dad stopped his building project to pay my school fees, I sent him money from 1st salary - Lady shares story

Dad stopped his building project to pay my school fees, I sent him money from 1st salary - Lady shares story

People

4 years ago

A young lady on Twitter has shared a heartwarming story. Her father helped fund her education by stopping his building. Now she is helping him to build it.

Out of 202 universities in Nigeria, there are only 11 female VCs - Report shows list of them

Out of 202 universities in Nigeria, there are only 11 female VCs - Report shows list of them

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4 years ago

The female VCs are seen as a breath of fresh air in a professional field that has been dominated for a long time by men. Some of them emerged as record breakers

Jeff Bezos shares throwback 1999 publication that said Amazon business would fail, post stirs reactions

Jeff Bezos shares throwback 1999 publication that said Amazon business would fail, post stirs reactions

People

4 years ago

The world's second-richest man Jeff Bezos posted an old article that called his Amazon idea silly, predicting that the company would fail. He proved them wrong.

Joseph Omotayo