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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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Nigerian man marries lady who supported his food business on WhatsApp, reshared his broadcast in 2016

Nigerian man marries lady who supported his food business on WhatsApp, reshared his broadcast in 2016

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4 years ago

I backed my baby in UK, 5 oyinbos came to me to teach them - Nigerian lady shares photo

I backed my baby in UK, 5 oyinbos came to me to teach them - Nigerian lady shares photo

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4 years ago

Oyinbo lady shares how her boyfriend dumped her by saying they should not talk for 6 weeks, many react

Oyinbo lady shares how her boyfriend dumped her by saying they should not talk for 6 weeks, many react

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4 years ago

Nigerian grandma takes control of drum set, makes sweet music with it in church, many react

Nigerian grandma takes control of drum set, makes sweet music with it in church, many react

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4 years ago

5 wedding videos where bride, guests turned whole ceremony into dance competition

5 wedding videos where bride, guests turned whole ceremony into dance competition

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4 years ago

Student helped during Post UTME at OAU remembers lecturer who showed him kindness, pens emotional words

Student helped during Post UTME at OAU remembers lecturer who showed him kindness, pens emotional words

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4 years ago

Man sent “Hi” twice on Facebook before lady gave him attention, he marries her

Man sent “Hi” twice on Facebook before lady gave him attention, he marries her

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4 years ago

A young man has narrated how he met his wife through Facebook. Throughout the time they dated, the lovers never met offline until their introduction ceremony.

Generous woman shows love to her househelp's son, gives him colourful birthday party, cute photos go viral

Generous woman shows love to her househelp's son, gives him colourful birthday party, cute photos go viral

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4 years ago

Philanthropic Nurse Wanja Mwaura has shared lovely pictures celebrating her housegirl's son's fourth birthday. The mom said she did this to set a good example.

Man starts crying after police stopped him for overspeeding, he reveals how he wanted to make his wife happy

Man starts crying after police stopped him for overspeeding, he reveals how he wanted to make his wife happy

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4 years ago

David explained how he was having a bad day and was trying to find assistance to connect his new TV. He said he was just trying to make his sick wife happy.

Nigerian man visits his former secondary school after he made it in life, donates N20m as endowment fund

Nigerian man visits his former secondary school after he made it in life, donates N20m as endowment fund

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4 years ago

A Nigerian man, Olumide, has returned to his former school after 22 years to donate the sum of N20m to help the alma mater grow and fulfil its responsibilities.

Young man shares photo of his building project, people praise his achievement

Young man shares photo of his building project, people praise his achievement

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4 years ago

Twitter user, @Jus_t, is busy building a home in Limpopo. He shared photos online and Mzansi is simply loving his progress and send him congratulatory messages.

Female undergraduate who works as house painter showcases skill, says dad influenced her

Female undergraduate who works as house painter showcases skill, says dad influenced her

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4 years ago

Lois Bailey is a venturesome student at the University of Education, Winneba, making strides in a male-dominated occupation as a female creative painter. Read.

Rules are rules: Reactions as church tells man to remove his earrings during his friend's wedding ceremony

Rules are rules: Reactions as church tells man to remove his earrings during his friend's wedding ceremony

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4 years ago

A Nigerian, Opeyemi, said he could not pull off his earrings when a church asked him to during his friend's wedding, so he walked out of the ceremony instead.

Young man buys free school uniforms for kids, set to bless more children with beautiful Christmas gifts

Young man buys free school uniforms for kids, set to bless more children with beautiful Christmas gifts

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4 years ago

A man is making kids happy in a special way by fulfilling their material needs. He sources funds for them so they can have things their parents can't get them.

I made a lot of sacrifices for my wife: Man finally discovers child he raised for 15 years is not his

I made a lot of sacrifices for my wife: Man finally discovers child he raised for 15 years is not his

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4 years ago

Godfred, a man from Dansoman says his wife hid the truth of his daughter's father from him. For 15 years, the man thought he was the child's father but he isn't

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