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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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Woman who was abandoned by her lover after she give birth to triplets smiles again, set to get new house

Woman who was abandoned by her lover after she give birth to triplets smiles again, set to get new house

People

4 years ago

Video of N750k apartment in Ajah with small kitchen, bathroom and parlour gets Nigerians talking

Video of N750k apartment in Ajah with small kitchen, bathroom and parlour gets Nigerians talking

People

4 years ago

Woman remembers waiter who paid for her food when she forgot money at home, surprises him with N13.1m

Woman remembers waiter who paid for her food when she forgot money at home, surprises him with N13.1m

People

4 years ago

Old soldier keeps letter a kid wrote him 12 years ago, video shows how they finally met when she's 21

Old soldier keeps letter a kid wrote him 12 years ago, video shows how they finally met when she's 21

People

4 years ago

Black man who treks hours to work every day to feed his family gets over N21m from oyinbo man as gift

Black man who treks hours to work every day to feed his family gets over N21m from oyinbo man as gift

People

4 years ago

She once borrowed school fees: 5 young Nigerians who got scholarships to European universities in 2021

She once borrowed school fees: 5 young Nigerians who got scholarships to European universities in 2021

People

4 years ago

Young man wins award and money in US for his farming skill, says Nigeria never celebrated him academically

Young man wins award and money in US for his farming skill, says Nigeria never celebrated him academically

People

4 years ago

A young Nigerian man has succeeded greatly in America as an agriculture expert during his PhD program. He was given instant scholarship by a US university.

Fine boy I was crushing on gave N34 as offering in church - Lady expresses disappointment

Fine boy I was crushing on gave N34 as offering in church - Lady expresses disappointment

People

4 years ago

A man lost a lady who was seriously crushing on him after she saw the offering he gave in church. Social media users have been sharing their thoughts on this.

Lovely couple mark their 33rd wedding anniversary with funny photos, many people react

Lovely couple mark their 33rd wedding anniversary with funny photos, many people react

People

4 years ago

A very beautiful middle-aged couple has celebrated their 33rd anniversary. Their daughter shared the happy photos on social media and many have been reacting.

Couple who married in 1946 recreate their wedding ceremony on 75th anniversary, wife praises husband

Couple who married in 1946 recreate their wedding ceremony on 75th anniversary, wife praises husband

People

4 years ago

Ulysses, 94, and Lorraine Dawson, 92, celebrated their 75th wedding anniversary by recreating their wedding day. The elderly couple thanked for the milestone.

Viral video shows people in Lagos queuing to buy cooking gas, Nigerians react to new prices

Viral video shows people in Lagos queuing to buy cooking gas, Nigerians react to new prices

People

4 years ago

A video showing people trying to get their cylinders filled as they stay in a long queue has got so many Nigerians evaluating the product's recent price hike.

Mind your business: Bride whose husband left her to grind his ex-girlfriend’s backside says in video

Mind your business: Bride whose husband left her to grind his ex-girlfriend’s backside says in video

People

4 years ago

The bride whose husband ignored her to dance provocatively with ex-girlfriend at their wedding reception has reacted in a new video. She laughed at Ghanaians.

Man lost both legs as a kid, his rich parent spent N9.8m to get him prosthetics, he now helps children

Man lost both legs as a kid, his rich parent spent N9.8m to get him prosthetics, he now helps children

People

4 years ago

A man who lost his legs when he was little and fishing with his parents has turned his accident into a mission to helping children who faced the same thing.

Former Tesla worker takes Elon Musk's company to court over racial abuse, he wins N56.3bn

Former Tesla worker takes Elon Musk's company to court over racial abuse, he wins N56.3bn

People

4 years ago

A former worker at Tesla has been paid millions of dollars for the racial abuse he suffered while working for the company. People said racism is expensive.

I found him on Instagram and liked his photos - Beautiful Nigerian lady shares how she got her husband

I found him on Instagram and liked his photos - Beautiful Nigerian lady shares how she got her husband

People

4 years ago

The wedding between Chidera and Chibuzu has got people appreciating their story of love. The lady found him on Instagram when she was going through a hashtag.

Joseph Omotayo