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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

Secondary school students show love, boy kneels for girl in viral video as they hug, Nigerians react

Secondary school students show love, boy kneels for girl in viral video as they hug, Nigerians react

People

4 years ago

Man without arms shaves beards with his legs, operates sewing machine as a professional tailor in video

Man without arms shaves beards with his legs, operates sewing machine as a professional tailor in video

People

4 years ago

Joy as Nigerian man gets juicy appointment in America, becomes chief surgeon, Florida governor praises him

Joy as Nigerian man gets juicy appointment in America, becomes chief surgeon, Florida governor praises him

People

4 years ago

Woman who had 5 babies at once after 20 years of waiting for children celebrates their birthday

Woman who had 5 babies at once after 20 years of waiting for children celebrates their birthday

People

4 years ago

Girl makes Nigeria proud, emerges as one of the brightest students in the world

Girl makes Nigeria proud, emerges as one of the brightest students in the world

People

4 years ago

Video shows moment 2 men dance on the road, express happiness without minding who's watching them

Video shows moment 2 men dance on the road, express happiness without minding who's watching them

People

4 years ago

2 best friends asked for my hand in marriage and I love both of them - Lady is confused, seeks people's opinion

2 best friends asked for my hand in marriage and I love both of them - Lady is confused, seeks people's opinion

People

4 years ago

A lady in Ghana has found herself in an interesting love triangle. She is unable to choose between two bestfriends who proposed to her. She loves them both.

24-year-old lady uses her okada riding business to train herself in school, tells her story

24-year-old lady uses her okada riding business to train herself in school, tells her story

People

4 years ago

A 24-year-old lady in Lagos state has narrated how she has fended for herself through okada riding. Without support from anywhere, she was able to go to school.

Video shows Oyinbo man speaking Igbo to Nigerians in Dubai, advertises his clothes with language, many react

Video shows Oyinbo man speaking Igbo to Nigerians in Dubai, advertises his clothes with language, many react

People

4 years ago

An oyinbo man selling clothes in Dubai and speaking Igbo to 4 Nigerians to make them buy his wares has gone viral on the internet. Social media users reacted.

Big testimony as woman gives birth to triplets after waiting for 18yrs, church members surround her in video

Big testimony as woman gives birth to triplets after waiting for 18yrs, church members surround her in video

People

4 years ago

A woman who reportedly waited for almost 20 years to have kids has now got enough after she gave birth to triplets. Many people celebrated God's power on her.

University graduate who became a tailor years ago to escape unemployment makes it, now runs 2 businesses

University graduate who became a tailor years ago to escape unemployment makes it, now runs 2 businesses

People

4 years ago

Abigail Gyanwah graduated from the University of Cape Coast in 2018. She started sewing as a student to avoid becoming unemployed. Now she has 10 employees.

5 young Nigerian ladies who are hustling on the street to make money, one rides okada to pay school fees

5 young Nigerian ladies who are hustling on the street to make money, one rides okada to pay school fees

People

4 years ago

Nigerian ladies have shown people the real meaning of hardworking as they went into works like okada and keke driving. One of them turned building labourer.

Legit.ng donates freezer, money to poor kids in Calabar, makes them smile in video

Legit.ng donates freezer, money to poor kids in Calabar, makes them smile in video

People

4 years ago

Legit.ng used the donation from its Patreon programme to provide basic needs for the abused kids of Calabar. After getting them things, money was also donated.

Man gave me his business card instead of collecting my number - Lady laments in video, seeks advice

Man gave me his business card instead of collecting my number - Lady laments in video, seeks advice

People

4 years ago

A lady got many people talking online after she said that a man she connected with never asked her for her number but only dropped his business card instead.

Woman shows off her massive harvest of tomatoes, says farming is beautiful, photos stir reactions

Woman shows off her massive harvest of tomatoes, says farming is beautiful, photos stir reactions

People

4 years ago

A young woman's success in agriculture has stirred reactions from people on social media as she shared the massive packs of tomatoes she got from her farmland.

Joseph Omotayo