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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 lady bags first class with 4.86 CGPA, collects several awards, she thanks her parents

Nigerian lady bags first class with 4.86 CGPA, collects several awards, she thanks her parents

People

4 years ago

I've been a single dad for almost 10 years, sometimes I seek people's advice on how to raise my girl - Father

I've been a single dad for almost 10 years, sometimes I seek people's advice on how to raise my girl - Father

People

4 years ago

24-year-old lady buys her first car and house, inspires people with her success

24-year-old lady buys her first car and house, inspires people with her success

People

4 years ago

Young man bags three degrees, many people praise his hardworking spirit

Young man bags three degrees, many people praise his hardworking spirit

People

4 years ago

Young lady graduates from university, praises God as she shares beautiful photos, many react

Young lady graduates from university, praises God as she shares beautiful photos, many react

People

4 years ago

Daughter dresses like her mother who works as ship navigator, their photos stir massive reactions

Daughter dresses like her mother who works as ship navigator, their photos stir massive reactions

People

4 years ago

Luck smiles on young boy who went viral for riding bicycle to school under the rain, he gets N100k

Luck smiles on young boy who went viral for riding bicycle to school under the rain, he gets N100k

People

4 years ago

A young SS1 student who was captured weeks ago for riding his bicycle under the rain to school has finally been found and given the sum of N100k with items.

Young man who was rejected by many schools gets scholarship from UK's University of Sussex

Young man who was rejected by many schools gets scholarship from UK's University of Sussex

People

4 years ago

After several rejections, Stephen Tettegah has finally received a scholarship to study International Education and Development at the University of Sussex.

My mama abandon my papa: Man who rides keke to deliver gas despite his leg condition tells his story

My mama abandon my papa: Man who rides keke to deliver gas despite his leg condition tells his story

People

4 years ago

A Nigerian man has narrated his experience trying to take care of his family with his gas delivery business. He revealed that his mother abandoned him as a kid.

Young man wows people with toy vehicles, aeroplane made from cardboard, beautiful photos go viral

Young man wows people with toy vehicles, aeroplane made from cardboard, beautiful photos go viral

People

4 years ago

An incredibly talented toymaker is building model cars and other transport vehicles using only cardboard boxes. Peeps want their cars done in mini versions too.

Joy as boy who used street light to do his homework gets solar panel, inverter, bulbs and sockets

Joy as boy who used street light to do his homework gets solar panel, inverter, bulbs and sockets

People

4 years ago

A few days ago, the young Salim was photographed in Mombasa county doing his homework at night under a security light because the family has no source of power.

Pretty young lady flaunts her very old lover online, their photos get massive reactions from people

Pretty young lady flaunts her very old lover online, their photos get massive reactions from people

People

4 years ago

A young pretty woman, Shiluvankuna, on September 13, defied the stereotype of ageism when she delivered stunning photos posing beside the love of her life.

I got angry and didn't eat my wife's food, when she slept, I snuck into the kitchen - Husband narrates

I got angry and didn't eat my wife's food, when she slept, I snuck into the kitchen - Husband narrates

People

4 years ago

A Nigerian could not hold his fight for his woman for long as food was at stake. Despite initially refusing to eat, he snuck into the kitchen later & took rice.

Man dances as if he is fighting during wedding ceremony, sprays money with serious face

Man dances as if he is fighting during wedding ceremony, sprays money with serious face

People

4 years ago

A man stirred massive reactions at a wedding event as he got people talking with his smart legwork. Many people said his energy is on another greater level.

Kind businessman surprises his worker, gifts him over N2m for his loyalty

Kind businessman surprises his worker, gifts him over N2m for his loyalty

People

4 years ago

A 28-year-old Ghanaian businessman named Vincent Sayibu has given his employee Bismark Buabeng GHc 30,000. This was just to appreciate Bismark for his loyalty.

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