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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

Brave mother confronts lion, fights the wild animal with her bare hands until it leaves her child alone

Brave mother confronts lion, fights the wild animal with her bare hands until it leaves her child alone

People

4 years ago

Man helps oyinbo lady whose car broke down on the road, uses his tyre for her, rejects reward

Man helps oyinbo lady whose car broke down on the road, uses his tyre for her, rejects reward

People

4 years ago

Nigerian man seeks love online, says any lady who becomes his girlfriend will get N150k salary, other benefits

Nigerian man seeks love online, says any lady who becomes his girlfriend will get N150k salary, other benefits

People

4 years ago

I give you this shirt - Nigerian man hands over 37-year-old NYSC uniform to daughter, many react

I give you this shirt - Nigerian man hands over 37-year-old NYSC uniform to daughter, many react

People

4 years ago

Nigerian man defrauds American citizen of hundreds of dollars on Facebook after pretending he's oyinbo

Nigerian man defrauds American citizen of hundreds of dollars on Facebook after pretending he's oyinbo

People

4 years ago

Woman who used to wash toilets to make money succeeds, now owns a big 5-star hotel, she speaks in video

Woman who used to wash toilets to make money succeeds, now owns a big 5-star hotel, she speaks in video

People

4 years ago

Oyinbo lady bags degree, visits parents on the farm to thank them for paying her school fees

Oyinbo lady bags degree, visits parents on the farm to thank them for paying her school fees

People

4 years ago

A 21-year-old lady went to meet her parents on the farm immediately after she bagged her degree from the university. She appreciated them for their support.

TikTok moves against popular Crate Challenge, says it is dangerous to people

TikTok moves against popular Crate Challenge, says it is dangerous to people

People

4 years ago

Netizens have termed this challenge as being dangerous and risky because a slip off the crates does not only leave bruises but also fractures and injuries.

Nigerian lady visits big boy in Benin for the weekend, shares photos of dirty kitchen that chased her out

Nigerian lady visits big boy in Benin for the weekend, shares photos of dirty kitchen that chased her out

People

4 years ago

A lady has said that the dirty kitchen of a man she visited in Benin disgusted her so much that she had to leave same day even though she came for the weekend.

Nigerian man discovers 7-year-old child is not his after doing DNA test, voices out deep frustration

Nigerian man discovers 7-year-old child is not his after doing DNA test, voices out deep frustration

People

4 years ago

A Nigerian man is presently heartbroken after he found out that a 7-year-old child is not his after a DNA test was done. He went on Facebook to lament about it.

Emotional moment soldier reunites with kids he saved during World War II more than 70 years ago

Emotional moment soldier reunites with kids he saved during World War II more than 70 years ago

People

4 years ago

A 97-year-old man has reunited with the three little kids he saved during World War II. Their meeting after over 70 years was emotional as they are also old.

Video shows how kid stones his parents' TV while watching film, damages the screen beyond repair

Video shows how kid stones his parents' TV while watching film, damages the screen beyond repair

People

4 years ago

A two-year-old kid has generated massive reactions on Instagram as video captured him breaking his parents' TV while watching his favourite superhero in a fight

Groom pulls off wife's 'cloth' during traditional wedding ceremony, sprays dollars all over her in video

Groom pulls off wife's 'cloth' during traditional wedding ceremony, sprays dollars all over her in video

People

4 years ago

The wedding ceremony of a couple has generated so many reactions on social media as people praised the inter-cultural union. They vibed to Burna Boy's song.

Woman lifts mother and son living in kiosk out of poverty, uses over N200k to rent them proper room

Woman lifts mother and son living in kiosk out of poverty, uses over N200k to rent them proper room

People

4 years ago

A mother and her son living in a shabby kiosk have received help after a Good Samaritan helped raise over GHc4,000.00 (N272,516k) to rent a decent room for them

No be iPhone 12 Pro Max: Nigerians react to billionaire Tony Elemelu using old phone in viral photo

No be iPhone 12 Pro Max: Nigerians react to billionaire Tony Elemelu using old phone in viral photo

People

4 years ago

The photo of Tony Elumelu posing with an older version of iPhone released in 2017 has stirred massive reactions on social media with many people applauding him.

Joseph Omotayo