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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 who couldn't get a job after sending out over 1,000 applications takes her frustration online

Nigerian lady who couldn't get a job after sending out over 1,000 applications takes her frustration online

People

4 years ago

Nigerian lady becomes senior manager of big international company after waiting for many years

Nigerian lady becomes senior manager of big international company after waiting for many years

People

4 years ago

Chimpanzee copies man's action, does press-ups in video, people say it behaves like human being

Chimpanzee copies man's action, does press-ups in video, people say it behaves like human being

People

4 years ago

Nigerian family 'secure' their future in Canada, they all get citizenship, their photo goes viral

Nigerian family 'secure' their future in Canada, they all get citizenship, their photo goes viral

People

4 years ago

Woman wins #CrateChallenge in her high heels, maintains balance, viral video impresses many people

Woman wins #CrateChallenge in her high heels, maintains balance, viral video impresses many people

People

4 years ago

Beautiful lady with 1 artificial leg who had cancer in 2013 gets scholarship into University of Birmingham UK

Beautiful lady with 1 artificial leg who had cancer in 2013 gets scholarship into University of Birmingham UK

People

4 years ago

Funny video shows how kid got angry when she was told in hospital that her mum gave birth to boy and not girl

Funny video shows how kid got angry when she was told in hospital that her mum gave birth to boy and not girl

People

4 years ago

A kid has got so angry at the news that her mother gave birth to a boy again instead of giving her a little sister. The short video of her reactions went viral.

Man who impersonated EFCC to defraud yahoo boys of N38m caught, he was using money to build 4-bedroom house

Man who impersonated EFCC to defraud yahoo boys of N38m caught, he was using money to build 4-bedroom house

People

4 years ago

A Nigerian man has been caught for posing as an official of the EFCC and collecting millions of naira from some yahoo boys, telling them he'll protect them.

5 powerful coronation photos of 37-year-old Olu of Warri who broke over 50 years old curse in Delta

5 powerful coronation photos of 37-year-old Olu of Warri who broke over 50 years old curse in Delta

People

4 years ago

The coronation of the 37-yr-old of Olu of Warri was significant for many reasons. For one, he ascended the throne decades after his grandpa was unjustly deposed

Skilled man without hands plays table tennis with his mouth during competition, photos stir reactions

Skilled man without hands plays table tennis with his mouth during competition, photos stir reactions

People

4 years ago

The photos of Ibrahim Hamadtou at the ongoing 2020 Tokyo Paralympics have gone viral on social media as people celebrated him for playing tennis with his mouth.

Two brilliant Nigerian twins graduate university, become doctors on same day, their mother speaks

Two brilliant Nigerian twins graduate university, become doctors on same day, their mother speaks

People

4 years ago

Chidimma Muogbo and Chinemerem Muogbo who are twin brothers have graduated together from medical school as doctors. Their mother shared their success story.

Lady 'scatters' dance floor at wedding ceremony, beats man, pulls out money from her bra as she sprays it

Lady 'scatters' dance floor at wedding ceremony, beats man, pulls out money from her bra as she sprays it

People

4 years ago

A young lady has stirred massive reactions as she brought so much energy to a wedding ceremony as the maid of honour. She even sprayed her male partner money.

Woman celebrates her divorce 6yrs after separation, goes out with ex-husband, shares food with him

Woman celebrates her divorce 6yrs after separation, goes out with ex-husband, shares food with him

People

4 years ago

Ugandan Nantongo Immaculate has announced on Facebook that she is happily divorced and was sharing a last meal with her ex-husband to celebrate the separation.

Video captures powerful moment people saved pregnant cat as it falls fast from tall building

Video captures powerful moment people saved pregnant cat as it falls fast from tall building

People

4 years ago

A cat has been saved by a group of men who thought it quick to use a cloth to create a makeshift landing for the animal. People praised the young men's act.

Nigerian lecturer releases results, 143 scored F in class of 300, photos of pasted scores generate reactions

Nigerian lecturer releases results, 143 scored F in class of 300, photos of pasted scores generate reactions

People

4 years ago

Result sheets said to be from UNN have stirred massive reactions online after it was revealed that more than half of a class of 300 failed. Many said it is bad.

Joseph Omotayo