Top News Website in Nigeria 24/25

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

Slay queens fight over money sprayed at house party as they rush to pick it, one loses her wig in video

Slay queens fight over money sprayed at house party as they rush to pick it, one loses her wig in video

People

4 years ago

99-yr-old Nigerian man marries 86-yr-old lover in church wedding ceremony after many years of being together

99-yr-old Nigerian man marries 86-yr-old lover in church wedding ceremony after many years of being together

People

4 years ago

Man shows off many tubers of yam he harvested from his 'small' garden, photo generates reactions

Man shows off many tubers of yam he harvested from his 'small' garden, photo generates reactions

People

4 years ago

Jeff Bezos is again world's richest man, reclaims lost 1st position with N76.5trn wealth

Jeff Bezos is again world's richest man, reclaims lost 1st position with N76.5trn wealth

People

4 years ago

Keke job pays better than teaching in school -Female Nigerian graduate driving keke to survive says in video

Keke job pays better than teaching in school -Female Nigerian graduate driving keke to survive says in video

People

4 years ago

A muslim man wants me to be his 2nd wife - Young lady reveals, says she's confused

A muslim man wants me to be his 2nd wife - Young lady reveals, says she's confused

People

4 years ago

Never marry a man who bathes 3 times daily, real men don't like bathing - Young lady says

Never marry a man who bathes 3 times daily, real men don't like bathing - Young lady says

People

4 years ago

A young lady has stirred massive reactions on social media after he advised ladies not to marry men who bathe three times a day, saying real men don't do such.

Kind stranger gives man in wheelchair money, he breaks down in tears of joy in viral video

Kind stranger gives man in wheelchair money, he breaks down in tears of joy in viral video

People

4 years ago

BI Phakathi is a blessing as he helped a man sitting in a wheelchair hoping to beg for food, money and the old chap couldn’t hold his tears after getting it.

Young man who quit his sweet office job to start selling cloth with N20,583 succeeds, shares his story

Young man who quit his sweet office job to start selling cloth with N20,583 succeeds, shares his story

People

4 years ago

A young Ghanaian man has said revealed that he had to start selling suits after quitting his full time job. He revealed that he is happy he took the decision.

Boy builds electric motorbike from wood that uses solar energy to run, his video amazes people

Boy builds electric motorbike from wood that uses solar energy to run, his video amazes people

People

4 years ago

A talented teen in Ghana has stunned social media as video of the motorbike he built from wood surfaced online. The machine powered by solar also plays music.

My husband abandoned me with pregnancy when he found out I'll give birth to 3 kids at once - Woman laments

My husband abandoned me with pregnancy when he found out I'll give birth to 3 kids at once - Woman laments

People

4 years ago

A 40-year-old Ghanaian woman by the name, Abena Yeboah narrated the horrible story of how her partner left her while she was pregnant for him with triplets.

5 Nigerians who travelled abroad, hustled and became foreign citizens, 1 worked in a factory before he made it

5 Nigerians who travelled abroad, hustled and became foreign citizens, 1 worked in a factory before he made it

People

4 years ago

Legit.ng in a special report looked at five different Nigerians who have gone ahead to get the citizenship of the various countries that they relocated to.

After working for 1 year and 5 months, I finally saved enough to buy okada for myself - Young man shares photo

After working for 1 year and 5 months, I finally saved enough to buy okada for myself - Young man shares photo

People

4 years ago

A young man went online to celebrate his win as he announced that he got himself a motorcycle after working as a freelance writer for one year and five months.

University student celebrates mum who hustles in the market to pay her school fees, shares amazing video

University student celebrates mum who hustles in the market to pay her school fees, shares amazing video

People

4 years ago

A student at the University of Ghana, Bridget, showered praises on her mother for doing everything she can to ensure she gets a good education no matter what.

Sometimes I went to bed in tears: Nigerian woman shamed by many finally gives birth to twins

Sometimes I went to bed in tears: Nigerian woman shamed by many finally gives birth to twins

People

4 years ago

A Nigerian woman, Omolori, who was shamed by many for not having children has taken to Facebook to narrate her story of triumph after she gave birth to twins.

Joseph Omotayo