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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

Kind 'corper' distributes N10k each to cleaners at Nasarawa camp, says he wants to empower them

Kind 'corper' distributes N10k each to cleaners at Nasarawa camp, says he wants to empower them

People

4 years ago

Two Nigerian men test drive car with no bodywork in viral video, they say it's their Lamborghini

Two Nigerian men test drive car with no bodywork in viral video, they say it's their Lamborghini

People

4 years ago

Lady who went into business when service allowance wasn't enough now has 2 companies

Lady who went into business when service allowance wasn't enough now has 2 companies

People

4 years ago

23-year-old clinical officer opens cloths company so she can make more money

23-year-old clinical officer opens cloths company so she can make more money

People

4 years ago

Lady who quit her office job to start selling yam by roadside speaks in video

Lady who quit her office job to start selling yam by roadside speaks in video

People

4 years ago

Despite losing my leg to accident, I still want to achieve my dream of becoming pastor - 29-year-old man says

Despite losing my leg to accident, I still want to achieve my dream of becoming pastor - 29-year-old man says

People

4 years ago

Nigerian man 'enters' aeroplane for the first time, says it has always been his childhood dream

Nigerian man 'enters' aeroplane for the first time, says it has always been his childhood dream

People

4 years ago

A Nigerian said that whenever he sees an aeroplane, he always prays to God to one day be able to fly in one. After achieving that dream, he shared photos online

Nigerian man allegedly hacks into a bank's servers, moves out N1.86bn

Nigerian man allegedly hacks into a bank's servers, moves out N1.86bn

People

4 years ago

A Nigerian man, Salau Femi, is in the police net after he was caught defrauding a new generation bank of N1.986bn. The man's accomplices were also arrested.

4 Nigerian barbers who are making money in the profession, one of them has given Davido and Wizkid haircuts

4 Nigerian barbers who are making money in the profession, one of them has given Davido and Wizkid haircuts

People

4 years ago

Four young Nigerians have taught the world the need to be hardworking. They went into barbing profession and succeeded greatly in it, inspiring many people.

Young man achieves his dream of being a lawyer, goes for an amazing photoshoot

Young man achieves his dream of being a lawyer, goes for an amazing photoshoot

People

4 years ago

A Ghanaian student, Kweku Agyepong, showed how excited he is about his achievement of bagging a law degree. The man looks forward to a future of greater feats.

Kind school principal works night shift at Walmart supermarket, wants to give salary to homeless students

Kind school principal works night shift at Walmart supermarket, wants to give salary to homeless students

People

4 years ago

A school principal picked up a second job as a way to give his poor student a chance at living a good life. After every night shift, he would resume in school.

Viral video shows Nigerian policeman dancing as he controls traffic in Abuja, people react

Viral video shows Nigerian policeman dancing as he controls traffic in Abuja, people react

People

4 years ago

A Nigerian police officer who always dances when he is controlling traffic in Abuja has spoken about his work and how people take it. He has got many awards.

Man who lost his dad in secondary school finally bags law degree, he said life was hard for him

Man who lost his dad in secondary school finally bags law degree, he said life was hard for him

People

4 years ago

When Hope Kpodo was growing up, he had dreams of a bright future like any other child, but life threw storms at him yet, he has refused to throw in the towel.

UK-based lady thinks Nigerian boyfriend who always calls her but won't show face is fake, she investigates him

UK-based lady thinks Nigerian boyfriend who always calls her but won't show face is fake, she investigates him

People

4 years ago

A young lady who is a law student in the UK, Esther, investigated her boyfriend when she had the suspicon that he could be fake and not real as he claimed.

BBNaija: Angel pushes Yousef on the bed, sits on his lap in romantic manner as she feeds him, video goes viral

BBNaija: Angel pushes Yousef on the bed, sits on his lap in romantic manner as she feeds him, video goes viral

TV Shows

4 years ago

The viral video of Angel treating Yousef to some very cool care as she sits on him on the bed has generated many reactions on social media. It was so lovely.

Joseph Omotayo