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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

Brilliant man turns plastic waste into petrol for cars and gas to cook at home, speaks about it in video

Brilliant man turns plastic waste into petrol for cars and gas to cook at home, speaks about it in video

People

4 years ago

My ex-boyfriend treated me anyhow, I fell in love with his neighbour and married him - Lady narrates

My ex-boyfriend treated me anyhow, I fell in love with his neighbour and married him - Lady narrates

Nollywood

4 years ago

Nigerians once spent salt, bottles as money, 6 other interesting facts about country's currencies

Nigerians once spent salt, bottles as money, 6 other interesting facts about country's currencies

People

4 years ago

5 photos show Nigerian lawmaker Akin Alabi humbling himself for his people, 1 captures him eating garri

5 photos show Nigerian lawmaker Akin Alabi humbling himself for his people, 1 captures him eating garri

People

4 years ago

Woman says she gets N420k as wife allowance from husband, photo of her alert stirs reactions

Woman says she gets N420k as wife allowance from husband, photo of her alert stirs reactions

People

4 years ago

Woman who gave birth to 9 babies at once opens up, says the kids use 100 diapers, drink 6 litres of milk daily

Woman who gave birth to 9 babies at once opens up, says the kids use 100 diapers, drink 6 litres of milk daily

People

4 years ago

BBNaija 2021: Maria is oyinbo-looking housemate, she sells houses in Dubai, has travelled around the world

BBNaija 2021: Maria is oyinbo-looking housemate, she sells houses in Dubai, has travelled around the world

TV Shows

4 years ago

Maria, one of the housemates in BBNaija house for the 6th season said she is a realtor and sells house in Dubai. She said she has stopped being confrontational.

30-year-old mother of 10 kids says unemployed husband wants 22 children, doesn't want to do family planning

30-year-old mother of 10 kids says unemployed husband wants 22 children, doesn't want to do family planning

People

4 years ago

A 30-year-old woman from Kakamega has disclosed that her unemployed husband wants 22 children, and she is currently three weeks pregnant with their 11th child.

Kind man gives airport piano player N4.1m, says he made music from his heart

Kind man gives airport piano player N4.1m, says he made music from his heart

People

4 years ago

Carlos Whitaker has brought a smile to a piano-playing man in the United States after tipping him with a staggering N4 million at the airport and he is praised.

Smart woman decorates her house's floor with 50,000 coins, says she spent over 70 hours on the task

Smart woman decorates her house's floor with 50,000 coins, says she spent over 70 hours on the task

People

4 years ago

A local woman has dazzled South Africans with her creative home renovation project. The handy lady just 'tiled' her cool patio area floor using only 5c coins.

BBNaija 2021: The Blacklist and other Hollywood movies Boma has acted in before coming into the house

BBNaija 2021: The Blacklist and other Hollywood movies Boma has acted in before coming into the house

TV Shows

4 years ago

Boma is a versatile person. he is an actor & model. At one time, the man thought he was going to be a pro footballer.The Blacklist is one of the movies he is in

Instead of enjoying her pension, retired nurse uses it to feed hungry neighbours monthly

Instead of enjoying her pension, retired nurse uses it to feed hungry neighbours monthly

People

4 years ago

A retired nurse, Charolette Tidwell, is giving all back to humanity as she leads a frugal life. Every month, the woman feeds people with money from her pension.

Pastor rescues widow who was going to sell her cooking gas to raise money, pays her child's WAEC fee

Pastor rescues widow who was going to sell her cooking gas to raise money, pays her child's WAEC fee

People

4 years ago

A Nigerian pastor, Juliet Olele, has helped the family of a widow as she paid her son's WAEC fees. The woman was very happy as she hugged the kind pastor...

Man whose 3 family members died in 1 year, completely lost memory in school becomes a graduate

Man whose 3 family members died in 1 year, completely lost memory in school becomes a graduate

People

4 years ago

A young man, Kingsley, overcame all his challenges in life and became a graduate and chartered accountant. He lost his dad and other family members in a year.

Lady bags first class in engineering from LAUTECH with 4.55 CGPA, appreciates her reading partner in school

Lady bags first class in engineering from LAUTECH with 4.55 CGPA, appreciates her reading partner in school

People

4 years ago

A young lady has bagged a first class degree from LAUTECH. The lady appreciated God for making it possible. Olubunmi also thanked her reading partner in school.

Joseph Omotayo