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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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Photos show 4 honest Nigerians who returned N152.4m mistakenly sent to their bank accounts, 1 was paid N98m

Photos show 4 honest Nigerians who returned N152.4m mistakenly sent to their bank accounts, 1 was paid N98m

People

4 years ago

Homeless man returns N4.4m cheque he saw on the floor, owner surprises him with instant big job

Homeless man returns N4.4m cheque he saw on the floor, owner surprises him with instant big job

People

4 years ago

Honest driver returns phone passenger forgot in his taxi, his act gets massive praises

Honest driver returns phone passenger forgot in his taxi, his act gets massive praises

People

4 years ago

Nigerian pastor renovates 60-year-old mosque, turns the whole place into 'paradise', photos stir reactions

Nigerian pastor renovates 60-year-old mosque, turns the whole place into 'paradise', photos stir reactions

People

4 years ago

Dubai uses technology to create rain as effort to cool the city's hot temperature

Dubai uses technology to create rain as effort to cool the city's hot temperature

People

4 years ago

Baby keeps laughing as barber gives him haircut, funny video amazes people, 'breaks' the internet

Baby keeps laughing as barber gives him haircut, funny video amazes people, 'breaks' the internet

People

4 years ago

Kind man cooks 50 plates of rice and chicken every week, takes them to the street to feed hungry people

Kind man cooks 50 plates of rice and chicken every week, takes them to the street to feed hungry people

People

4 years ago

An old man, Brian, gives himself so much to the act of goodwill. He takes food out to people and ensures 50 of them get a quality meal. He does this weekly.

5 facts about Dorime song, the person who wrote it & its singers, number 1 is surprising

5 facts about Dorime song, the person who wrote it & its singers, number 1 is surprising

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4 years ago

Dorime has become popular and achieved an air of awe among Nigerians. Despite the song being meaningless, many people believe it commands great spiritual power.

Obi Cubana: I will make more money than focus energy on people criticising how I spend it - Socialite says

Obi Cubana: I will make more money than focus energy on people criticising how I spend it - Socialite says

People

4 years ago

Obi Cubana has spoken long about the events surrounding his mother's burial ceremony. He also replied his critics, saying some of them need help in real life.

Nigerian man dumps university certificate, 'picks up hoe' & starts farming, his cucumber harvest wows many

Nigerian man dumps university certificate, 'picks up hoe' & starts farming, his cucumber harvest wows many

People

4 years ago

A Nigerian man, Ekpono Chijioke Ugbala, became a source of inspiration for many looking for the next thing to do after school. The man showed off his farm.

My husband never paid bride price, I didn't kneel for him - 'Igbo' lady who got married says, shares photos

My husband never paid bride price, I didn't kneel for him - 'Igbo' lady who got married says, shares photos

People

4 years ago

A lady, Nkechi, is celebrating her new matrimonial home after she got married in Delta without having to follow customs to the letter, like kneeling for hubby.

I used to sell doughnuts, now I represent my country - Man makes it after paying tithes, attending Shiloh

I used to sell doughnuts, now I represent my country - Man makes it after paying tithes, attending Shiloh

People

4 years ago

Before Moses' life changed, he used to beg on the street and was a petty trader who lived from hand to mouth. According to him, serving God changed his life.

Young artist sells his work for N411.6m, he has 6 'private jets' which he bought for millions

Young artist sells his work for N411.6m, he has 6 'private jets' which he bought for millions

People

4 years ago

Ibrahim Mahama, a 34-year-old man at Tamale is a millionaire artist who has sold some of his works at high prices including $ 1 million. He has 6 aircrafts.

Man relocates abroad to become security man after his business failed, he's now a CEO in Qatar

Man relocates abroad to become security man after his business failed, he's now a CEO in Qatar

People

4 years ago

Mwaura wa Gitau moved to Qatar as a security guard in 2014 and has since worked his way up to own a firm that helps Kenyans secure jobs in the Middle East.

Boy who had highest UTME score in 2019 gets scholarship from American school, sets to relocate abroad

Boy who had highest UTME score in 2019 gets scholarship from American school, sets to relocate abroad

People

4 years ago

A Nigerian teenager who got the highest UTME score in 2019 has had his effort paid off. He got a full scholarship from America to study at Columbia University

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