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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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I'm proud of my husband, he works hard to provide for us - Wife of physically challenged man speaks in video

I'm proud of my husband, he works hard to provide for us - Wife of physically challenged man speaks in video

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4 years ago

13 months after getting a job in America, Nigerian lady bags promotion, becomes 'big' manager in Amazon

13 months after getting a job in America, Nigerian lady bags promotion, becomes 'big' manager in Amazon

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4 years ago

Covenant University graduate dumps juicy job offers, goes to village to become a teacher

Covenant University graduate dumps juicy job offers, goes to village to become a teacher

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4 years ago

Young lady who used to work as 'waitress' overcomes in life, appointed as lawyer of US House of Rep

Young lady who used to work as 'waitress' overcomes in life, appointed as lawyer of US House of Rep

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4 years ago

Young lady becomes emotional after okada man goes shopping, gives her many food items

Young lady becomes emotional after okada man goes shopping, gives her many food items

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4 years ago

Photos show present condition of man who composed NYSC anthem, top Nigeria's military boss visits him

Photos show present condition of man who composed NYSC anthem, top Nigeria's military boss visits him

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4 years ago

Billionaire businessman leaves earth, travels to space, will study environment before asking people to pay

Billionaire businessman leaves earth, travels to space, will study environment before asking people to pay

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4 years ago

Richard Branson has landed in space. In a video he shared on his social media pages, the crew members were visibly happy as they moved around inside the craft.

Thunder fire poverty: Nigerians react as machine irons and folds woman's clothes easily in viral video

Thunder fire poverty: Nigerians react as machine irons and folds woman's clothes easily in viral video

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4 years ago

A fold and iron machine has stirred massive reactions among Nigerians on social media. People were amazed at how it makes getting clothes sorted look so easy.

Nigerian man buys Tesla car, expresses surprise vehicle's bonnet has no engine as he makes a video that 'tensions' many

Nigerian man buys Tesla car, expresses surprise vehicle's bonnet has no engine as he makes a video that 'tensions' many

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4 years ago

A Nigerian gave a user-review of Tesla electric car after he bought one. He took his time to make a video as he showed people what the automobile looks like.

Young medical graduate who could not get job becomes okada man as a way to survive

Young medical graduate who could not get job becomes okada man as a way to survive

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4 years ago

Though Wonder Jodocus was born into a deprived family, he refused to give up and has earned a degree from the University of Health and Allied Sciences. Read.

Nigerian man becomes CEO after he was abandoned by his dad at age 2 and mum died when he clocked 22

Nigerian man becomes CEO after he was abandoned by his dad at age 2 and mum died when he clocked 22

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4 years ago

A young man, Eyitayo, has overcome the many challenges he faced as an adult to create something meaningful for himself in life. He's now a CEO of a great outfit

Lady advises women to support their husbands when they marry second wives, asks them not to fight it

Lady advises women to support their husbands when they marry second wives, asks them not to fight it

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4 years ago

A Muslim lady asked women to be supportive when their husbands marry second wives. She said women should stop fighting each other over men and help each other.

5 times Nigerian billionaire Tony Elumelu stepped out in style, shows off his high sense of fashion

5 times Nigerian billionaire Tony Elumelu stepped out in style, shows off his high sense of fashion

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4 years ago

Elumelu will not be stopping anytime soon in showing people that he is very much concerned about his looks and his social life. His Instagram keeps us updated.

Funny moment as two old men play hide and seek game like they are kids, video goes viral

Funny moment as two old men play hide and seek game like they are kids, video goes viral

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5 years ago

The clip of 2 men playing pranks on each other has served as funny entertainment. They engaged in the popular hide & seek game as they chased themselves around.

Video shows brave moment US officers rescue dad & his daughters who were stranded on their car during flood

Video shows brave moment US officers rescue dad & his daughters who were stranded on their car during flood

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5 years ago

A crew of firefighters has got a family to safety. The rescue operation saw them helping a father and his children to get down from the roof of their vehicle.

Joseph Omotayo