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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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Old woman displays energetic dance moves to Igbo music, 'competes' with young people in viral video

Old woman displays energetic dance moves to Igbo music, 'competes' with young people in viral video

People

5 years ago

Weeks after lady rejected man's marriage proposal, he does the 'unbelievable', buys her new Honda car

Weeks after lady rejected man's marriage proposal, he does the 'unbelievable', buys her new Honda car

People

5 years ago

Man who had many carryovers in Nigerian university becomes an associate professor in Europe, many react

Man who had many carryovers in Nigerian university becomes an associate professor in Europe, many react

People

5 years ago

Days after man made viral video about bad road in Edo, govt takes swift action, orders arrest

Days after man made viral video about bad road in Edo, govt takes swift action, orders arrest

People

5 years ago

World's 3rd richest man Elon Musk now lives in rented apartment after he sold off his houses

World's 3rd richest man Elon Musk now lives in rented apartment after he sold off his houses

People

5 years ago

Couple with big height difference break Guinness World Record, man says he never thought anyone would love him

Couple with big height difference break Guinness World Record, man says he never thought anyone would love him

People

5 years ago

When I applied for my first job, I didn't meet the qualifications - Nigerian billionaire Tony Elumelu

When I applied for my first job, I didn't meet the qualifications - Nigerian billionaire Tony Elumelu

People

5 years ago

Nigerian billionaire Tony Elumelu has said that luck played a big role in his life. He said that it was what got him his first job while he was starting out.

Emotional moment couple married for 73 years reunite after being separated by COVID-19 pandemic in cute video

Emotional moment couple married for 73 years reunite after being separated by COVID-19 pandemic in cute video

People

5 years ago

A 96 and 97 year olds who have been married for 73 years finally saw each other again after they have been apart for nearly a year because of the pandemic.

Photos showing school with no chairs and desks, children sitting on the floor break people's hearts

Photos showing school with no chairs and desks, children sitting on the floor break people's hearts

People

5 years ago

A school called Saabisi Primary School under the Kassena-Nankana Municipal has classrooms with broken floors and no furniture. Calls are being made to fix this

Ko por ke, who go visit me bayi: Popular Nigerian meme boy begins school, shares matric photos

Ko por ke, who go visit me bayi: Popular Nigerian meme boy begins school, shares matric photos

People

5 years ago

The popular Nigerian meme boy who popularised the expression "who go visit me bayi" has shared pictures from his matriculation. Many people congratulated him.

Drama as man marries another wife after NGO donated money to help him feed his 7 kids

Drama as man marries another wife after NGO donated money to help him feed his 7 kids

People

5 years ago

An NGO gave 100,000 units of a currency to a man for him to start a business with. He used the money to marry another wife. Social media users can't keep calm

Woman crawls on the floor to show baby how to come down from stairs without fear, adorable video goes viral

Woman crawls on the floor to show baby how to come down from stairs without fear, adorable video goes viral

People

5 years ago

A woman and a kid have given people much to talk about after they displayed how connected they are to each other. She showed him how to come down a staircase.

He's chasing clout: Man boasts after buying his girlfriend new iPhone, people 'roast' him in comment section

He's chasing clout: Man boasts after buying his girlfriend new iPhone, people 'roast' him in comment section

People

5 years ago

A local man has headed to the Twitter streets flaunting the new iPhone he just bought his girlfriend. Mzansi, however, is not impressed by the attention seeker.

Oyinbo man makes funny moves, dances out of tune to Nigerian song, video stirs massive reactions

Oyinbo man makes funny moves, dances out of tune to Nigerian song, video stirs massive reactions

People

5 years ago

The video of an Oyinbo man dancing has got many reactions on Instagram. In the clip, the man was not going to back down easily as he 'competed' with the MC.

I'm now a celebrity - Urgent N2k lady says in new video interview, talks about her scholarship from FG

I'm now a celebrity - Urgent N2k lady says in new video interview, talks about her scholarship from FG

People

5 years ago

When Jennifer made the brave move to post photos of herself working at a site, she never envisaged her story would bring light and rewards in a short while.

Joseph Omotayo