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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

Woman fights pastor during prayer session, stops him from putting hand on her head, many people run in video

Woman fights pastor during prayer session, stops him from putting hand on her head, many people run in video

People

5 years ago

Your service to a man is what will make him marry you, not your beauty - Politician 'advises' women

Your service to a man is what will make him marry you, not your beauty - Politician 'advises' women

People

5 years ago

Students body gives award to department's "first lady" for her "wifely support", Nigerians react

Students body gives award to department's "first lady" for her "wifely support", Nigerians react

People

5 years ago

Video shows amazing 'house' inside a fallen tree, its artistic interior decor surprises many

Video shows amazing 'house' inside a fallen tree, its artistic interior decor surprises many

People

5 years ago

Baby gives beautiful performance to popular song, handles the mic like a pro in viral video

Baby gives beautiful performance to popular song, handles the mic like a pro in viral video

People

5 years ago

Adunni Olorisha: 5 facts about oyinbo woman Susanne Wenger who left Austria to become Osun priestess

Adunni Olorisha: 5 facts about oyinbo woman Susanne Wenger who left Austria to become Osun priestess

People

5 years ago

Lady who had carryovers because she was studying course her dad chose for her finally bags 1st class

Lady who had carryovers because she was studying course her dad chose for her finally bags 1st class

People

5 years ago

A lady's story of academic triumph has motivated many online. Sandra failed woefully when she was studying the course her father wanted her to read in school.

Kind Nigerian police officer pays school fees of 19 students in SS3, many people react

Kind Nigerian police officer pays school fees of 19 students in SS3, many people react

People

5 years ago

A Nigerian police officer known as Faith Okwuego Ejoh serving in Delta became popular online after she paid the exam and school fees of 19 students in the state

Nigerian man gets 'big' job with oil company, says he got 2 employment offers in 1 year, thanks social media

Nigerian man gets 'big' job with oil company, says he got 2 employment offers in 1 year, thanks social media

People

5 years ago

A Nigerian man, Godspower, said that God made it possible for him to get more than a job offer in a year. He also aknowledged the place of LinkedIn platform.

Video shows lovely moment Nigerian mother signs on her daughter's shirt as she graduates from university

Video shows lovely moment Nigerian mother signs on her daughter's shirt as she graduates from university

People

5 years ago

A Nigerian mother was really proud during her daughter's sign-out day. She made sure she signed on the lady's white shirt in more than a place in a short clip

Nigerian student builds fine sports car for his final year project, video shows him about to test drive it

Nigerian student builds fine sports car for his final year project, video shows him about to test drive it

People

5 years ago

A Nigerian student from the Federal University of Technology, Minna is in the news after a video of the car he made surfaced on the internet, receiving praise.

Na mumu dey do masters, go and hustle, enter Ghana - UNIBEN student says in video after final undergrad paper

Na mumu dey do masters, go and hustle, enter Ghana - UNIBEN student says in video after final undergrad paper

People

5 years ago

A student said to be from UNIBEN said only those without intelligence go ahead and do masters. He placed money over education as he asked people to hustle.

Powerful man pulls trailer using his body in viral video, people wonder how he did it

Powerful man pulls trailer using his body in viral video, people wonder how he did it

People

5 years ago

A short video showing a man pulling a trailer with his body has gone viral. Many people said that he should put his power into good use and become a wrestler.

Nigerian lady who left for US through visa lottery gets Harvard admission, lives her American dream

Nigerian lady who left for US through visa lottery gets Harvard admission, lives her American dream

People

5 years ago

A Nigerian, Temi Olonilua, has finally succeeded in life as she got an admission to study at Harvard years after she migrated to America through visa lottery

Photo showing N928k estimated house rent for 1 bedroom apartment in Asaba gets many angry

Photo showing N928k estimated house rent for 1 bedroom apartment in Asaba gets many angry

People

5 years ago

An estimated house rent of N928,000 for one bedroom apartment in Asaba got many people complaining about how wicked landlords in the city are to their tenants.

Joseph Omotayo