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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

Nigerian lady emerges as best graduating student in medicine and surgery abroad, shares graduation photos

Nigerian lady emerges as best graduating student in medicine and surgery abroad, shares graduation photos

People

5 years ago

University students go creative, build traffic lights that have CCTV camera, photos show amazing works

University students go creative, build traffic lights that have CCTV camera, photos show amazing works

People

5 years ago

Nigerian lady who fries yellow garri for a living showcases her work in viral photos

Nigerian lady who fries yellow garri for a living showcases her work in viral photos

World

5 years ago

Happy moment lady becomes judge, sworn in by dad who's also a judge; photo causes reactions

Happy moment lady becomes judge, sworn in by dad who's also a judge; photo causes reactions

World

5 years ago

Okonjo Iweala honours 4-year-old girl who modelled her look with ankara cloth, many rejoice

Okonjo Iweala honours 4-year-old girl who modelled her look with ankara cloth, many rejoice

People

5 years ago

Please ma, let me work for you for free - Young man who once begged for job with tears wins, becomes a soldier

Please ma, let me work for you for free - Young man who once begged for job with tears wins, becomes a soldier

People

5 years ago

Baby tricked with fried chicken in funny video, they give her food instead whenever she opens mouth

Baby tricked with fried chicken in funny video, they give her food instead whenever she opens mouth

People

5 years ago

A cute video has shown a baby eating her own food after she was tricked with the sight of a deliciously-looking chicken. Many parents said they did same thing.

Baby screams joyfully at beautiful chair gift, her expression in trending video gets people talking

Baby screams joyfully at beautiful chair gift, her expression in trending video gets people talking

People

5 years ago

The reaction of a baby when she saw the chair she was given has arguably got to be one of the best moments on Instagram. The kid jumped around in great delight.

Anytime my son goes outside to plat, his peers call him 'mumu' - Mum of kid who won Lagos chess contest speaks

Anytime my son goes outside to plat, his peers call him 'mumu' - Mum of kid who won Lagos chess contest speaks

People

5 years ago

The smart kid chess player, Ferdinand, who became a champion in Makoko in the news again as his mother spoke in-depth about his life and how she nursed him.

Plenty money: Wizkid shares photo showing bundles of naira & dollar notes at his feet, causes stir online

Plenty money: Wizkid shares photo showing bundles of naira & dollar notes at his feet, causes stir online

Celebrities

5 years ago

Many fans have praised Wizkid has he showed off photos of naira notes at his feet. Some of them wondered if the musician has been paid for his recent show.

Nigerian man resigned from CBN, relocated abroad, worked as a cleaner before getting job with Bank of Canada

Nigerian man resigned from CBN, relocated abroad, worked as a cleaner before getting job with Bank of Canada

People

5 years ago

A Nigerian man, Olasupo, has narrated how his relocation journey taken a year ago went. He said after quitting his job with the CBN, many people mocked him.

Lady celebrates Father's Day at late dad's burial ground, presents gifts to him, photo goes viral

Lady celebrates Father's Day at late dad's burial ground, presents gifts to him, photo goes viral

People

5 years ago

A young Ghanaian lady celebrated Father's Day with her dad, Mr Louis Kojo Botchway, who has died. She took him a wreath along as she wrote touchingly about him.

Pilot cries for joy in emotional video as he flies his father for the Ist time, passengers clap to celebrate

Pilot cries for joy in emotional video as he flies his father for the Ist time, passengers clap to celebrate

People

5 years ago

On a trip from Charleston to Miami, teary 34-year-old pilot Anselm Winston revealed to passengers that it was his first-ever commercial flight with his father.

I wish my dad were alive - Lady says as she bags masters from Harvard, places father's photos on certificate

I wish my dad were alive - Lady says as she bags masters from Harvard, places father's photos on certificate

People

5 years ago

A lady Varaidzo Felistus said if her father were to be alive, he would see that she really stayed in the path he charted for her by bagging a master's degree.

Dad goes viral after taking 3-month-old son along to army recruitment exam, writes test as he holds him

Dad goes viral after taking 3-month-old son along to army recruitment exam, writes test as he holds him

People

5 years ago

D'Ante Benton's dream of joining the Army wasn't going to be stalled due to a three-month-baby he had no one to leave with, so he tagged him to the exam center.

Joseph Omotayo