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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

Pretty lady spoils boyfriend with lavish birthday surprise in bedroom video, stirs reactions

Pretty lady spoils boyfriend with lavish birthday surprise in bedroom video, stirs reactions

People

5 years ago

Husband shares video of his wife looking so sad because she wants sweets, many people react

Husband shares video of his wife looking so sad because she wants sweets, many people react

People

5 years ago

Corps member refuses to spend 1st allowance on herself, she took it to market and bought gifts for the blind

Corps member refuses to spend 1st allowance on herself, she took it to market and bought gifts for the blind

People

5 years ago

Cute moment kid dances well on stage during ballet performance goes viral, video stirs reactions

Cute moment kid dances well on stage during ballet performance goes viral, video stirs reactions

People

5 years ago

Adorable photo of Nigerian twins with their mother many years after they were born goes viral

Adorable photo of Nigerian twins with their mother many years after they were born goes viral

World

5 years ago

Nigerian man who performed for Janet Jackson says he wants to return to Nigeria

Nigerian man who performed for Janet Jackson says he wants to return to Nigeria

People

5 years ago

Our hearts are heavy - US President Joe Biden mourns death of family cherished dog

Our hearts are heavy - US President Joe Biden mourns death of family cherished dog

People

5 years ago

President Joe Biden mourned the death of his family dog Champ in a heartfelt social media post. Biden revealed that the dog was with his family for 13 years.

Father's Day: Daughters surprise dad with car, man cries for joy in viral video

Father's Day: Daughters surprise dad with car, man cries for joy in viral video

People

5 years ago

A lucky dad was gifted a brand new car by his daughters who wanted to show him how much they appreciated him for everything he had sacrificed for his family.

Give your parents what is worth more than money in their old age - Reno Omokri says, stirs reactions

Give your parents what is worth more than money in their old age - Reno Omokri says, stirs reactions

People

5 years ago

Reno Omokri has said that parents should be given the attention they deserve in their old age and not just money as some children do to their old ones at home.

Nigerian man gets Hollywood actor in The Vampire Dairies to make special video for girlfriend's birthday

Nigerian man gets Hollywood actor in The Vampire Dairies to make special video for girlfriend's birthday

People

5 years ago

A Nigerian man has taken his love to a whole new level as he employed the service of Joseph Morgan in The Vampire Dairies to wish girlfriend a happy birthday.

Culture with swags: 5 times Oluwo of Iwo gave royal goals with colourful eye-catching crowns in photos

Culture with swags: 5 times Oluwo of Iwo gave royal goals with colourful eye-catching crowns in photos

People

5 years ago

The Oluwo of Iwo has since his ascension to the throne shown that he is a king with a high sense of fashion. Every outfit always gets many applauding his style.

I will return all your tithes and offerings if you are living in sin - Pastor Kumuyi warns church members

I will return all your tithes and offerings if you are living in sin - Pastor Kumuyi warns church members

People

5 years ago

The overseer of Deeper Life Ministry, Kumuyi, has said that giving cannot substitute holy living and does who give to church and sin are only being wasteful.

Generous boss reacts as employee skips his school graduation for work, helps him dress up

Generous boss reacts as employee skips his school graduation for work, helps him dress up

People

5 years ago

Youngster Timothy Harrison had skipped his graduation to come to work but boss Cedric Hampton refused to let that happen and prepared him in time for the event.

Emotional moment Wizkid sings and dances to Davido's song gets people talking, his video goes viral

Emotional moment Wizkid sings and dances to Davido's song gets people talking, his video goes viral

Entertainment

5 years ago

Wizkid surprised many people as he was captured dacing to Davido's song on a private jet. In the short clip, the Blessed singer shook his head to its rhythm.

Your mum's water broke at 6 months - Rapper Illbliss marks daughter's first birthday, shares amazing testimony

Your mum's water broke at 6 months - Rapper Illbliss marks daughter's first birthday, shares amazing testimony

Entertainment

5 years ago

Popular rapper Illbliss has said that God indeed gave his family their first daughter, narrating how her birth never came easily. Many people celebrated the dad

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