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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

Young student fails NECO exam question after choosing Wizkid as an answer, Nigerians react

Young student fails NECO exam question after choosing Wizkid as an answer, Nigerians react

People

5 years ago

UEFA EURO 2020: Nigerian lady celebrates her acceptance as volunteer in ceremonies team

UEFA EURO 2020: Nigerian lady celebrates her acceptance as volunteer in ceremonies team

People

5 years ago

Young man who used to sell yoghurt with bicycle on the street finally becomes university student

Young man who used to sell yoghurt with bicycle on the street finally becomes university student

World

5 years ago

Nigerian woman got a bank job in 1 month of relocating to Canada after people said it's impossible

Nigerian woman got a bank job in 1 month of relocating to Canada after people said it's impossible

People

5 years ago

24-year-old man bags law degree from Harvard, steps out in amazing photos like he's royal

24-year-old man bags law degree from Harvard, steps out in amazing photos like he's royal

People

5 years ago

My parents thought I would love books as a physically challenged child - Nigerian man now does much more

My parents thought I would love books as a physically challenged child - Nigerian man now does much more

People

5 years ago

Double blessings: Nigerian couple welcome set of twins after 21 long years

Double blessings: Nigerian couple welcome set of twins after 21 long years

People

5 years ago

A Nigerian family is currently basking in the joy of their new blessing of having a boy and a girl. They waited for more than 20 years before the children came.

Video shows emotional moment officer proposes to girlfriend during his graduation ceremony

Video shows emotional moment officer proposes to girlfriend during his graduation ceremony

People

5 years ago

A video clip and a couple of images of a man seen proposing to his woman during a graduation have captured the interest of many and also been well received.

Mum who sold yoghurt & hot tea in Lagos to pay her kids' school fees wins, one of them now works with Google

Mum who sold yoghurt & hot tea in Lagos to pay her kids' school fees wins, one of them now works with Google

People

5 years ago

A Nigerian mum has now overcome at last after suffering as tea and yoghurt seller in Lagos to ensure her kids stay in school. They now work in big companies.

After bagging 2 first class degrees in Nigeria, young man got same honour in UK, now a PhD holder

After bagging 2 first class degrees in Nigeria, young man got same honour in UK, now a PhD holder

People

5 years ago

A Nigerian man, Reginald, has come on Twitter to announce that he has finally completed his academic journey after defending his PhD thesis at Oxford in UK.

Nigerian man with masters degree fries garri to make a living, shares his dream of becoming an employer

Nigerian man with masters degree fries garri to make a living, shares his dream of becoming an employer

People

5 years ago

A Nigerian, Olalere, has been frying garri to survive after he graduated from school. A master's degree holder, the farmer said he wants to become an employer.

43-year-old single mother who drives taxi for a living graduates after passenger paid her school fees

43-year-old single mother who drives taxi for a living graduates after passenger paid her school fees

World

5 years ago

Latonya Young carried Kevin Esch like any other Uber passenger, unaware that he was the Good Samaritan who would change her life by paying her college fees.

Man who never gave up after 20 applications and attending over 30 interviews finally wins in America

Man who never gave up after 20 applications and attending over 30 interviews finally wins in America

People

5 years ago

A man has shown that those who never give up in the end almost always win. After a series of rejections, Shamsideen got the fellowship he chased for months.

Young lady bags degree, shares childhood photos of herself in different graduation gowns

Young lady bags degree, shares childhood photos of herself in different graduation gowns

People

5 years ago

A beautiful young woman is a four-time graduate and she is super proud. Heading online, she shared her graduation snaps from since she was only a little girl.

Correction: Confusion Trails Story of Woman Who Allegedly Gave Birth To 10 Children at Once

Correction: Confusion Trails Story of Woman Who Allegedly Gave Birth To 10 Children at Once

People

5 years ago

Thirty-seven-year-old Gosiame Thamara Sithole gave birth to the decuplets on the night of Monday, June 7; the mother had expected to give birth to eight kids.

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