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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

Smart young boy saves himself at sea as he swims with plastic bottles, emotional video breaks the internet

Smart young boy saves himself at sea as he swims with plastic bottles, emotional video breaks the internet

People

5 years ago

Teacher and students 'turn school upside down' as they dance to Michael Jackson's Thriller, video goes viral

Teacher and students 'turn school upside down' as they dance to Michael Jackson's Thriller, video goes viral

People

5 years ago

Cute moment baby talks 'gibberish' on the phone, pretends as if she's making serious call in viral video

Cute moment baby talks 'gibberish' on the phone, pretends as if she's making serious call in viral video

People

5 years ago

Full list of 5 industries that have produced world's biggest billionaires in 2021

Full list of 5 industries that have produced world's biggest billionaires in 2021

Money

5 years ago

I'd rather use my money to travel than feed 600 people at wedding - Nigerian man's words cause 'commotion'

I'd rather use my money to travel than feed 600 people at wedding - Nigerian man's words cause 'commotion'

People

5 years ago

TikTok boss Zang Yiming retires with N18trn fortune, says he wants to spend his time to read books & daydream

TikTok boss Zang Yiming retires with N18trn fortune, says he wants to spend his time to read books & daydream

People

5 years ago

Man 'steals' bunches of plantain, says he did it for girlfriend who needed N10k makeup, Nigerians react

Man 'steals' bunches of plantain, says he did it for girlfriend who needed N10k makeup, Nigerians react

People

5 years ago

The love of a man in Bayelsa put him in big trouble as he stole some bunches of plantain so his girlfriend can have makeup that costs N10k. Many were amazed.

Nigerians react as UK white-owned clothing company trademarks the word "Yoruba", bans use by others

Nigerians react as UK white-owned clothing company trademarks the word "Yoruba", bans use by others

People

5 years ago

A UK company has been lambasted on social media after their move to trademark a word, Yoruba, that has significance to many people. People reacted massively.

Jaja Wachuku: 6 facts about Nigeria's 1st ambassador who protested racism at UN by 'pretending to sleep'

Jaja Wachuku: 6 facts about Nigeria's 1st ambassador who protested racism at UN by 'pretending to sleep'

People

5 years ago

Jaja Wachuku is an embodiment of everything politicians should aspire to. He did not only represent his country, his influence also had great effects on others.

Who will call me fine girl now that you're gone? Lady whose lover died in military plane crash mourns

Who will call me fine girl now that you're gone? Lady whose lover died in military plane crash mourns

People

5 years ago

Bunmi, the lover of late Femi Asaniyi, a flight lieutenant who lost his life in a military plane crash has said that she would miss having his comforting words.

Young lady who started tailoring business with N7,500 speaks about her passion to make service affordable

Young lady who started tailoring business with N7,500 speaks about her passion to make service affordable

People

5 years ago

Nokubonga Ntuli started her successful uniform and supplies manufacturing business with a R250 loan from her dad and a helping hand from one kind landlord.

List showing N7.2m cost for marriage ceremony stuns social media, DJ's pay is N188k

List showing N7.2m cost for marriage ceremony stuns social media, DJ's pay is N188k

People

5 years ago

A 'self-generated' wedding list by a Nigerian man has stirred massive reactions on Twitter. Many people said spending N7.2 million on a single event is too much

Nigerian lady marries oyinbo lover in beautiful traditional wedding ceremony, photos stir massive reactions

Nigerian lady marries oyinbo lover in beautiful traditional wedding ceremony, photos stir massive reactions

People

5 years ago

The cute wedding photos of a couple have drawn comments from many people on social media as Facebookers praised their dressing style, calling it magnificient.

Nigerian lady writes about EndSARS protest as school project in UK university, many want to read it

Nigerian lady writes about EndSARS protest as school project in UK university, many want to read it

People

5 years ago

A Nigerian lady has got much love from tweeps after revealing she wrote about the popular EndSARS protest in a project and submitted it for review at UK varsity

Young lady bags PhD before age 30, many praise her academic achievement

Young lady bags PhD before age 30, many praise her academic achievement

People

5 years ago

A beautiful young woman recently headed to Facebook to share a truly motivational post about finally bagging her PhD after 10 years of studying diligently.

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