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 has been writing for the human interest desk since 2019 and is currently the head of the desk. He graduated from Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, with a degree in Literature in English in 2016. 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.

6010 articles published since 08 Jan 2019

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Nigerian lady builds house for parents, uses aluminum roof, mum kneels rejoices, sheds tears of joy

Nigerian lady builds house for parents, uses aluminum roof, mum kneels rejoices, sheds tears of joy

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a year ago

Job paying salary in dollars: Lady fasts for boyfriend, his life changes, he becomes landlord

Job paying salary in dollars: Lady fasts for boyfriend, his life changes, he becomes landlord

People

a year ago

UK company fires Nigerian lady after she made video to boast about her job online

UK company fires Nigerian lady after she made video to boast about her job online

People

a year ago

Young man builds house with Gerard roofing materials, spends millions on project, rejoices

Young man builds house with Gerard roofing materials, spends millions on project, rejoices

People

a year ago

Nigerian man builds small house on his land, video of classy interior decor trends

Nigerian man builds small house on his land, video of classy interior decor trends

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a year ago

Beautiful lady celebrates 5 years of keeping herself pure, many people react

Beautiful lady celebrates 5 years of keeping herself pure, many people react

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a year ago

Nigerian man decorates 1999 Mercedes Benz, tints its glass, installs "Rolls-Royce" rims on tyres

Nigerian man decorates 1999 Mercedes Benz, tints its glass, installs "Rolls-Royce" rims on tyres

People

a year ago

A young Nigerian man got many people talking about him when he showed off his clean Mercedes Benz despite the fact that it is an old model. It is classy too.

Lady dances inside shop during work hours to entertain herself, her boss catches her, releases clip

Lady dances inside shop during work hours to entertain herself, her boss catches her, releases clip

People

a year ago

A video of a lady dancing in a shop during work hour has stirred massive reaction as people came to her defence when her supposed boss considered sacking her.

Kind teacher buys shoes for pupils, wants every student to be equal in her class

Kind teacher buys shoes for pupils, wants every student to be equal in her class

People

a year ago

A kind teacher who wanted kids in her class to look the same bought school shoes for kids in who needed them in her class. South Africans are touched.

Young Nigerian man builds house, roofs structure with step tile aluminum sheets, tiles pillars

Young Nigerian man builds house, roofs structure with step tile aluminum sheets, tiles pillars

People

a year ago

A young Nigerian man who built a beautiful house for himself has gone online to celebrate the achievement. People inspired by his feat prayed to have the same.

Man reportedly deals with girlfriend who dumped him after he paid her school fees, demands millions

Man reportedly deals with girlfriend who dumped him after he paid her school fees, demands millions

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a year ago

A young Ghanaian entrepreneur known only as Otu has reportedly sued his ex-partner, Mercy Agyei, for refusing to marry him after years of paying for her schooling.

Lady drops her newborn with mother, travels abroad to seek opportunities, gets nursing job

Lady drops her newborn with mother, travels abroad to seek opportunities, gets nursing job

People

a year ago

A mother went through the struggle of leaving her newborn behind because she wanted to seek a better life abroad. She later made it as a nurse and found love.

"No excuse for failure": Man builds 1 room, installs POP, decorates it with chairs, paints walls

"No excuse for failure": Man builds 1 room, installs POP, decorates it with chairs, paints walls

People

a year ago

A video of a room's transformation has got people wondering how much the occupant spent to achieve the cool interior decor. The house has amazing lighting.

Man upgrades Mercedes Benz ML350 2008 to 2013 model, changes side mirrors, reconstructs body

Man upgrades Mercedes Benz ML350 2008 to 2013 model, changes side mirrors, reconstructs body

People

a year ago

A viral video showing the process a Mercedes Benz ML350 2008 went through to become a 2013 version has stirred massive reactions on social media among people.

"Have faith": Nigerian man Ekiti Pikin wins N60m after staking N121k, winning ticket emerges

"Have faith": Nigerian man Ekiti Pikin wins N60m after staking N121k, winning ticket emerges

People

a year ago

A young Nigerian, Ekiti Pikin, went viral online after he shared a photo showing the his ticket that won him N60m after he had staked N121k on games.

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