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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

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Nigerian musician Kcee shares beautiful family photos to mark wife's birthday, stirs reactions

Nigerian musician Kcee shares beautiful family photos to mark wife's birthday, stirs reactions

Entertainment

5 years ago

Young Nigerian man flaunts wealth, surprises many with his big shoe room

Young Nigerian man flaunts wealth, surprises many with his big shoe room

Money

5 years ago

Nigerian couple celebrate their newborn twins, give them amazing photoshoot

Nigerian couple celebrate their newborn twins, give them amazing photoshoot

Entertainment

5 years ago

Nigerian family makes it abroad, buys 4-bedroom house in London, video shows beautiful interior

Nigerian family makes it abroad, buys 4-bedroom house in London, video shows beautiful interior

People

5 years ago

Young Igbo man who built electricity station from local materials gets full scholarship to university

Young Igbo man who built electricity station from local materials gets full scholarship to university

World

5 years ago

Oyinbo woman rocks Aba-made cloth, says it really looks good, Nigerians react to lovely photos

Oyinbo woman rocks Aba-made cloth, says it really looks good, Nigerians react to lovely photos

World

5 years ago

I will keep marrying until death comes - Man with 151 kids and 16 wives reveals his future plans

I will keep marrying until death comes - Man with 151 kids and 16 wives reveals his future plans

People

5 years ago

A Zimbabwean man named Misheck Nyandoro has an impressive 151 children and 16 wives. They happily live together, and he plans on marrying another wife soon.

Woman converts plastic bottles into brooms, many people want to meet her as photos go viral

Woman converts plastic bottles into brooms, many people want to meet her as photos go viral

People

5 years ago

The photo of a woman working on plastic bottles and turning them into brooms has got people's attention on social media, with people saying she is talented.

Lord break this cycle - Nigerian lady prays as she shares old family photo of mother frying garri

Lord break this cycle - Nigerian lady prays as she shares old family photo of mother frying garri

Entertainment

5 years ago

A lady's need to break out of her poor background has attracted comments on social media. She prayed as she posted a throwback family showing her as a kid.

Popular Islamic cleric Farooq Onikijipa prays for Pastor Adeboye after son's death during Ramadan lecture

Popular Islamic cleric Farooq Onikijipa prays for Pastor Adeboye after son's death during Ramadan lecture

World

5 years ago

Nigerians have reacted massively after the video of Islamic cleric Farroq praying for Pastor Enoch Adeboye surfaced online. Many praised the cleric's gesture.

Biology teacher sees her ex-student on TV many years after secondary school, sends him powerful letter

Biology teacher sees her ex-student on TV many years after secondary school, sends him powerful letter

World

5 years ago

A young man, Tarek, has received an electronic letter from his former teacher in secondary school after she saw that he has made in life ans is now a TV star.

78-year-old woman talks about her life as a foster mother of 81 babies, says she is happy about it all

78-year-old woman talks about her life as a foster mother of 81 babies, says she is happy about it all

People

5 years ago

In the last 34 years, 78-year-old Linda Owens from the San Francisco Bay Area has fostered a total of 81 infants before giving them to new homes for adoption.

Emotional moment young man celebrates univeristy graduation at father's grave, tells him thank you

Emotional moment young man celebrates univeristy graduation at father's grave, tells him thank you

People

5 years ago

Zambian Chama Kings Mwansa is set to graduate soon. Nothing would have been more prudent for him than going to his late father's grave to share the good news.

Mother's Day: Woman who gave birth while in coma celebrates, cute photos show her and baby

Mother's Day: Woman who gave birth while in coma celebrates, cute photos show her and baby

World

5 years ago

For several months, then 28-year-old Serena Torres was admitted at the Westchester Medical Center after contracting COVID-19 while pregnant with her daughter.

In Nigeria, you won't graduate - Massive reactions as American doctors show off their locs in viral photos

In Nigeria, you won't graduate - Massive reactions as American doctors show off their locs in viral photos

World

5 years ago

The photos of doctors wearing dreadlocks got people talking about how well those looking like that can perform as health officials. Nigerians had a lot to say.

Joseph Omotayo