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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

Viral photos show building constructed with bags of sands, many people react

Viral photos show building constructed with bags of sands, many people react

World

5 years ago

Funny moment little girl gives Catholic priest high-five during prayer session, video causes frenzy

Funny moment little girl gives Catholic priest high-five during prayer session, video causes frenzy

World

5 years ago

Video shows inside Abuja mansion that is on sale for N1.4bn, Nigerians react

Video shows inside Abuja mansion that is on sale for N1.4bn, Nigerians react

Entertainment

5 years ago

Young Nigerian man cooks food, puts N200 on top, gives them to beggars in viral photos

Young Nigerian man cooks food, puts N200 on top, gives them to beggars in viral photos

Entertainment

5 years ago

5 Nigerian youths who are making it in agriculture with their farmlands, one of them made N10m

5 Nigerian youths who are making it in agriculture with their farmlands, one of them made N10m

People

5 years ago

From medical doctor to painter: Young Nigerian man turns swimming pool area into 'paradise', wows many

From medical doctor to painter: Young Nigerian man turns swimming pool area into 'paradise', wows many

World

5 years ago

Caring dog covers sleeping baby with blanket to keep child from cold, video stirs reactions

Caring dog covers sleeping baby with blanket to keep child from cold, video stirs reactions

Entertainment

5 years ago

A dog has generated much social media buzz as it tucked a baby into a blanket. While many find the moment cute, others said that it may be hiding its food.

Man uses his wedding to display 'hot' dance moves, flexes hard with friends in viral video

Man uses his wedding to display 'hot' dance moves, flexes hard with friends in viral video

Entertainment

5 years ago

A man's dance moves at his wedding ceremony got people hailing me on Twitter. His groomsmen also made his performance all the more glorious with their steps.

Young man stuns people with beautiful office he created inside his house, photos go viral

Young man stuns people with beautiful office he created inside his house, photos go viral

People

5 years ago

A young man's home office has got so many tweeps talking. People on social media said he took his time to make his space look cool and beautiful for himself.

What I ordered vs what I got: Lady 'cries' as carpenter finally delivers her chairs

What I ordered vs what I got: Lady 'cries' as carpenter finally delivers her chairs

World

5 years ago

A lady who could not keep her sadness in over what a carpenter delivered has come on Twitter to share her pain. While many consoled her, others did otherwise.

12-year-old boy shows great brilliance, set to graduate college and high school in same month

12-year-old boy shows great brilliance, set to graduate college and high school in same month

People

5 years ago

A 12-year-old boy, Mike Wimmer, in the United States has proved hard work pays as he is set to graduate from high school and college within a period of one week

Young man shows love to blind old woman, uses his motorcycle to take free food to her

Young man shows love to blind old woman, uses his motorcycle to take free food to her

People

5 years ago

A young Ghanaian, Basintale Edmond Baba, has donated food and other useful items to a blind woman who breaks and sells stones in Bawku in the Upper East Region.

Wizkid's son Tife 'scatters' dance floor with 'gbese' moves as Poco Lee teaches him in viral video

Wizkid's son Tife 'scatters' dance floor with 'gbese' moves as Poco Lee teaches him in viral video

Entertainment

5 years ago

Balogun Boluwatife has shown that he could be a fast rising star in the entertainment industry. In a video, the boy learnt fast as he follows Poco's lessons.

'Oyinbo' kid sings Wizkid's Blessed song with sweet voice, her cute video breaks the internet

'Oyinbo' kid sings Wizkid's Blessed song with sweet voice, her cute video breaks the internet

People

5 years ago

A creative kid that so much looks white has served great content and tweeps cannot just have enough as she performed Wizkid's Blessed track from MIL album.

Drama as man asks lady to pull clothes he bought for her in public after seeing lover with another man

Drama as man asks lady to pull clothes he bought for her in public after seeing lover with another man

World

5 years ago

The gentleman made his girlfriend remove every item he bought for her. He caught her on an outing with a different man. Many are reacting to the trending video

Joseph Omotayo