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.

6165 articles published since 08 Jan 2019

Author's articles

Man who couldn't get job for 12 years and faced many things finally secures employment

Man who couldn't get job for 12 years and faced many things finally secures...

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a year ago

Man who travelled to Canada as international student takes wife abroad, she screams on seeing snow

Man who travelled to Canada as international student takes wife abroad, she...

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a year ago

Nigerian man travels abroad, impregnates oyinbo lady, gets papers after asylum, his wife finds out

Nigerian man travels abroad, impregnates oyinbo lady, gets papers after...

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a year ago

Nigerian lady shows off dad's N126.7m Range Rover Autobiography, dances with joy beside him

Nigerian lady shows off dad's N126.7m Range Rover Autobiography, dances with joy...

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a year ago

Photos go viral as 70-year-old woman who gave birth to twins shows her children

Photos go viral as 70-year-old woman who gave birth to twins shows her children

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a year ago

Lecturer with PhD, 4 master's degrees hawks vegetable to survive despite academic qualifications

Lecturer with PhD, 4 master's degrees hawks vegetable to survive despite...

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a year ago

"Not a must": Mixed reactions trail N22.2m house built without pillars, it's has flat roof

"Not a must": Mixed reactions trail N22.2m house built without pillars, it's has flat roof

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a year ago

Kenyans expressed concerns over the stability of a house that was built without columns for stability. Many termed it poor workmanship and blamed the contractors.

Unemployed son Empties savings account, Uses money to tile mum's house, gift her electric, gas cooker

Unemployed son Empties savings account, Uses money to tile mum's house, gift her electric, gas cooker

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a year ago

A mother was surprised with a gas stove and tiling of her living room and kitchen by her unemployed son. The young man used his savings. Mzansi is proud.

Young man finds dollars worth N167.6m, returns quickly, refuses to take it home

Young man finds dollars worth N167.6m, returns quickly, refuses to take it home

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a year ago

A man from Mexico performed a good act. He found a bag of money (N167,670,000) next to an ATM. He called the police and got rewarded with a token.

Man builds fine house inside father's compound in village, gives it flat room and classy pillars

Man builds fine house inside father's compound in village, gives it flat room and classy pillars

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a year ago

A young man remembered his home after he made it. He returned to his village and built a mansion in his father's compound. Video of the project went viral.

Interior decor ideas: Woman inspires many with apartment arrangement, paint bedroom wall white

Interior decor ideas: Woman inspires many with apartment arrangement, paint bedroom wall white

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a year ago

A TikTok video of a woman showing off her interior shack home design has gone viral, leaving Mzansi peeps impressed and inspired by how modest her home looks inside.

Couple builds mansion in 4 months, spends over N40m to achieve great house design with flat roof

Couple builds mansion in 4 months, spends over N40m to achieve great house design with flat roof

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a year ago

A young Kenyan couple opened the doors of their four-bedroom mansion built in a record four months. Many social media users said their story inspired them.

Smart man with secondary school qualification, video shares more details about him

Smart man with secondary school qualification, video shares more details about him

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a year ago

A TikTok video showcasing an admin's R30K salary in South Africa has gone viral, sparking discussion about income transparency and the high cost of living.

Wealthy man loses N33.6m and expensive cars to betting, narrates his sad story

Wealthy man loses N33.6m and expensive cars to betting, narrates his sad story

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a year ago

A heartbroken man from Nairobi, Lamech, who boasted of hundreds of thousands of Kenya shillings admitted to being broke because of one addiction.

Kuda Bank gives Mummy Zee N2m, doubles wife's account balance after NNPCL gifted her voucher

Kuda Bank gives Mummy Zee N2m, doubles wife's account balance after NNPCL gifted her voucher

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a year ago

Kuda Bank has said that it is going to double Mummy Zee's account and give her the exact amount in her account with them. Many people have been praising her God.

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