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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

Canadian Embassy honours young Nigerian man with great award for what he did, photos go viral

Canadian Embassy honours young Nigerian man with great award for what he did, photos go viral

World

5 years ago

Heartwarming moment female officer controls traffic under heavy rain in Kwara state, her video stirs reactions

Heartwarming moment female officer controls traffic under heavy rain in Kwara state, her video stirs reactions

World

5 years ago

Young man succeeds in meat business, says when he started, people discouraged him

Young man succeeds in meat business, says when he started, people discouraged him

Entertainment

5 years ago

Twitter boss Jack Dorsey sells his first tweet for N1.1bn, buyer says It's like Mona Lisa painting

Twitter boss Jack Dorsey sells his first tweet for N1.1bn, buyer says It's like Mona Lisa painting

Entertainment

5 years ago

After NYSC, 3 young Nigerians get instant civil service employments in their state governor, people react

After NYSC, 3 young Nigerians get instant civil service employments in their state governor, people react

People

5 years ago

Woman who lost her job during lockdown struggles to survive with food selling business, shares touching story

Woman who lost her job during lockdown struggles to survive with food selling business, shares touching story

People

5 years ago

Top 7 countries with the weakest currencies in Africa 2021

Top 7 countries with the weakest currencies in Africa 2021

People

5 years ago

Despite the fact that most countries on the list have the natural resources to make them great nations, they still topped with the weakest currencies in Africa.

Young man who won medals as athlete in school celebrates bagging his first degree, shares photos

Young man who won medals as athlete in school celebrates bagging his first degree, shares photos

Entertainment

5 years ago

A young man with the Twitter handle, Nate Blackmon, has celebrated bagging a Bachelor of Science in Health Science from the Columbus State University. Read more

13-year-old Nigerian Ugochukwu beats many in motor racing contest, gets big deal with Formula 1 team McLaren

13-year-old Nigerian Ugochukwu beats many in motor racing contest, gets big deal with Formula 1 team McLaren

World

5 years ago

Nigerian teen, Ugo Ugochukwu, has been praised by the federal government for his feat in winning FIA karting championship and securing a big deal with McLaren.

Corps member renovates hostel block in Kaduna, fixes their dirty toilets, photos spark reactions

Corps member renovates hostel block in Kaduna, fixes their dirty toilets, photos spark reactions

People

5 years ago

A pretty young lady, Eveyln Ikogba, has used her one year NYSC to improve the living condition of some students in Kaduna as she renovated their hostel for them

Nigerian woman in Canada celebrates after owning 3 different houses, getting many honours at age 35

Nigerian woman in Canada celebrates after owning 3 different houses, getting many honours at age 35

World

5 years ago

A Nigerian, Adeola Olumbamiji, has celebrated her birthday as she listed out the things she has been able to achieve so far. The woman has four houses abroad.

They scammed me of N1.2m when I was trying to travel abroad - Nigerian man shares touching story in video

They scammed me of N1.2m when I was trying to travel abroad - Nigerian man shares touching story in video

Entertainment

5 years ago

A Nigerian man who was scammed of the sum of N1.2 million when he wanted to leave the country has warned people not to be hasty when working on their relocation

Nigerian man becomes a university lecturer after years of being cattle herder, shares his story

Nigerian man becomes a university lecturer after years of being cattle herder, shares his story

People

5 years ago

A Nigerian man, Adamu Dauda Garba, has said that he started from tending to cows to gaining admission to the university. Now a lecturer, he still has his ranch.

Man gets N20k reward from old friend who he 'lapped' in the bus to school for 6 years, Nigerians react

Man gets N20k reward from old friend who he 'lapped' in the bus to school for 6 years, Nigerians react

People

5 years ago

A friend rewarded his secondary schoolmate for how he helped him with transportation for six years while they were in school. He sent the man the sum of N20,000

Pastor known for popular quote "What God cannot do doesn't exist" speaks in viral video

Pastor known for popular quote "What God cannot do doesn't exist" speaks in viral video

World

5 years ago

A popular Nigerian pastor, Jerry Eze, has revealed how he was called into the ministry before his "what God cannot do" quote went viral. He said he had it rough

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