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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

Young man converts luxurious bus into restaurant, photos of his creation go viral

Young man converts luxurious bus into restaurant, photos of his creation go viral

People

5 years ago

Pretty Nigerian twin sisters mark 18th birthday with amazing photos, people couldn't believe their young age

Pretty Nigerian twin sisters mark 18th birthday with amazing photos, people couldn't believe their young age

World

5 years ago

Nigerian man bags PhD in Korea, takes his wife and kids to the ceremony, shares amazing photos

Nigerian man bags PhD in Korea, takes his wife and kids to the ceremony, shares amazing photos

People

5 years ago

Lady and mum celebrate daughter's glorious day as she becomes a lawyer

Lady and mum celebrate daughter's glorious day as she becomes a lawyer

People

5 years ago

Man wears 6 'Yoruba' agbada to make funny Tik Tok video, stirs reactions

Man wears 6 'Yoruba' agbada to make funny Tik Tok video, stirs reactions

Entertainment

5 years ago

Man shares photos of 18-year-old wife who gave birth at 17, days before she marked birthday, Nigerians react

Man shares photos of 18-year-old wife who gave birth at 17, days before she marked birthday, Nigerians react

World

5 years ago

Luck smiles on Nigerian man who drew shoe and painted it in danfo colour, Adidas wants to meet him

Luck smiles on Nigerian man who drew shoe and painted it in danfo colour, Adidas wants to meet him

Entertainment

5 years ago

A young Nigerian man has been massively celebrated on Twitter after his wonderful sketch got attention and would be going in for a pitch to Adidas show company.

Nigerian lady buys new car, says it took her 1 year, 8 months and 2 weeks to save the money, amazes people

Nigerian lady buys new car, says it took her 1 year, 8 months and 2 weeks to save the money, amazes people

World

5 years ago

A Nigerian lady, Aderonke, has shown that making savings is a good habit that should be encouraged. The lady revealed how her savings got her a personal car.

Popular lawmaker 'shuns' money from politics, becomes palm oil seller as his side hustle, photos go viral

Popular lawmaker 'shuns' money from politics, becomes palm oil seller as his side hustle, photos go viral

People

5 years ago

For his choice of a side hustle, Member of Parliament for Nhiaeso, Stephen Amoah, has come under the spotlight for selling palm oil aside from his full-time job

Court orders man to pay his ex-wife N2.9m for housework she did for 5 years

Court orders man to pay his ex-wife N2.9m for housework she did for 5 years

Entertainment

5 years ago

The ruling comes in the wake of a new civil code in China that allows an individual the right to seek compensation from a former spouse for services rendered.

Maintaining a girlfriend is N300k-N500k monthly expenses - Man says, Nigerians blow hot

Maintaining a girlfriend is N300k-N500k monthly expenses - Man says, Nigerians blow hot

Entertainment

5 years ago

A Nigerian, Alexander, created much buzz on social media after he said maintaining a girlfriend is highly expensive. He said people who date more must be rich.

Man makes his yellow bus a 'mobile classroom' writes inspirational quotes all over its body, photos wow many

Man makes his yellow bus a 'mobile classroom' writes inspirational quotes all over its body, photos wow many

World

5 years ago

Jimoh turned normal public transport into something that amazes passengers with its body art of quotes. Many people said reading the words could bless one.

Dear sir, I want salary increment - Husband shares photo of email proposal wife sent him to ask for more

Dear sir, I want salary increment - Husband shares photo of email proposal wife sent him to ask for more

World

5 years ago

A wife's approach at asking her man, Akintunde, for more money has got everybody appreciating marriages built on love. The woman sent a lovely email proposal.

Nigerian lady celebrates herself for renting apartment, shares photos after she transformed the whole place

Nigerian lady celebrates herself for renting apartment, shares photos after she transformed the whole place

People

5 years ago

A Nigerian lady with the handle @possibleoge has been celebrated by Twitter users after she posted photos of her newly-rented apartment which she transformed.

Nigerian lady does it again, finishes full plate of rice, gulps 2 canned drinks, photos cause massive stir

Nigerian lady does it again, finishes full plate of rice, gulps 2 canned drinks, photos cause massive stir

World

5 years ago

A Nigerian lady who has become a poster girl for food-loving people again generated massive reactions after she posted photos of rice, water, and canned malts.

Joseph Omotayo