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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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Lady shares photos of rickety car driving school taught her with, stirs heated reactions

Lady shares photos of rickety car driving school taught her with, stirs heated reactions

People

5 years ago

Junior secondary school student creates bluetooth speaker using yellow keg, photos go viral

Junior secondary school student creates bluetooth speaker using yellow keg, photos go viral

Entertainment

5 years ago

One-leg man dances to Naira Marley's song, shows amazing gbese moves, his video wows many people

One-leg man dances to Naira Marley's song, shows amazing gbese moves, his video wows many people

People

5 years ago

Nigerian man whose NYSC parade photo went viral replies critics, says he's doing well

Nigerian man whose NYSC parade photo went viral replies critics, says he's doing well

People

5 years ago

Corper appreciates mum who sells food to pay her school fees, wears her NYSC uniform, shares photo

Corper appreciates mum who sells food to pay her school fees, wears her NYSC uniform, shares photo

Entertainment

5 years ago

Selma: African American woman who designed Roosevelt image on US coin without recognition

Selma: African American woman who designed Roosevelt image on US coin without recognition

Entertainment

5 years ago

People commend young man for walking 15km to sell his veggies

People commend young man for walking 15km to sell his veggies

World

5 years ago

Loxion Sambo recently headed to Facebook's ImStaying group to share a heartfelt appreciation post about a hardworking man who left him feeling all inspired.

Mother appreciates stranger who paid for her baby's new clothes, pens emotional words

Mother appreciates stranger who paid for her baby's new clothes, pens emotional words

Entertainment

5 years ago

Gratitude N. Masango recently headed to Facebook's ImStaying to share a thank you message with Annamarie van der Merwe, who kindly paid for her baby's clothes.

Baby overjoyed, dances as hip hop song plays on speaker, video goes viral

Baby overjoyed, dances as hip hop song plays on speaker, video goes viral

World

5 years ago

A baby's dance moves have served entertaining content to thousands of people on Twitter as he danced to Dr Dre's song. The kid laughed before he showed off.

Nigerian boy builds ship, tricycle, bus replicas with woods, photos get people talking

Nigerian boy builds ship, tricycle, bus replicas with woods, photos get people talking

World

5 years ago

Many were amazed when photos of wooden toys a Nigerian kid made went viral on Twitter. People said he needs to be taught how to better his beautiful craft.

Abuja military plane crash: My heart bleeds, rest in peace brother - BBNaija star Jeff mourns co-pilot Piyo

Abuja military plane crash: My heart bleeds, rest in peace brother - BBNaija star Jeff mourns co-pilot Piyo

Entertainment

5 years ago

Jeff lost his friend, Piyo, to the plane crash that happened in Abuja and he is very sad about it. Many people also empathised with him and sent in condolences.

Young Nigerian man who built fine sports car says he once sold his phone to survive

Young Nigerian man who built fine sports car says he once sold his phone to survive

People

5 years ago

Jerry Mallo, the 26-yr-old Nigerian who built a sports car, has said that he was an art student in secondary school. He said he dropped out of school in the UK.

Training your child alone is good but one day, he'll ask for his father, man tells Tonto Dikeh

Training your child alone is good but one day, he'll ask for his father, man tells Tonto Dikeh

World

5 years ago

Awuzie Frankline on Wednesday, February 17, same day Tonto Dikeh celebrated her son's birthday said that despite all her care, the son will still want his dad.

Nigerian lady rides bike from Lagos to Kaduna, Uyo, Minna, Ilorin in 7 days, sets new self-record

Nigerian lady rides bike from Lagos to Kaduna, Uyo, Minna, Ilorin in 7 days, sets new self-record

Entertainment

5 years ago

A Nigerian lady, Fehintoluwa Okegbenle, was massively celebrated on Twitter after she completed the daunting task of riding her power bike to several states.

Frustrated Nigerian lady with master's degree hits Warri street to beg for job with cardboard, photos go viral

Frustrated Nigerian lady with master's degree hits Warri street to beg for job with cardboard, photos go viral

People

5 years ago

A lady has gone on the street to beg for job as the 'last' resort in solving her unemployment. People decried the situation that made qualified citizens beggars

Joseph Omotayo