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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

Woman makes history as the 'first' licensed tractor driver in northern Ghana, says she's excited

Woman makes history as the 'first' licensed tractor driver in northern Ghana, says she's excited

World

5 years ago

Nigerian woman shares photos of visiting White House during Trump's administration, stirs reactions

Nigerian woman shares photos of visiting White House during Trump's administration, stirs reactions

Entertainment

5 years ago

Woman finally completes her house, shares photo to show how it all started in 2017

Woman finally completes her house, shares photo to show how it all started in 2017

World

5 years ago

Old dad dances with his 2 young pretty daughters to this popular Nigerian song (video)

Old dad dances with his 2 young pretty daughters to this popular Nigerian song (video)

Nigeria

5 years ago

Massive reactions as taxi driver saves grandma and man from drowning

Massive reactions as taxi driver saves grandma and man from drowning

People

5 years ago

Many praise doctor who graduated medical school at 20 years old, wish him wonderful career

Many praise doctor who graduated medical school at 20 years old, wish him wonderful career

People

5 years ago

Woman turns ironing board into work desk for her home office, shares photo

Woman turns ironing board into work desk for her home office, shares photo

People

5 years ago

Melissa Fleming has stirred conversation online about how common items in the house could serve different functions. She is using her ironing board as a desk.

Nigerian man graduates from university, celebrates his achievement with beautiful photos

Nigerian man graduates from university, celebrates his achievement with beautiful photos

World

5 years ago

A young Nigerian man has with great pride celebrated the university, UI, he graduated from as he called it one of the best institutions anywhere in the world.

Man rejoices as he changes his bed, buys bigger one, photos get people talking

Man rejoices as he changes his bed, buys bigger one, photos get people talking

World

5 years ago

A man user with the Twitter handle @cuartocore has started conversations around the need to always appreciate one's progress. Tweeps praised his new bedroom.

Two abroad-based kids pack their bags, say they are going to Nigeria, show mum their passports

Two abroad-based kids pack their bags, say they are going to Nigeria, show mum their passports

Entertainment

5 years ago

Two kids stirred conversations online after they informed their mother they want to go visit their grandparents in Nigeria and hope that she will drive them.

Young lady gets expensive birthday gifts from bae, photos generate reactions

Young lady gets expensive birthday gifts from bae, photos generate reactions

Entertainment

5 years ago

Sisipho Thisani shared the two luxury birthday gifts she received from her bae on social media. Peeps rushed to her replies where they tagged their partners.

Video captures moment pastor refuses to bless couple who arrived 5 minutes late on their wedding day

Video captures moment pastor refuses to bless couple who arrived 5 minutes late on their wedding day

Entertainment

5 years ago

The wedding was scheduled to take place at Port Harcourt in Nigeria when things fell apart. The couple arrived late and the pastor refused to bless the wedding.

Massive reactions as woman is hospitalised after she used strong glue on her hair instead of gel

Massive reactions as woman is hospitalised after she used strong glue on her hair instead of gel

People

5 years ago

A woman who went viral after she used a really strong brand of glue to lay her hair has shared updates on the process to get the glue removed from her head.

Young lady gets admissions into 50 American universities, stirs reactions

Young lady gets admissions into 50 American universities, stirs reactions

World

5 years ago

A young lady got much love from tweeps who celebrated her for securing admission offers from 50 American universities. They said she's an example of black power

Pretty lady gives young man a chance, marries him after he sent her chat, screenshot stirs reactions

Pretty lady gives young man a chance, marries him after he sent her chat, screenshot stirs reactions

Entertainment

5 years ago

Many people were amazed on Twitter by the love story of a lady who met her man on Instagram and started dating him after he sent a DM, saying he wanted her.

Joseph Omotayo