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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

Pastor officiates wedding for father and daughter 27 years apart, man shares throwback photo

Pastor officiates wedding for father and daughter 27 years apart, man shares throwback photo

Wedding

5 years ago

Nigerian lady paints herself to celebrate her birthday, photo of artwork wows many

Nigerian lady paints herself to celebrate her birthday, photo of artwork wows many

People

5 years ago

Mum shares adorable video of baby learning sign language, many say she looks cute

Mum shares adorable video of baby learning sign language, many say she looks cute

Entertainment

5 years ago

Man transforms his laptop, phone, gamepads to look like woods, Nigerians react

Man transforms his laptop, phone, gamepads to look like woods, Nigerians react

Entertainment

5 years ago

Baby shows excitement when her mum comes home, she jumps up, screams

Baby shows excitement when her mum comes home, she jumps up, screams

Entertainment

5 years ago

Come and adopt us, many react as lady showcases amazing food she cooked for her family

Come and adopt us, many react as lady showcases amazing food she cooked for her family

World

5 years ago

Pretty woman says she met her handsome husband in a bank queue

Pretty woman says she met her handsome husband in a bank queue

People

5 years ago

Dan Emmanuel stood behind the pretty woman as they queued and waited to be served. To the guy, it was love at first sight. She was magnetic and so beautiful.

Young Nigerian living in Canada buys Benz, says it is a little gift for himself, stirs reactions

Young Nigerian living in Canada buys Benz, says it is a little gift for himself, stirs reactions

Nigeria

5 years ago

A Nigerian man identified as Tosin AJ was praised by many tweeps after he posted photos of the Benz he got to reward the hard work he invested in his life.

Michelle Obama hails kids who recreated her inauguration outfit, says they nailed it

Michelle Obama hails kids who recreated her inauguration outfit, says they nailed it

World

5 years ago

Ex-US first lady, Michelle Obama, praised the kids who recreated her outfit as she said their attempt was spot-on. Many agreed with her and said they look cute.

Nigerian lady 'spoils' her boyfriend with N5k gifts, delivers sweets package to his workplace

Nigerian lady 'spoils' her boyfriend with N5k gifts, delivers sweets package to his workplace

World

5 years ago

A man with the name Alex Oluwatobi has narrated how a lady, Abodunrin was thoughtful in showing love to his colleague, Jide, after he recovered from sickness.

Funny moment kid tries to pronounce his favourite food in the kitchen

Funny moment kid tries to pronounce his favourite food in the kitchen

Entertainment

5 years ago

The video of a kid who tried to pronounce Nutella has 'broken' the internet with over three million views. In the clip, he called out peanut butter instead.

2 cute kids become internet sensaton after recreating Michelle Obama's inauguration outfit (photos)

2 cute kids become internet sensaton after recreating Michelle Obama's inauguration outfit (photos)

Entertainment

5 years ago

Two young beautiful kids have gone viral after a stunning mimic of the majestic dressing shown by Barack Obama and wife Michelle during Biden's inauguration.

See the big family compound of 100 rooms with hospital Nigerian man built for kinsmen in his village (photos)

See the big family compound of 100 rooms with hospital Nigerian man built for kinsmen in his village (photos)

People

5 years ago

A Nigerian man, Ahmed Raji, has rewritten the story of lineage and made them smile as he gifted them a modern compound of 100 rooms as his contribution to them.

Nigerian man wants to sell his dog for N1.1m, many react

Nigerian man wants to sell his dog for N1.1m, many react

Entertainment

5 years ago

A man with the Twitter handle @KidMarleymusic said he wants to sell his dog for N1.1m and social media users would not have it as they said it is too expensive.

Woman who couldn't go to school because of money succeeds as building block maker (photos)

Woman who couldn't go to school because of money succeeds as building block maker (photos)

World

5 years ago

Olivia Afi Kokui, a resident of Akotoshi in the Greater Accra Region, is an innovative and adventurous businesswoman who runs her block manufacturing venture.

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