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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.

5441 articles published since 08 Jan 2019

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Check out photos of this amazing dress that can be worn in 4 ways

Check out photos of this amazing dress that can be worn in 4 ways

Entertainment

5 years ago

Young lady buys Lexus car for herself, stirs reactions from Nigerians

Young lady buys Lexus car for herself, stirs reactions from Nigerians

People

5 years ago

Man mistakenly threw away N123bn, begs govt to help him find it

Man mistakenly threw away N123bn, begs govt to help him find it

World

5 years ago

Man impresses with food cooked with vegetables from his garden (photos)

Man impresses with food cooked with vegetables from his garden (photos)

World

5 years ago

See how this little girl tried to beat her mother in dance 'competition' (video)

See how this little girl tried to beat her mother in dance 'competition' (video)

People

5 years ago

Cute photo of schoolteacher with nose rings, ear piercings goes viral

Cute photo of schoolteacher with nose rings, ear piercings goes viral

People

5 years ago

Joy as high school sweethearts reunite and marry after 68 years apart (photos)

Joy as high school sweethearts reunite and marry after 68 years apart (photos)

People

5 years ago

Paul was 18 when he left 15-year-old Harvey behind in search of employment. The two met again in 2020 and rekindled an old flame that culminated in marriage.

Young man builds tricycle that can be converted to a car (photos)

Young man builds tricycle that can be converted to a car (photos)

People

5 years ago

A young Ghananian local engineer has left social media in awe with his unique creation of a tricycle that can be converted into a car, takes it for a ride.

See how man 'scatters' dance floor at wedding ceremony with 'gbese' moves (video)

See how man 'scatters' dance floor at wedding ceremony with 'gbese' moves (video)

World

5 years ago

A Nigerian MC, Ajele Adeyemi, hit a new level of popularity on Twitter after a clip showed how he 'took over' a wedding ceremony with his 'gbese' dance moves.

Lady applies makeup that "changes" her face into a cup, many react (photo)

Lady applies makeup that "changes" her face into a cup, many react (photo)

People

5 years ago

A makeup artist, Anjolaoluwa, has put people into some kind of confusion as she made a teacup effect on her face. Many tweeps praised her and asked questions.

Young man goes to preach at Computer Village Ikeja, this is what tout did to him (photo)

Young man goes to preach at Computer Village Ikeja, this is what tout did to him (photo)

Entertainment

5 years ago

A young man with the Twitter handle @gabgriel_specter has taken to the platform to speak about how he succeeded in preaching the word of God. People praised him

See how this young Nigerian man painted Lagos bus stop, makes it look so real, many people argue with each other on Twitter (photos)

See how this young Nigerian man painted Lagos bus stop, makes it look so real, many people argue with each other on Twitter (photos)

Nigeria

5 years ago

A Nigerian man has stirred reactions on Twitter after he posted photos of the work he did which is set in Lagos state. Many gave the masterpiece glowing reviews

Igbo hairdresser who started in her room makes it, opens big salon (photos)

Igbo hairdresser who started in her room makes it, opens big salon (photos)

World

5 years ago

A pretty Nigerian lady with the Twitter handle @Chioma_Alexa has finally overcome the odds against her and opened her own salon months after saying she would.

Lady gets big job, 'tensions' people with photos of 1st day at work

Lady gets big job, 'tensions' people with photos of 1st day at work

World

5 years ago

This beautiful young South African woman, LumkaM is just one of the thousands celebrating a fantastic start to the new year - by starting a great new position.

Little boy wows social media users with his 'big' vegetable farm (photos)

Little boy wows social media users with his 'big' vegetable farm (photos)

Entertainment

5 years ago

It appears that farming comes naturally to this enthusiastic 11-year-old. His mother took to Facebook to shower praise on him, she says is a future farmer.

Joseph Omotayo