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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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Nigerian tailor makes amazing dress for all parties, stirs reactions

Nigerian tailor makes amazing dress for all parties, stirs reactions

Nigeria

5 years ago

Nigerian lady paints her face to look like a tiger, photos go viral

Nigerian lady paints her face to look like a tiger, photos go viral

Nigeria

5 years ago

Check out how man painted Berger bus stop in Lagos with his brush (photos)

Check out how man painted Berger bus stop in Lagos with his brush (photos)

World

5 years ago

Nigerian man's grave with Man United's logo gets many emotional as child 'mourns' (photos)

People

5 years ago

Pretty lady succeeds big in farming, shows off her plantation (photos)

Pretty lady succeeds big in farming, shows off her plantation (photos)

Entertainment

5 years ago

Cute Nigerian lady becomes doctor, men 'ask' for her hand in marriage

Cute Nigerian lady becomes doctor, men 'ask' for her hand in marriage

Education

5 years ago

Children sing popular Davido's song without missing a word during party, this was what the artiste said about it (video)

Children sing popular Davido's song without missing a word during party, this was what the artiste said about it (video)

Music

5 years ago

Some children went viral after a video showed them singing Davido's Jowo with a great passion. The kids chorused the song without missing a word at a party.

Much talented young man draws Drake and Chris Brown with pencils

Much talented young man draws Drake and Chris Brown with pencils

World

5 years ago

An artist is hoping to get the recognition that he deserves after he shared the pencil arts he made using Drake and Chris Brown as subjects. Many praised him.

Igbo woman with Yoruba tribal marks traces paternal root to Ibadan (video)

Igbo woman with Yoruba tribal marks traces paternal root to Ibadan (video)

World

5 years ago

A woman, Vivian, who never knew her father, has taken her search to Ibadan, saying that knowing her root is very important. A chieftain temporarily adopted her.

After this Nigerian man got scholarship for his masters, see the 2 UK universities 'fighting' over his intelligence

After this Nigerian man got scholarship for his masters, see the 2 UK universities 'fighting' over his intelligence

Entertainment

5 years ago

A Nigerian man, Henry Ibitolu, has celebrated his milestone in securing a scholarship for his PhD programme. He said that he really feel blessed by God's grace.

Young Nigerian man packages pap in containers to make a living, stirs reactions with his great business sense (photos)

Young Nigerian man packages pap in containers to make a living, stirs reactions with his great business sense (photos)

Entertainment

5 years ago

A Nigerian man, Yakubu Jimoh, has got many talking after he shared photos of his pap business on Twitter. Many praised him for choosing hardwork over fraud.

Man who used to wear oversized rough-looking trousers in Nigeria makes it in US, he's now a professor with big Range Rover jeep (photos)

Man who used to wear oversized rough-looking trousers in Nigeria makes it in US, he's now a professor with big Range Rover jeep (photos)

Entertainment

5 years ago

A young Nigerian man who used to wear baggy trousers in Nigeria has shared how his life transformed after he relocated to the US. Many people congratulated him.

South African-born Elon Musk takes away Jeff Bezos' position, becomes word's richest man

South African-born Elon Musk takes away Jeff Bezos' position, becomes word's richest man

Entertainment

5 years ago

Jeff Bezos has lost his place as the world's richest man as Elon Musk takes the position with a net worth of $188.5 billion. This win was made possible by Tesla

Family convert their vehicle into a house that looks like mini palace, here's how they did it (photos, video)

Family convert their vehicle into a house that looks like mini palace, here's how they did it (photos, video)

Money

5 years ago

A smart family of four have taken innovation to a great level after their renovated an old van and made it a camp vehicle. They chose their designs online.

Young Nigerian lady 'buys' her first house working as nurse in America, shares photos, stirs controversy

Young Nigerian lady 'buys' her first house working as nurse in America, shares photos, stirs controversy

Entertainment

5 years ago

A Nigerian lady has generated massive reactions on Twitter after sharing photos of a house she claimed to have bought. Some said that the building is not hers.

Joseph Omotayo