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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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See how these 2 kids turned their parent's SUV into a mess with engine oil, they look innocent as mum parades them at 'crime scene' (photos)

See how these 2 kids turned their parent's SUV into a mess with engine oil, they look innocent as mum parades them at 'crime scene' (photos)

People

5 years ago

What I ordered vs what I got: See the cloth this girl received after paying for item, Nigerians react (Photos)

What I ordered vs what I got: See the cloth this girl received after paying for item, Nigerians react (Photos)

People

5 years ago

Massive joy as Nigerian girl gathers distinctions in her WAEC exams, see what she scored in each subject (photos)

Massive joy as Nigerian girl gathers distinctions in her WAEC exams, see what she scored in each subject (photos)

People

5 years ago

Nigerian man 'scatters' int'l food contest in UK with aroma of amala and egusi, white judges almost bite their tongues eating the food, praise the meal (videos)

Nigerian man 'scatters' int'l food contest in UK with aroma of amala and egusi, white judges almost bite their tongues eating the food, praise the meal (videos)

Entertainment

5 years ago

He's not coming back home! Joy as Nigerian man gets job in America after bagging his master's degree in this school (see photos, reactions)

He's not coming back home! Joy as Nigerian man gets job in America after bagging his master's degree in this school (see photos, reactions)

Education

5 years ago

This was when I met him - Wizkid's third baby mama opens up, shares how they started together

This was when I met him - Wizkid's third baby mama opens up, shares how they started together

Entertainment

5 years ago

Woman 'praises' husband for marrying second wife, says she's overjoyed, prays against jealousy in her home (see Nigerians' reactions)

Woman 'praises' husband for marrying second wife, says she's overjoyed, prays against jealousy in her home (see Nigerians' reactions)

People

5 years ago

A Muslim woman with the Twitter handle @belllahijabi has caused an engaging relationship conversation on social media after welcoming her hubby's second wife.

Remember the 23-year-old Kano man who was going to marry 46-year-old American woman? These are their court wedding photos

Remember the 23-year-old Kano man who was going to marry 46-year-old American woman? These are their court wedding photos

World

5 years ago

Photos of the court wedding between Suleiman Isah and Janine Anne Reimann have surfaced online as they confessed love to each other in the presence of family.

Amazing transformation photos of boy who was abandoned on the street, accused of witchcraft by parents, this was the white woman who rescued him

Amazing transformation photos of boy who was abandoned on the street, accused of witchcraft by parents, this was the white woman who rescued him

World

5 years ago

The life of Hope, a Nigerian kid, who was abandoned by his parents, has shown that love and care are what everybody needs to survive and reach their potentials.

After this man spent almost 40 years for crime he did not commit, he is finally released because key witness said she earlier lied (photo)

After this man spent almost 40 years for crime he did not commit, he is finally released because key witness said she earlier lied (photo)

World

5 years ago

When Walter Forbes stepped in as two groups fought in 1982, he did not know that singular action would orchestrate his almost 40 years in prison without parole.

Man who went to keep sick sister company, 'abandons' compassion, feasts on full plate of food, his photo goes viral

Man who went to keep sick sister company, 'abandons' compassion, feasts on full plate of food, his photo goes viral

World

5 years ago

The photo of a young man eating has gone viral after his sister, a Nigerian model, posted it and said that he took eating seriously despite her failing health.

Poor students who trekked long distance to school daily get bicycles, these are the 2 Nigerian women who helped them (photos)

Poor students who trekked long distance to school daily get bicycles, these are the 2 Nigerian women who helped them (photos)

Education

5 years ago

The help of two Nigerians, Yetunde and Bilqis, has changed the lives of some children in Ogun who used to walk six hours to school. They were gifted bicycles.

Another Nigerian makes it in UK, here is the story of young lady who graduated with distinction despite tough schoolwork (photos)

Another Nigerian makes it in UK, here is the story of young lady who graduated with distinction despite tough schoolwork (photos)

Nigeria

5 years ago

Oluwatosin Likinyo said that though schoolwork was not initially easy for her when she started, she was able to weather the challenges and came out strong.

This lady made a mirror that tells her how beautiful she is, it also says the time (check it out)

This lady made a mirror that tells her how beautiful she is, it also says the time (check it out)

World

5 years ago

A developer has shown that even everyday household items like a mirror could be remodelled into something that does much more than reflect a person's looks.

Catholic Church ordains man with dreadlocks, tattoos as priest in this diocese, his photos go viral, generate reactions

Catholic Church ordains man with dreadlocks, tattoos as priest in this diocese, his photos go viral, generate reactions

Entertainment

5 years ago

Leandre Syrieix was ordained as a priest by the Catholic church in Canada and he has been seen as a man with post-modern views about life because he has tattoos

Joseph Omotayo