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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

Author's articles

Pastor Chris says it won't take more than 10 years for the world to end, makes confident prediction (video)

Pastor Chris says it won't take more than 10 years for the world to end, makes confident prediction (video)

Entertainment

5 years ago

Beautiful lady gives orange seller a chance, dates him, now they are gloriously married in US (here are their wedding photos)

Beautiful lady gives orange seller a chance, dates him, now they are gloriously married in US (here are their wedding photos)

World

5 years ago

Emotional moment mother gives car to daughter on her wedding day, see what the mom said that made people cry (video)

Emotional moment mother gives car to daughter on her wedding day, see what the mom said that made people cry (video)

World

5 years ago

BBNaija 2020: Kiddwaya and Prince evicted, here are what they said about Nengi

BBNaija 2020: Kiddwaya and Prince evicted, here are what they said about Nengi

Feature

5 years ago

Destiny helper finds Nigerian woman who stayed under the rain selling oranges to feed her kids, shivering with cold (videos, photo)

Destiny helper finds Nigerian woman who stayed under the rain selling oranges to feed her kids, shivering with cold (videos, photo)

People

5 years ago

Is this the end to Yahoo Yahoo? This 26-year-old wins tech prize, her innovation could stop internet fraud (photos)

Is this the end to Yahoo Yahoo? This 26-year-old wins tech prize, her innovation could stop internet fraud (photos)

Technology

5 years ago

Man sees great business opportunity during Covid-19 period, here is the beautiful coding school he opened in Ibadan (photos)

Man sees great business opportunity during Covid-19 period, here is the beautiful coding school he opened in Ibadan (photos)

Nigeria

5 years ago

A Nigerian with the handle @Danjo_Oosha has said that as Covid-19 happened, his friends and him used the opportunity to fill a gap in the Nigerian tech sector.

Hot drama: Wedding canceled after man stormed ceremony, said he's father to bride and groom

Hot drama: Wedding canceled after man stormed ceremony, said he's father to bride and groom

Entertainment

5 years ago

A couple in Tana River county was forced to cancel their wedding when a man claiming to be their father emerged just as they were about to walk down the aisle.

We need more barbers like him - Massive reactions as this man scatters Twitter with his hair-cutting skill (video)

We need more barbers like him - Massive reactions as this man scatters Twitter with his hair-cutting skill (video)

Entertainment

5 years ago

A barber was captured on camera trying to attain a perfect haircut on his client. To ensure that all was okay, he could be seen going outside to check the hair.

This was how this man's life changed after he presented his university certificate at a bank where he worked as security guard - Banker narrates

This was how this man's life changed after he presented his university certificate at a bank where he worked as security guard - Banker narrates

World

5 years ago

Deeds like the one done by Ayomide Babalola are to be very much praised. He helped a security man at his workplace to a better office and more paying position.

Bishop Oyedepo speaks frankly on marriage, tells women to respect their husbands or else this won't happen

Bishop Oyedepo speaks frankly on marriage, tells women to respect their husbands or else this won't happen

Entertainment

5 years ago

The general overseer of Living Faith Church Worldwide aka Winners Chapel, Bishop David Oyedepo, has spoken on the issue of marriage and the place of a wife.

See this beautiful vehicle made in Nigeria, video of it scatters the internet, gets people talking

See this beautiful vehicle made in Nigeria, video of it scatters the internet, gets people talking

Nigeria

5 years ago

Many Nigerians could not stop talking after the video of a vehicle made in Nigeria went viral online. Nord Tank has gotten many reactions people since the clip.

This was what pilot of crashed helicopter did to save lives - Lady who claimed to be his childhood friend revealed

This was what pilot of crashed helicopter did to save lives - Lady who claimed to be his childhood friend revealed

World

5 years ago

A lady who goes by the name, Gloria Ugolee, on Instagram, has mourned the pilot, Chika Ernest, of the crashed helicopter in Ikeja, Lago, saying he is selfless.

Woman wins hearts on social media as photos show her building own house by herself

Woman wins hearts on social media as photos show her building own house by herself

People

5 years ago

South Africans are inspired by Zamanzini Philisiwe Zungu - a female civil engineer who is building her own home. Photos of her work were posted on social media.

Talented Nigerian man builds toilet to generate cooking gas, electricity for home (photo)

Talented Nigerian man builds toilet to generate cooking gas, electricity for home (photo)

World

5 years ago

A Nigerian man has built a toilet soakaway to generate cheap cooking gas and electricity. Pictures of his amazing work has wowed many as thousands engaged it.

Joseph Omotayo