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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

Coronavirus: Nigerian man designs locally-made ventilator, showcases it in viral video

Coronavirus: Nigerian man designs locally-made ventilator, showcases it in viral video

World

6 years ago

How 2 students took up fight against Covid-19 with their special handwashing technology

How 2 students took up fight against Covid-19 with their special handwashing technology

World

6 years ago

Covid-19 lockdown: Kind man buys food, groceries for 300 less privileged families

Covid-19 lockdown: Kind man buys food, groceries for 300 less privileged families

World

6 years ago

This woman of 7 kids was evicted by landlady, see what people did afterwards

This woman of 7 kids was evicted by landlady, see what people did afterwards

World

6 years ago

Covid-19: How we were treated, sent out of our hotel rooms inside rain - Nigerians in China narrate horrible story (video)

Covid-19: How we were treated, sent out of our hotel rooms inside rain - Nigerians in China narrate horrible story (video)

World

6 years ago

Covid-19: I have 8 children and 2 wives, Lagos relief material is not enough for us - Man laments

Covid-19: I have 8 children and 2 wives, Lagos relief material is not enough for us - Man laments

World

6 years ago

It wasn't easy going to work - Physically-challenged woman succeeds, falls in love, gives birth

It wasn't easy going to work - Physically-challenged woman succeeds, falls in love, gives birth

Nigeria

6 years ago

Linah said that she was able to walk the entire pregnancy journey and deliver a healthy baby girl without any complication despite her condition. Read Legit.ng

Coronavirus: Talented Nigerian engineers create ventilator, could produce 300 weekly

Coronavirus: Talented Nigerian engineers create ventilator, could produce 300 weekly

World

6 years ago

Nigerians are rising up against Covid-19 pandemic in their own various ways. A team of professionals has risen up to the challenge of scarcity of ventilators.

This is how much US govt gave Nigeria to fight coronavirus

This is how much US govt gave Nigeria to fight coronavirus

World

6 years ago

The govt of United States of America has given over $7 million (N2,569,000,000) health and humanitarian funding to Nigerian in the fight coronavirus in Nigeria.

Lockdown: Woman overcomes, delivers her 22nd child after 10-hour long labour

Lockdown: Woman overcomes, delivers her 22nd child after 10-hour long labour

World

6 years ago

The biggest family in Britain in terms of the number of children has welcomed their 22nd child who is also the 11th daughter during the coronavirus lockdown.

Breaking: Sad day for Nigeria as 56-year-old top healthcare giver dies of COVID-19, family member speaks (photos)

Breaking: Sad day for Nigeria as 56-year-old top healthcare giver dies of COVID-19, family member speaks (photos)

Nigeria

6 years ago

As the world battles with coronavirus, Nigeria keeps taking a huge hit in the way it has been losing some of her great minds to the virus. The latest is Carol.

Covid-19: God will judge you based on how you treat poor people - Pope Francis

Covid-19: God will judge you based on how you treat poor people - Pope Francis

World

6 years ago

Pope Francis on Monday, April 6, spoke about the situation of the poor. In his tweet, the pontiff said that God will judge the world on how the poor are treated

Fight against coronavirus: MAPOLY leads the way, produces world-class hand sanitisers

Fight against coronavirus: MAPOLY leads the way, produces world-class hand sanitisers

World

6 years ago

Moshood Abiola Polytechnic, Abeokuta, has taken the lead in producing hand sanitizers to combat the shortage of medical supply in the fight against Covid-19.

TB Joshua asks members to take hot water and lemon to achieve this thing

TB Joshua asks members to take hot water and lemon to achieve this thing

World

6 years ago

TB Joshua has called his members to share their testimony based on the hot water and lemon solution secret he asked them to try out for their health benefits.

Give out to only poor orphans - Apostle Suleman provides new formula for online giveaway

Give out to only poor orphans - Apostle Suleman provides new formula for online giveaway

Nigeria

6 years ago

The head of Omega Fire Ministries Worldwide, Apostle Johnson Suleman, has spoken about the popular culture of online giveaway and who should be given priority.

Joseph Omotayo