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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

Happy mum celebrates son with down syndrome on his 19th year birthday, calls him the greatest gift from God

Happy mum celebrates son with down syndrome on his 19th year birthday, calls him the greatest gift from God

World

6 years ago

Meet teenager with world's longest hair that takes 1hr to comb (photos)

Meet teenager with world's longest hair that takes 1hr to comb (photos)

World

6 years ago

This black woman survived jumping from 86th floor of 106-floor-skyscraper after she lost her job

This black woman survived jumping from 86th floor of 106-floor-skyscraper after she lost her job

World

6 years ago

24-year-old Nigerian Olatoye volunteers in China to fight coronavirus, braves it all (photo)

24-year-old Nigerian Olatoye volunteers in China to fight coronavirus, braves it all (photo)

Nigeria

6 years ago

Pastor funds mass wedding for 12 couples, says he wants to ease their financial burden (photos)

Pastor funds mass wedding for 12 couples, says he wants to ease their financial burden (photos)

World

6 years ago

Rwanda leads the way, becomes 1st country to produce made-in-Africa phones

Rwanda leads the way, becomes 1st country to produce made-in-Africa phones

Nigeria

6 years ago

How bodies of high priests, pure gold from many decades ago were discovered in Egypt

How bodies of high priests, pure gold from many decades ago were discovered in Egypt

World

6 years ago

Archaeologists have found out 20 well-preserved sarcophagi stones situated 170 miles south of Cairo in Minya, the capital of Egypt.

US gives Nigerian Chidebe special recognition, calls him a star

US gives Nigerian Chidebe special recognition, calls him a star

World

6 years ago

The United States embassy in Nigeria has recognised the Runcie Chidebe for how he is championing the fight against cancer. With his nonprofit outfit, Project PINK BLUE, he organised empowerment programmes.

Nigerians react as reality TV show Ultimate Love launches

Nigerians react as reality TV show Ultimate Love launches

Celebrities

6 years ago

As the reality TV show, Ultimate Love, went live on Sunday, February 9, Nigerians had so much to say from the way the event is being hosted and how the contestants spoke on TV.

Popular Nigerian actress finally speaks after her unclad video leaked online, releases powerful statement

Popular Nigerian actress finally speaks after her unclad video leaked online, releases powerful statement

Celebrities

6 years ago

Popular Hausa actress, Maryam Booth, has reacted to the leak of her unclad video which went viral online as she accessed her ex of blackmail and secretly recording her while she was changing.

Everything for love: Girl receives money-stacked birthday cake in viral video

Everything for love: Girl receives money-stacked birthday cake in viral video

World

6 years ago

A beautiful young lady's boyfriend has given her the shock of her life as her man decided to make a money-stacked birthday cake for her.

Popular US YouTuber organises fake award ceremony for top UK journalist

Popular US YouTuber organises fake award ceremony for top UK journalist

World

6 years ago

A popular YouTuber, Josh Pieters, has said that he flew Kate Hopkins out to Prague where it was reported she collected a fake award called Campaign to Unify the Nation Trophy.

I'm alive, not dead - 75-year-old man speaks after he discovered his tombstone built by ex-wife

I'm alive, not dead - 75-year-old man speaks after he discovered his tombstone built by ex-wife

World

6 years ago

Alan Hattel, a retired welder, had a rare encounter when he realised people thought he was dead and then stopped calling him. The 75-year-old man said he became so concerned when his phone stoped ringing.

Nigerian Onyejiaka becomes 1st W'African named deputy mayor in New Jersey, US (photo)

Nigerian Onyejiaka becomes 1st W'African named deputy mayor in New Jersey, US (photo)

World

6 years ago

Another Nigerian, Charles Onyejiaka, made history on the international scene on Monday, January 6, as he was made the first ever West African to be voted as the deputy mayor of Franklin Township, Somerset County, New Jersey, US.

29-year-old man marries cardboard picture of music idol, says it is the happiest decision of his life (photo)

29-year-old man marries cardboard picture of music idol, says it is the happiest decision of his life (photo)

World

6 years ago

Oil London, a 29-year-old British man who spent over $150,000 (N54,375,000) on plastic surgery to look like a popular pop singer, Jimin, has married a cardboard cut-out of the same musician.

Joseph Omotayo