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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.

5939 articles published since 08 Jan 2019

Author's articles

Top 11 countries with most educated people in Africa finally released (see full list)

Top 11 countries with most educated people in Africa finally released (see full list)

World

5 years ago

Lockdown: This is the amount US govt paid us each to stay at home - Nigerian man (video)

Lockdown: This is the amount US govt paid us each to stay at home - Nigerian man (video)

Nigeria

5 years ago

Nigerian woman reveals 1 thing about Igbo men when it comes to romance

Nigerian woman reveals 1 thing about Igbo men when it comes to romance

Celebrities

5 years ago

Zlatan Ibile calls Kemi Olunloyo madwoman, says she always plays with their hearts

Zlatan Ibile calls Kemi Olunloyo madwoman, says she always plays with their hearts

Entertainment

5 years ago

Joy as Sierra Leone appoints Nigerian to lead Covid-19 task force (see his big monthly salary)

Joy as Sierra Leone appoints Nigerian to lead Covid-19 task force (see his big monthly salary)

World

5 years ago

Reactions as George Floyd's daughter says 1 thing about her late dad during protest (video)

Reactions as George Floyd's daughter says 1 thing about her late dad during protest (video)

Entertainment

5 years ago

If George Floyd had done his DNA, he was probably from Nigeria - Abike Dabiri speaks as Nigeria mourns his death (video)

If George Floyd had done his DNA, he was probably from Nigeria - Abike Dabiri speaks as Nigeria mourns his death (video)

People

5 years ago

Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM) and National Council for Arts and Culture (NCAC) came together to mourn the passing of gruesome death of George Floyd.

Much tears as Nigerian man was reportedly beaten to death in India, FG reacts (videos)

Much tears as Nigerian man was reportedly beaten to death in India, FG reacts (videos)

People

5 years ago

Videos have emerged showing a Nigerian man, named Sunny Mike, seriously beaten up in Delhi, the capital of Indian. He was accused of theft by an Indian lady.

UNILAG makes Forbes list, beats other schools in Africa for doing this 1 thing

UNILAG makes Forbes list, beats other schools in Africa for doing this 1 thing

World

5 years ago

The University of Lagos, Akoka, has been ranked as the third most productive school in teaching entrepreneurial skills in Africa. University of Cape Town led.

Could this lady be a genius? Young woman bags masters degree at age 21 (photo)

Could this lady be a genius? Young woman bags masters degree at age 21 (photo)

People

5 years ago

A lady with the name Fatoumata Sankare has spoken about how she got her masters in cybersecurity at the young age of 21, making first in her family to do so.

This young Nigerian teacher has 4 Guinness World Records (see how he got them)

This young Nigerian teacher has 4 Guinness World Records (see how he got them)

Celebrities

5 years ago

Adetunwase Adenle is one of many creative young people in the country. He has 4 Guinness World Records to his name. The records were under different categories.

Great jubilation as mother of 13 gives birth to quadruplets in Zaria (photos)

Great jubilation as mother of 13 gives birth to quadruplets in Zaria (photos)

World

5 years ago

A 34-year-old woman, Hauwa’u Sulaiman, who already had 13 kids gave birth to quadruplets at the Gambo Sawaba General Hospital, Zaria, Kaduna on Friday, June 5.

Nigerian man invents stove that can cook food and charge phones (photo)

Nigerian man invents stove that can cook food and charge phones (photo)

Technology

5 years ago

A 26 year-old Nigerian, Max Chinnah, causes excitement as he has made history with the inventing a smokeless stove that he patented with his partner, Attigah.

Covid-19: Couple name their newborn twins Quarantine and Sanitiser, give reason for doing so (photo)

Covid-19: Couple name their newborn twins Quarantine and Sanitiser, give reason for doing so (photo)

World

5 years ago

A couple in Meerut part of India have called their newborn twins Quarantine and Sanitiser as a way to archive the present-day challenges caused by the Covid-19.

United States honours this Nigerian man for playing a big role when Covid-19 came into Nigeria (photo)

United States honours this Nigerian man for playing a big role when Covid-19 came into Nigeria (photo)

Nigeria

5 years ago

The United States Mission to the African Union has recognized the effort of a Nigerian man, Oluwayomi Zeblon in helping his peers during coronavirus pandemic.

Joseph Omotayo