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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

Oluwo of Iwoland offers self as sacrifice to end coronavirus (video)

Oluwo of Iwoland offers self as sacrifice to end coronavirus (video)

Nigeria

6 years ago

Covid-19: Good news as Formula 1 engineers, scientists produce new breathing devices

Covid-19: Good news as Formula 1 engineers, scientists produce new breathing devices

World

6 years ago

Coronavirus: Video shows NCDC officials testing Nigerian UK returnee in her house

Coronavirus: Video shows NCDC officials testing Nigerian UK returnee in her house

Nigeria

6 years ago

Davido sends strong message to Chioma as she battles coronavirus (photo)

Davido sends strong message to Chioma as she battles coronavirus (photo)

Nigeria

6 years ago

Ice Prince condemns people who bring their problem on social media, says the world has bigger issues

Ice Prince condemns people who bring their problem on social media, says the world has bigger issues

People

6 years ago

Coronavirus: Talented 13-year-old makes masks, gives them out to people for free

Coronavirus: Talented 13-year-old makes masks, gives them out to people for free

World

6 years ago

Joy as lady who got rejected by 15 medical schools finally gets admission to study medicine

Joy as lady who got rejected by 15 medical schools finally gets admission to study medicine

Education

6 years ago

A black American lady, Sotonye, has shared a moving story with the Humans of New York on how she got into medical school despite the many obstacles in her way.

Covid-19: Now is the time for rich people and big churches in Africa to help - Nigerian man speaks

Covid-19: Now is the time for rich people and big churches in Africa to help - Nigerian man speaks

World

6 years ago

A well-known Nigerian academic, Ndubuisi Ekekwe, has spoken about the need for African billionaires and mega churches to rise up to fight coronavirus in Africa.

Covid-19: Dino Melaye donates free hand sanitizers, vitamin C, prays for Nigeria (video)

Covid-19: Dino Melaye donates free hand sanitizers, vitamin C, prays for Nigeria (video)

Nigeria

6 years ago

Popular Nigerian politician, Dino Melaye, has made a laudable charitable gesture as he donates dozens of free hand sanitizers, Vitamin C to people in Kogi.

Coronavirus: Great joy as 1st infected woman in African country recovers

Coronavirus: Great joy as 1st infected woman in African country recovers

World

6 years ago

As the world is battling coronavirus outbreak, Tanzania has recorded a win as its first coronavirus patient, a 46-year-old woman, recovered from the virus.

Mike Bamiloye says Christians should stay away from secular movies

Mike Bamiloye says Christians should stay away from secular movies

Nigeria

6 years ago

A very popular evangelist and the head of Mount Zion Drama Ministry and Mount Zion Television, Mike Bamiloye, has said that watching secular movies is a sin.

Men just can't take their eyes off me, resist my body - Popular Nollywood actress

Men just can't take their eyes off me, resist my body - Popular Nollywood actress

Celebrities

6 years ago

Popular Nollywood actress, Motunrayo Oluwakemu popularly known as Motunrayotoshet, has spoken about how she always has issues with men not taking their eyes off

I'm postponing my sold-out show because of this 1 thing - Davido reveals safety reason

I'm postponing my sold-out show because of this 1 thing - Davido reveals safety reason

Entertainment

6 years ago

Popular Nigerian music artiste, Davido, has postponed his sold-out show in North America because of the spread of coronavirus, says his fans must be protected.

Renewed hope as doctors confirm second patient cured of HIV

Renewed hope as doctors confirm second patient cured of HIV

World

6 years ago

Doctors in London on Tuesday, March 10, announced that a second patient has been cured of HIV after undergoing a peculiar stem cell transplant treatment in UK.

Nigerian professor among big figures of the world using physics to solve problems

Nigerian professor among big figures of the world using physics to solve problems

World

6 years ago

Professor Francis Nneka Okeke is one of the few Nigerians who are making remarkable achievements in the academic world. She is a strong contribution to the understanding of climate change.

Joseph Omotayo