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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

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

Meet single mum of 10 children who gets N189k as support money from govt

Meet single mum of 10 children who gets N189k as support money from govt

World

6 years ago

Danfo, okada, buka, mama put among Nigerian words now in Oxford English Dictionary

Danfo, okada, buka, mama put among Nigerian words now in Oxford English Dictionary

World

6 years ago

How popular UK band got rare honour with name inscribed on special int'l coin

How popular UK band got rare honour with name inscribed on special int'l coin

World

6 years ago

Days after dropping royal title, Prince Harry and Meghan reportedly get big job offer

Days after dropping royal title, Prince Harry and Meghan reportedly get big job offer

World

6 years ago

Updated: 5 confirmed dead, 11 buildings affected, 33 trucks burnt as pipeline explosion rocks Abule-Egba in Lagos (video)

Updated: 5 confirmed dead, 11 buildings affected, 33 trucks burnt as pipeline explosion rocks Abule-Egba in Lagos (video)

Nigeria

6 years ago

5 very important things police minister said about Amotekun

5 very important things police minister said about Amotekun

Nigeria

6 years ago

The minister of police affairs, Alhaji Muhammadu Maigari Dingyadi, has said some things about the southwest security outfit code-named Operation Amotekun.

Bauchi elders sue for peace, ask citizens to accept S/Court judgement without protest

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Bauchi elders sue for peace, ask citizens to accept S/Court judgement without protest

Politics

6 years ago

A Coalition of Elders for Peace and Good Governance in Bauchi state have urged the state’s residents to accept whatever outcome comes from the Supreme Court’s of the March 9 governorship election.

Your attempt to destroy Amotekun will never succeed - Babalola tells FG

Your attempt to destroy Amotekun will never succeed - Babalola tells FG

Nigeria

6 years ago

Aare Afe Babalola, a senior advocate of Nigeria, on Sunday, January 19, said that any move by the federal government to destroy the southwest security initiative, Amotekun, will not work.

Trump's legal team blasts House, says impeachment is unlawful, an attack on Americans

Trump's legal team blasts House, says impeachment is unlawful, an attack on Americans

World

6 years ago

The legal team of the US president, Donald Trump, has released its first formal response to the impeachment charges levelled against their client, calling it “dangerous attack” on democracy.

No progress made in fight against Boko Haram - EU scores Nigeria low

No progress made in fight against Boko Haram - EU scores Nigeria low

Nigeria

6 years ago

The European Parliament, the legislative hand of the European Union (EU), has said that no progress has been made in the war against Boko Haram.

Africa's richest woman worth over N795bn eyes Angola presidency (photo)

Africa's richest woman worth over N795bn eyes Angola presidency (photo)

World

6 years ago

Angola billionaire Isabel dos Santos, and one of the wealthiest women in the world, has hinted at contesting for the country’s presidency.

Cardi B receives approval of top US senator few days after she showed her interest in politics

Cardi B receives approval of top US senator few days after she showed her interest in politics

World

6 years ago

Cardi B is considering going back to school and becoming a politician. The rapper has been given a stamp of approval by top politician Bernie Sanders.

Japan minister's 2-week paternity leave to be with newborn baby sparks heated debates

Japan minister's 2-week paternity leave to be with newborn baby sparks heated debates

Politics

6 years ago

Shinjiro Koizumi, a Japan’s environment minister, is planning to take two-week paternity leave, a decision that has been rocking the country’s headlines.

Two American musicians inducted into Rock 'n Roll Hall of Fame

Two American musicians inducted into Rock 'n Roll Hall of Fame

World

6 years ago

Whitney Houston and Biggie Smalls have been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. The iconic singer and rapper receive the honour posthumously.

Joseph Omotayo