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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

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How we seized smuggled 85 bags of rice in our ongoing raid - Nigerian Army reveals

How we seized smuggled 85 bags of rice in our ongoing raid - Nigerian Army reveals

Nigeria

6 years ago

Trump's appearance in popular Home Alone movie edited out on Canadian TV, president reacts

Trump's appearance in popular Home Alone movie edited out on Canadian TV, president reacts

Politics

6 years ago

US makes special law for Afro hairstyle, goes against any form of discrimination

US makes special law for Afro hairstyle, goes against any form of discrimination

World

6 years ago

Justin Bieber makes big announcement on, promises to come back with special album, tours

Justin Bieber makes big announcement on, promises to come back with special album, tours

World

6 years ago

Kim Kardashian and Kanye West celebrate holiday, drop beautiful family photos

Kim Kardashian and Kanye West celebrate holiday, drop beautiful family photos

World

6 years ago

TV reporter who quit job for winning lottery came back to beg boss when she saw how small her money was (video)

TV reporter who quit job for winning lottery came back to beg boss when she saw how small her money was (video)

Celebrities

6 years ago

British Army to recruit soldiers using Kim Kardashian's big backside as tool

British Army to recruit soldiers using Kim Kardashian's big backside as tool

World

6 years ago

The British Army is said to be planning on using Kim Kardashian’s massive bottom as a to tool to recruit more soldiers into its fold.

Ed Sheeran finally reveals when he married his sweetheart in new music video

Ed Sheeran finally reveals when he married his sweetheart in new music video

World

6 years ago

Popular love song singer, Ed Sheeran, has been married for longer than his fans knew. In a sneaky way, the singer has revealed when he tied the knot in a music video that shows him and his wife, Cherry, being adorable.

Few days to Christmas, researchers 'discover' where Moses once kept biblical Ark of Covenant (see details)

Few days to Christmas, researchers 'discover' where Moses once kept biblical Ark of Covenant (see details)

World

6 years ago

Israeli religious archaeologists said they have found where the stone that held the Ark of Covenant sat more than 3,000 years ago, revealing the actual measurement of the temple.

Americans pull out Trump's 2014 tweet on impeachment, use it to justify why he should leave

Americans pull out Trump's 2014 tweet on impeachment, use it to justify why he should leave

World

6 years ago

While the House have passed a vote of no confidence on US president, Donald Trump, and impeached him using two articles, there is still more going on concerning American politics.

R. Kelly faces new charge of bribery to get fake ID for Aaliyah

R. Kelly faces new charge of bribery to get fake ID for Aaliyah

World

6 years ago

R.Kelly insists that he did not bribe an officer to get Aaliyah, also a singer, a fake ID the day before they tied the knot. She was 15 at the time.

Mystery as baby stolen in 1964 from a US hospital is found in remote town 55 years after (photo)

Mystery as baby stolen in 1964 from a US hospital is found in remote town 55 years after (photo)

World

6 years ago

Mysteries abound and the world never seems to run out of them. Chester and Dora Fronczak’s one-day old baby that was abducted 55 years ago, on April 26, 1964, in Chicago was found in Michigan.

P Diddy to receive special Grammy award at big event in 2020 for his timeless achievements

P Diddy to receive special Grammy award at big event in 2020 for his timeless achievements

World

6 years ago

Sean Combs, also popularly known as P Diddy, the legendary hip hop mogul, will be getting a special attention as he receives the 2020 Grammy Salute to Industry Icon award.

Jubilation as Nigerian Uzo Aduba joins Lupita in Chimamanda Adichie's popular series Americanah

Jubilation as Nigerian Uzo Aduba joins Lupita in Chimamanda Adichie's popular series Americanah

World

6 years ago

Popular Nigerian star and actress in Orange is the New Black, Uzo Aduba, will be featuring alongside one of Hollywood’s greatest, Lupita Nyong’o in HBO’s Americanah.

Top American rapper reveals how Michael Jackson intervened in his fight with 50 Cent

Top American rapper reveals how Michael Jackson intervened in his fight with 50 Cent

World

6 years ago

The beef between The Game and 50 Cent was a big one that even saw a man getting shot. Michael Jackson got involved as well, trying to orchestrate peace between the two rappers.

Joseph Omotayo