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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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Dramatic moment at party as woman drags souvenirs, shares them to people around her

Dramatic moment at party as woman drags souvenirs, shares them to people around her

People

2 years ago

"God's plan": Pastor finally relocates to UK, celebrates immigration success, kneels to pray at airport

"God's plan": Pastor finally relocates to UK, celebrates immigration success, kneels to pray at airport

People

2 years ago

Man gives neighbourhood kids sweet ride with his white fine car, they sing Kizz Daniel's Odoyewu

Man gives neighbourhood kids sweet ride with his white fine car, they sing Kizz Daniel's Odoyewu

People

2 years ago

Man rents 1 room to become independent, paints wall by himself, adds appliances, installs carpet

Man rents 1 room to become independent, paints wall by himself, adds appliances, installs carpet

People

2 years ago

Vendor sends food through dispatch rider, he eats part of it, delivers leftover, goes viral

Vendor sends food through dispatch rider, he eats part of it, delivers leftover, goes viral

People

2 years ago

Emotional video of rented apartment built with wood causes buzz, tenant cooks on stones

Emotional video of rented apartment built with wood causes buzz, tenant cooks on stones

People

2 years ago

Nigerian lady who travelled to Libya for work returns after 5 years, many celebrate her homecoming

Nigerian lady who travelled to Libya for work returns after 5 years, many celebrate her homecoming

People

2 years ago

A young Nigerian lady has made a video to show people the moment she returned to Nigeria. Many people wondered what she was doing in the foreign country.

Lady's mother got angry after daughter fell pregnant, situation changed after seeing newborn

Lady's mother got angry after daughter fell pregnant, situation changed after seeing newborn

Family and Relationships

2 years ago

A lady who got pregnant before marriage said her mother was angry about the situation. The same mother rejoiced after the kid was born. They became friends.

Lady suffers with boyfriend when he was a driver, man makes it, "spoils" her with money in video

Lady suffers with boyfriend when he was a driver, man makes it, "spoils" her with money in video

People

2 years ago

A Nigerian lady who was an understanding girlfriend shared a throwback video showing her and her lover in a public transport as the man worked as a driver.

Rich Nigerian man takes CLA 45 AMG Benz worth over N42m to UNILAG, clip shows students "rushing" him

Rich Nigerian man takes CLA 45 AMG Benz worth over N42m to UNILAG, clip shows students "rushing" him

People

2 years ago

A rich young Nigerian man who trades forex has shown off his new Mercedes Benz in Unilag. Many students were wowed by the vehicle as they gathered around it.

Nigerian man boasts, sprays surprised kid N50 biscuits, says "uncle is here, eat my money"

Nigerian man boasts, sprays surprised kid N50 biscuits, says "uncle is here, eat my money"

People

2 years ago

A man made his niece happy as he brought her many biscuits and threw the snacks towards her one by one in a dramatic way. People around them laughed.

Lady takes daughter on vacation, treats her nice, "says" husband too broke to join the trip

Lady takes daughter on vacation, treats her nice, "says" husband too broke to join the trip

People

2 years ago

A woman who could afford to take her daughter on an expensive trip left without her husband. She "called" him broke for not being able to afford his flight ticket.

UK immigration questions: Lady kneels and bows after passing through border, thanks God in video

UK immigration questions: Lady kneels and bows after passing through border, thanks God in video

People

2 years ago

A young lady who successfully relocated to the UK was happy that she was now in a land of big opportunities. The lady gave God all the glory and knelt on the floor.

Cute albino baby with flawless skin plays on mum's bed, video trends online, women praise child

Cute albino baby with flawless skin plays on mum's bed, video trends online, women praise child

Family and Relationships

2 years ago

A video of a cute albino kid stirred massive reactions as people talked about how cute the child was. The baby's hair colour was perfect. He also looked innocent.

Pretty lady falls in love with handsome supermarket worker, becomes too shy to approach him

Pretty lady falls in love with handsome supermarket worker, becomes too shy to approach him

People

2 years ago

A pretty lady was not ashamed to tell people the young man she admired in a supermarket. For lack of confidence, she asked social media users to help her out.

Joseph Omotayo