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 has been writing for the human interest desk since 2019 and is currently the head of the desk. He graduated from Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, with a degree in Literature in English in 2016. 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.

6165 articles published since 08 Jan 2019

Author's articles

Everything for love: Girl receives money-stacked birthday cake in viral video

Everything for love: Girl receives money-stacked birthday cake in viral video

World

5 years ago

Soft work: Meet woman who gets paid for planning parties for dogs

Soft work: Meet woman who gets paid for planning parties for dogs

World

5 years ago

What Jennifer Lopez and Shakira will do to honour Kobe Bryant at 2020 Super Bowl

What Jennifer Lopez and Shakira will do to honour Kobe Bryant at 2020 Super Bowl

World

5 years ago

Billionaire Motsepe faces harsh criticism, apologises for saying Africa loves Trump

Billionaire Motsepe faces harsh criticism, apologises for saying Africa loves...

World

5 years ago

Popular US YouTuber organises fake award ceremony for top UK journalist

Popular US YouTuber organises fake award ceremony for top UK journalist

World

5 years ago

60-year-old deaf woman breaks record, becomes 1st person to row 3,000 miles across Atlantic

60-year-old deaf woman breaks record, becomes 1st person to row 3,000 miles...

Celebrities

5 years ago

3 Nigerians who hid in a ship with plan to go to Europe suddenly find themselves in Ghana

3 Nigerians who hid in a ship with plan to go to Europe suddenly find themselves in Ghana

Nigeria

5 years ago

Three Nigerian nationals hoping to stowaway to Europe ended up in Ghana’s harbour city of Tema. They have been arrested by officials. They have been named as Isaac Daniel, 32, Stephen Nuta, 28 and 26-year-old Kelvin Popoola.

Coronavirus: China's richest man donates N7bn to scientists developing vaccine

Coronavirus: China's richest man donates N7bn to scientists developing vaccine

World

5 years ago

China's richest man and founder of the e-commerce conglomerate Alibaba, Jack Ma, has donated 100 million Yuan (N5,225,827,550) to help scientists develop a vaccine for coronavirus.

Police use popular social media challenge to track down man wanted for crime

Police use popular social media challenge to track down man wanted for crime

World

5 years ago

Cleveland police have been able to solve a crime by jumping on the popular Dolly Parton challenge. They were able to track than a 32-year-old Scott Mizsei, who was wanted for burglary.

Fans suspect Chris Brown is still in love with Rihanna after his cryptic Instagram post

Fans suspect Chris Brown is still in love with Rihanna after his cryptic Instagram post

World

5 years ago

Few weeks after Rihanna called it quits with her rich Arabian lover, Hassan Jameel, fans cannot stop talking about her ex-lover, Chris Brown, and how he is smitten by her.

Kobe Bryant and daughter were in church hours before they died - Cathedral confirms

Kobe Bryant and daughter were in church hours before they died - Cathedral confirms

Sports

5 years ago

According to People magazine, the late NBA legend, Kobe Bryant, and daughter Gianna, attended a 7am mass before they died in the helicopter.

Actor Will Smith's son gushes over 'boyfriend' winning Grammy

Actor Will Smith's son gushes over 'boyfriend' winning Grammy

World

5 years ago

Following Tyler’s win at the Grammy Awards, Jaden got on stage, grabbed a mic and announced the rapper was his boyfriend. He congratulated his man for bagging a coveted prize.

Kim Kardashian ties white wrapper, wears blouse to Sunday service in honour of Kobe Bryant (photo)

Kim Kardashian ties white wrapper, wears blouse to Sunday service in honour of Kobe Bryant (photo)

World

5 years ago

Popular media mogul and model, Kim Kardashian, wore a white blouse and white wrapper to attend the midnight Sunday Service that was organized in honour of her friend, Kobe Bryant.

Ugandan climate activist cries out after she was edited out of photo with whites by foreign media

Ugandan climate activist cries out after she was edited out of photo with whites by foreign media

World

5 years ago

A Ugandan climate activist has accused the media in Western countries of racism after she was cropped out of a photograph taken with her white peers in Davos, Switzerland.

Continue to move the game forward - One of Kobe Bryant's many inspiring words before his death

Continue to move the game forward - One of Kobe Bryant's many inspiring words before his death

World

5 years ago

Kobe Bryant and his daughter Gianna died hours ago due to a helicopter crash in Los Angeles. The basketball legend’s social media posts before the tragic accident went extremely viral.

Joseph Omotayo