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

Nigerian Onyejiaka becomes 1st W'African named deputy mayor in New Jersey, US (photo)

Nigerian Onyejiaka becomes 1st W'African named deputy mayor in New Jersey, US...

World

5 years ago

Former homeless black man becomes CEO and restaurant owner, serves free food to the needy

Former homeless black man becomes CEO and restaurant owner, serves free food...

World

5 years ago

15-year-old talented Hollywood teen who made Forbes 30 Under 30 set to produce new movie

15-year-old talented Hollywood teen who made Forbes 30 Under 30 set to produce...

World

5 years ago

Massive jubilation as Nigerian Jason breaks Guinness World Records after dancing for 53 hours (photo)

Massive jubilation as Nigerian Jason breaks Guinness World Records after dancing...

Celebrities

5 years ago

Queen finally speaks on Prince Harry's and Meghan Markle's decision to quit their royal duties (photo)

Queen finally speaks on Prince Harry's and Meghan Markle's decision to quit...

World

5 years ago

How Bayero University Kano reportedly translated physics, maths, chemistry books into Hausa to aid learning

How Bayero University Kano reportedly translated physics, maths, chemistry books...

Nigeria

5 years ago

29-year-old man marries cardboard picture of music idol, says it is the happiest decision of his life (photo)

29-year-old man marries cardboard picture of music idol, says it is the happiest decision of his life (photo)

World

5 years ago

Oil London, a 29-year-old British man who spent over $150,000 (N54,375,000) on plastic surgery to look like a popular pop singer, Jimin, has married a cardboard cut-out of the same musician.

Nigerian Moyinoluwa becomes famous, builds android watch that tells time in Yoruba (photos)

Nigerian Moyinoluwa becomes famous, builds android watch that tells time in Yoruba (photos)

World

5 years ago

Moyinoluwa Adeyemi, a Nigerian software developer, has achieved a milestone by building a special android watch that tells time in Yoruba Language.

Nigerian student who wrote JAMB 4 different times tops his class in US university (photos)

Nigerian student who wrote JAMB 4 different times tops his class in US university (photos)

World

5 years ago

Nigerian Abiola Orimolade has made the nation proud as he graduated with an excellent MBA degree at Sul Ross State University, Texas.

Jubilation as another Nigerian bags distinction from top UK university, gets Dean's commendation (photo)

Jubilation as another Nigerian bags distinction from top UK university, gets Dean's commendation (photo)

World

5 years ago

Another Nigerian, Hassanat Lawal, has achieved a milestone in academics as she graduated from the University of Exeter with distinction in Human Health.

Jubilations as 27-year-old Nigerian researcher wins 2019 int'l scientist of the year

Jubilations as 27-year-old Nigerian researcher wins 2019 int'l scientist of the year

Nigeria

5 years ago

Another Nigerian, Kazeem Jimoh, has made the nation very proud. The 27-year-old who is also a research fellow with the Forestry Research Institute of Nigeria has been selected for the Man and the Biosphere award.

Kim Kardashian shares never-seen-before photos of her daughter in the White House

Kim Kardashian shares never-seen-before photos of her daughter in the White House

World

5 years ago

Popular media mogul and model, Kim Kardashian, has shared some never-seen-before photos of herself and North in the Oval office as they make memories.

17-year-old genius bags master's degree in physics, becomes youngest graduate in popular US school (photo)

17-year-old genius bags master's degree in physics, becomes youngest graduate in popular US school (photo)

World

5 years ago

A 17-year old teenager, Carson Huey-You, has now been believed to be the youngest person to ever get a master’s degree from Texas Christian University (TCU).

Teachers give student's family a car so their kid can keep coming to school (photo)

Teachers give student's family a car so their kid can keep coming to school (photo)

World

5 years ago

Grace found Zion Brister’s family as his teachers replaced his family's bad car with a better one when they realised that he could stop coming to school if transport is a problem.

These are the new species that were discovered by scientists in 2019, beetle was named after a power teenager (photo)

These are the new species that were discovered by scientists in 2019, beetle was named after a power teenager (photo)

World

5 years ago

A total number of 400 new species were discovered in 2019 by experts at the Natural History Museum, including a beetle that was named after teen climate activist, Greta Thunberg.

Joseph Omotayo