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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Breaking: APC’s Abdulrazaq defeats PDP, wins Kwara governorship election

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The Kwara state governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Alhaji Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq, has won all the 15 local government areas announced so far by INEC in the March 9 gubernatorial election in the state.

Ojukwu Jnr says Igbo moving to next level, urges Buhari to be generous with appointments

Nigeria

7 years ago

Mr Emeka Ojukwu jnr, the son of late Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu, has said Igbo are moving on to the Next level with President-elect Muhammadu Buhari and should share in key appointments.

Atiku can't prove his case in court that presidential election was rigged - Bolori

Nigeria

7 years ago

Honorable Kaka Bolori, the national coordinator of north-east alliance for Buhari 2019 said on Thursday, March 7, that Atiku Abubakar will find it hard to prove his case in court that the presidential election was rigged.

Top 4 areas Nigerians really want government to focus on for the next 12 months

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7 years ago

As Nigeria concluded the presidential and National Assembly elections, NOIPolls reveals areas Nigerians need the government to focus on for the next 12 months.

Ondo APC resolves internal conflict ahead of governorship, House of Assembly elections

Politics

7 years ago

The Ondo state chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has said it has put its house in order towards ensuring landslide victory in the March 9 house of assembly poll in the state.

APC forms majority as Saraki, Akpabio, 62 senators,151 reps fail to return

Politics

7 years ago

After the general election on Saturday, February 23, 64 presently serving senators and 151 members of the House of Representatives will not be returning to their seats in the next 9th National Assembly.

Breaking: Atiku defeats Buhari in Ondo state

Politics

7 years ago

Alhaji Atiku Abubakar has won the presidential election in Ondo state.The state is currently governed by Governor Rotimi Akeredolu of Nigeria’s ruling APC. PDP scored 275,901 votes to defeat President Buhari who scored 241,769.

Election 2019: US pastor prays for Nigeria, says country is too important to fail

Ask Legit

7 years ago

Pastor Franklyn Richardson, senior pastor of Grace Baptist Church, Mount Vernon, New York, has prayed for a peaceful outcome of the upcoming general elections in Nigeria.

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Breaking: INEC meets with Nigeria’s former heads of state, delays stakeholders' meeting

Nigeria

7 years ago

Following the postponement of the 2019 General Elections by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) the electoral umpire is right now meeting with Nigeria’s former heads of state.

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