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

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Meet 1st black woman to get PhD in physics from top Scottish university (photos)

Education

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Meet 36-year-old Nigerian woman who is building country's 1st gold refinery

Business and Economy

5 years ago

Meet Cynthia, the woman who uses Igbo language to teach dropout kids mathematics

Education

5 years ago

Meet Nigerian professor Joseph Balogun who has held admin positions at many...

Education

5 years ago

Trevor Noah to make movie on the life of 8-year-old Nigerian chess genius...

Nigeria

5 years ago

Nigerian makes new scientific discovery in Chemistry, he has published several...

Nigeria

5 years ago

Nigerian man hits it big, gets robust oil appointment in the US

Nigeria

5 years ago

Udak-Joe Ntuk, a Nigerian, has been appointed by the governor of California, Gavin Newsom, as the state's oil and gas supervisor, which will be responsible for managing the Division of Oil, Gas and Geothermal Resources (DOGGR).

El-Rufai gives ultimatum on payment of teachers’ arrears

Education

5 years ago

The governor of Kaduna state, Nasir El-Rufai, has taken step to ensure that owned salaries of about 8,500 primary teachers out of the 39,000 are paid this new week.

Meet amazing genius who got her PhD at the age of 23, says she's too scared to go look for job

World

5 years ago

Julia Nepper, is another young genius out there, with an impressive record. At the age of 12, she got into college and got her doctorate degree at 23 from the University of Wisconsin.

Celebrating Kofoworola Ademola, 1st African woman to get a degree from Oxford University

Education

5 years ago

Ademola, born on May 21, 1913, is the first black woman to attend an American college. Her father, Omoba Eric Olawolu Moore, was a very popular lawyer who married an African American returnee Aida Arabella.

Scientists trace origin of human race to Botswana, Africa

Nigeria

5 years ago

Some scientists have traced the origin of all modern humans to a place that south of the Zambezi River in Bostwanna, Africa’s huge lake called Lake Makgadikgadi.

All you need to know about Igbo people of Jamaica

World

5 years ago

The “red Ibo” or “red eboe” is a word used to refer to Igbo slaves in Jamaica basically because of their light skin complexion. They have also greatly influenced the Jamaican people.

Historic gold coin linked to site owned by Prophet Mohammed's successor sold for over N1bn (photo)

World

5 years ago

A historic Islamic coin, called Umayyad coin, made from gold gotten from north-west of Mecca in Saudi Arabia and believed to be 1,200 years old has sold for £3.7 million.

Katsina govt shows commitment on education, pays N400m NECO fee for students

Nigeria

5 years ago

The Katsina state government on Sunday, October 27, said that it is paying about N400 million for students in the state to write next year’s National Examination Council (NECO).

Buhari to attend Future Investment Initiative in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

World

5 years ago

President Muhammadu Buhari will on Monday, October 28, depart Abuja for Riyadh in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to attend the third edition of the FII which put together by Saudi’s Public Investment Fund.

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