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

Man who started plantain chips business and built 3 houses promises to help one youth with capital

Man who started plantain chips business and built 3 houses promises to help one...

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a year ago

Kind Nigerian teacher keeps her class clean after closing hours, washes pupils' desks

Kind Nigerian teacher keeps her class clean after closing hours, washes pupils'...

People

a year ago

Food bank in Canada: Nigerian lady sees free provisions in school, says life abroad is sweet

Food bank in Canada: Nigerian lady sees free provisions in school, says life abr...

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a year ago

Mohbad: Man approaches street boys for tribute video to KPK singer, they agree and act like pros

Mohbad: Man approaches street boys for tribute video to KPK singer, they agree a...

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a year ago

"As long as you are happy": Pretty lady marries older husband, shows him off in video, people talk

"As long as you are happy": Pretty lady marries older husband, shows him off in...

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a year ago

Nigerian man gets iPhone 15 Pro Max, flaunts it online, many people ask him funny questions

Nigerian man gets iPhone 15 Pro Max, flaunts it online, many people ask him funn...

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a year ago

Man sitting in Benz collects lady's number inside holdup, she collects his phone, quickly types it

Man sitting in Benz collects lady's number inside holdup, she collects his phone, quickly types it

People

a year ago

A man who saw a fine lady he liked in the traffic quickly wound down and gave her his number to put in her number. Many people found the act so funny.

Mohbad: Lady sees singer's lookalike on the street, Nigerians react to his striking resemblance

Mohbad: Lady sees singer's lookalike on the street, Nigerians react to his striking resemblance

People

a year ago

A lady who saw a man who looked like Mohbad made a video of him to show people. Many TikTokers were amazed at the resemblance between the singer and him.

Lady comes back home, realises landlord entered her apartment with spare key, raises concern

Lady comes back home, realises landlord entered her apartment with spare key, raises concern

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a year ago

A lady got angry when her landlord used his extra key to gain entrance into her apartment without letting her know. The man said he wanted to repairs things.

Young male teacher spends his salary to cook food for students, serves them in emotional video

Young male teacher spends his salary to cook food for students, serves them in emotional video

People

a year ago

A young Ghanaian teacher has grabbed the headlines for the all right reasons after he used this pocket money to prepare meals for students on Our Day

Mohbad: Man draws KPK singer on street wall, young men gather around him, watch in video

Mohbad: Man draws KPK singer on street wall, young men gather around him, watch in video

People

a year ago

A young Nigerian man showed great love to Mohbad as he drew the artiste on the street. Many people said that the art did not look like the late singer.

"Na juju you for send": Lady sends fake alert to vendor, she delivers note, collects delivery fee

"Na juju you for send": Lady sends fake alert to vendor, she delivers note, collects delivery fee

People

a year ago

A Nigerian who was sent a fake alert from a person in Calabar dealt with the situation in an unusual way as she paid the person back in their coin.

Keke rider returns iPhone 14 Pro Max found in his tricycle, owner rewards him: "clean heart"

Keke rider returns iPhone 14 Pro Max found in his tricycle, owner rewards him: "clean heart"

People

a year ago

A young Ghanaian man who works as a tricycle (pragya) rider in Kumasi has been celebrated on TikTok for his honesty after he returned a passenger's phone to him

Lady cooks different kinds of meal, says they are worth N3.2m, many react to edikaikong, fried rice

Lady cooks different kinds of meal, says they are worth N3.2m, many react to edikaikong, fried rice

People

a year ago

A Nigerian chef displayed different bowls of food that ran into millions of naira. Many social media users did not agree meals should be worth that much.

"I need money for iPhone 15 Pro Max": Lady begs for money on street, people support her

"I need money for iPhone 15 Pro Max": Lady begs for money on street, people support her

People

a year ago

A young lady got many people talking after she went on the street to beg for money for iPhone 15. Many people wondered and passed. She later gave the money out.

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