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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.

5442 articles published since 08 Jan 2019

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"I've applied to Dangote, Nestle, Coca Cola": Banker who worked for 16 years with nothing to show

"I've applied to Dangote, Nestle, Coca Cola": Banker who worked for 16 years with nothing to show

People

a year ago

Lady recreates Pinterest idea with papers from her old final project, Nigerians react

Lady recreates Pinterest idea with papers from her old final project, Nigerians react

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a year ago

Lady opens shop for boyfriend after he lost fortune, Nigerians react to her kindness

Lady opens shop for boyfriend after he lost fortune, Nigerians react to her kindness

People

a year ago

Lady manages her mum's food business, says they made N400k in 1 day, shows sales record

Lady manages her mum's food business, says they made N400k in 1 day, shows sales record

People

a year ago

Man reportedly sells his hostel and plots of land to play bet, loses N100m, now looks for food money

Man reportedly sells his hostel and plots of land to play bet, loses N100m, now looks for food money

People

a year ago

Man pulls down old village house, builds well furnished duplex on same land, makes family happy

Man pulls down old village house, builds well furnished duplex on same land, makes family happy

People

a year ago

Nigerian lady who works as maid in Egypt shares touching experience, people react

Nigerian lady who works as maid in Egypt shares touching experience, people react

People

a year ago

A young Nigerian lady looking for opportunity abroad travelled to Egypt to work as a house girl. She regretted that move as her boss treated her unfairly.

Rice hawker builds house for rent, installs solar energy for constant electricity

Rice hawker builds house for rent, installs solar energy for constant electricity

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a year ago

A successful rice hawker has built a block of apartment and rented one of the flats out. She powered her apartment with solar so she can have constant electricity.

Nigerian drummer whose popular photo sold for over N2m as NFT on OpenSea dies, people mourn him

Nigerian drummer whose popular photo sold for over N2m as NFT on OpenSea dies, people mourn him

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a year ago

A man whose photo became popular after a NFT creator minted his snap and sold it for 0.6 ETH has died. Many people gave their condolences as they remembered him.

Mother complains as school gives her kid difficult maths homework, Nigerians react

Mother complains as school gives her kid difficult maths homework, Nigerians react

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a year ago

A mother whose kid was given a difficult assignment has questioned the child's teacher for stressing her the parent. Many people shared similar experiences.

Farmer cries out as people keep stealing plantains after he fenced his farmland

Farmer cries out as people keep stealing plantains after he fenced his farmland

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a year ago

A Nigerian farmer whose plantains have been going missing lamented and revealed how he planned to deal with the theft with new set of CCTV camera.

Hallelujah Challenge: Couple dress like their miracle, wife dances with newborn baby clothes

Hallelujah Challenge: Couple dress like their miracle, wife dances with newborn baby clothes

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a year ago

A Nigerian couple who really wanted children in their home dressed like a mother and father as they danced during Nathaniel Bassey's Hallelujah Challenge.

ByBit hack: Crypto investigator traces those who "stole" N2.5trn from exchange, release details

ByBit hack: Crypto investigator traces those who "stole" N2.5trn from exchange, release details

People

a year ago

ByBit lost over N2trn to crypto hack as their multisign wallet lost access to a team of hackers reportedly identified as the Lazarus group. CEO said no cause alarm.

Man celebrates his building before completing it, Nigerians react to cost of construction

Man celebrates his building before completing it, Nigerians react to cost of construction

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a year ago

A young Nigerian man who celebrated his uncompleted building project got many wondered why he was posting a project he would still spend millions of naira on.

FUOYE students make solar-powered cooker with "local materials", use tubular battery

FUOYE students make solar-powered cooker with "local materials", use tubular battery

People

a year ago

A group of FUOYE student built a solar-powered cooker and many Nigerians had many thing to know about the appliance being innovative. They used a tubular battery

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