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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.

5945 articles published since 08 Jan 2019

Author's articles

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

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

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

People

a year ago

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

People

a year ago

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

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

People

a year ago

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

People

a year ago

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

People

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

Lady aho attended NSPPD Nigeria conference narrates UK visa approval testimony

Lady aho attended NSPPD Nigeria conference narrates UK visa approval testimony

People

a year ago

A lady who attended NSPPD Nigeria conference has narrated how she got a visa approval miracle after she had lost hope of trying to relocate abroad.

Nigerian man on mission to grow N5k to N5m selling okpa starts hawking aggressively

Nigerian man on mission to grow N5k to N5m selling okpa starts hawking aggressively

People

a year ago

A Nigerian man who once lost N17m to cryptocurrency trading is now selling okpa and is determined to grow his capital to N5m from N5k. Many encouraged him.

Popular Nigerian pastor reacts to his male church members wearing earrings, cites Bible as support

Popular Nigerian pastor reacts to his male church members wearing earrings, cites Bible as support

People

a year ago

Apostle Harrison Ayintete has said that there is nothing wrong in men wearing earrings to the church as they not less of a Christian. Many disagreed with him.

Couple holds simple introduction ceremony without spending much, Nigerians react

Couple holds simple introduction ceremony without spending much, Nigerians react

People

a year ago

A young Nigerian couple who had their introduction without spending much attracted much attention on social media as some people said they were content.

Lady demolishes parents' old village house, builds new one after staying 2 years in UK

Lady demolishes parents' old village house, builds new one after staying 2 years in UK

People

a year ago

A Nigerian lady who made it big in the UK returned home and built a one-storey duplex for her parents. Some people abroad wondered how she was able to save.

Joseph Omotayo