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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.

5941 articles published since 08 Jan 2019

Author's articles

"Lecturer can't detect it": Man teaches people how to use ChatGPT for essays & pass plagiarism checker

"Lecturer can't detect it": Man teaches people how to use ChatGPT for essays & pass plagiarism checker

People

2 years ago

Secondary school students dance after WAEC releases 2023 results, many tell them to check scores first

Secondary school students dance after WAEC releases 2023 results, many tell them to check scores first

People

2 years ago

"You don roof?": Young man starts building foundation, his friends storm site to celebrate with him

"You don roof?": Young man starts building foundation, his friends storm site to celebrate with him

People

2 years ago

"I withdrew N100k": Honest man returns N3.2m mistakenly credited into his bank account after depositing N3,200

"I withdrew N100k": Honest man returns N3.2m mistakenly credited into his bank account after depositing N3,200

People

2 years ago

Young man gets new Benz, his mum rejoices as she uses her wrapper to clean car, sleeps on it

Young man gets new Benz, his mum rejoices as she uses her wrapper to clean car, sleeps on it

People

2 years ago

Accra to London: Meet the brave lady who was part of the road trip to UK that lasted for days

Accra to London: Meet the brave lady who was part of the road trip to UK that lasted for days

Family and Relationships

2 years ago

"Ship them back": 12 people who travelled from Ghana to UK by road "plan" to sell history-making cars abroad

"Ship them back": 12 people who travelled from Ghana to UK by road "plan" to sell history-making cars abroad

People

2 years ago

A group of brave travellers who went on a road trip from Ghana to London is planning on auctioning their strong cars in London, according to a TikTok account.

"Our G-Wagon still strong": 12 people travelling from Ghana to UK by road stop to repair their cars

"Our G-Wagon still strong": 12 people travelling from Ghana to UK by road stop to repair their cars

People

2 years ago

A group of 11 men & a woman travelling from Ghana to the UK had to fix two of their cars that broke down. They said other vehicles in their fleet are very okay.

"Our G-Wagon still strong": 12 people travelling from Ghana to London rest by road, show off cars

"Our G-Wagon still strong": 12 people travelling from Ghana to London rest by road, show off cars

People

2 years ago

12 people who are working towards completing a road trip from Ghana to London are progressing in their journey. They praised the Benz they have in their fleet

"What's the electricity bill?" Man finally gets Bitcoin machine that gives $8 daily, smiles with joy

"What's the electricity bill?" Man finally gets Bitcoin machine that gives $8 daily, smiles with joy

People

2 years ago

A Bitcoin mining machine making at least $8 daily has stirred more questions online as people kept asking what is the electricity cost of running such a device.

"I wanted to promote Nigeria": Brave man drives danfo bus from London to Lagos, speaks in video

"I wanted to promote Nigeria": Brave man drives danfo bus from London to Lagos, speaks in video

People

2 years ago

A Nigerian retired civil servant in the UK revealed that he drove from London to Lagos because he wanted to tick it off his bucket list and promote Nigeria.

"You need constant electricity": Man who got machine that gives dollars daily shares more videos

"You need constant electricity": Man who got machine that gives dollars daily shares more videos

People

2 years ago

A young Nigerian man who has a mining machine said that running the hardware consumes a lot of energy. He said the owner could make up to $190 with Casper coin.

12 people take 10,000km road trip from Ghana to London with Benz, Lexus, say it has been their dream

12 people take 10,000km road trip from Ghana to London with Benz, Lexus, say it has been their dream

People

2 years ago

12 Ghanaians are driving from Accra to London in 16 days. They will drive for a stretch of 10,000km. The travellers are made up of twelve men and one woman.

"Na taxi for Dubai": Man takes white Tesla to trenches, easily gets the attention of women and kids

"Na taxi for Dubai": Man takes white Tesla to trenches, easily gets the attention of women and kids

People

2 years ago

A video showing a Tesla car in a poor neighbourhood as people gathered around it has stirred massive reactions among people. Kids were very surprised to see it.

Man places his tablet, AirPod, watch on car to see if people will take them, expresses shock when he returns

Man places his tablet, AirPod, watch on car to see if people will take them, expresses shock when he returns

People

2 years ago

A young Nigerian man who wanted to test people's honesty placed his tab, wallet, wrist watch and airpod in a marketplace. He left the items for several minutes

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