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

WAEC result: Boy who used to collect trash in Lagos clears papers after man promised him university education

WAEC result: Boy who used to collect trash in Lagos clears papers after man...

People

a year ago

Naira to euro exchange rate: Man shares €200 notes to oyinbo people on the street, many convert it

Naira to euro exchange rate: Man shares €200 notes to oyinbo people on the...

People

a year ago

Bridesmaid quickly grabs yellow bag, protects couple's money on stage, video causes stir

Bridesmaid quickly grabs yellow bag, protects couple's money on stage, video...

Wedding

a year ago

Man gives lady his ATM card, tells her to get anything she wants from supermarket with his bank account

Man gives lady his ATM card, tells her to get anything she wants from...

People

a year ago

"Have 15m impressions": Twitter lists ways Nigerians can qualify for Elon Musk dollars

"Have 15m impressions": Twitter lists ways Nigerians can qualify for Elon Musk...

People

a year ago

Nigerian man gets over $12k from Elon Musk for using Twitter, shows off dollars

Nigerian man gets over $12k from Elon Musk for using Twitter, shows off dollars

People

a year ago

Elon Musk pays Nigerian man for using Twitter through ad revenue sharing scheme, he flaunts his money

Elon Musk pays Nigerian man for using Twitter through ad revenue sharing scheme, he flaunts his money

People

a year ago

A young Nigerian man who got over N400k from ad-revenue sharing on Twitter has shared a screenshot of the money he made from having multiple impressions on X.

WAEC results: Boy who failed last year clears his 2023 papers with several B's, A1 in government

WAEC results: Boy who failed last year clears his 2023 papers with several B's, A1 in government

People

a year ago

A photo showing the WAEC result of a boy who failed in 2022 got him congratulatory messages from many. He said that he is happy that he now has good results.

"Better than Tesla": Man without engineering degree builds sportscar, says it took him 5 years

"Better than Tesla": Man without engineering degree builds sportscar, says it took him 5 years

People

a year ago

A creative man who built a sportscar all by himself has been praised after he said that the building process took him five years to complete. Many were wowed

"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

a year ago

A man made a video to teach students how to avoid getting caught for using ChatGPT. He said there is another AI app that gets the job done without detection.

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

a year ago

A group of Nigerian students danced after they heard that 2023 WAEC results were out. People asked them to check their results first before jubilating online

"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

a year ago

A young Nigerian man who just started his building project shared a video of how he packed all his friends to his construction site. Many people criticised him.

"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

a year ago

An honest young Nigerian man, Ayodele, who returned money after his account was mistakenly credited with N3.2m, said that he was not rewarded by the bank at all

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

a year ago

A Nigerian man was massively celebrated by his mother and others when he took his newly bought Mercedes Benz home. The woman slept on the vehicle and rejoiced.

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

a year ago

The only lady on the team of travellers who went from Ghana to London has been praised online for her bravery. Afua Serwaa Adusei is also a mechanical engineer.

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