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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

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Moment Eko hotel worker Ngozi cashed out $10k Davido gave her, dollars filled white envelope

Moment Eko hotel worker Ngozi cashed out $10k Davido gave her, dollars filled white envelope

People

2 years ago

More blessings for hotel worker Ngozi as Nigerian lady promises her $30 after she got $10k from Davido

More blessings for hotel worker Ngozi as Nigerian lady promises her $30 after she got $10k from Davido

People

2 years ago

Nigerian hotel attendant finds bundles of dollars in room after guest checked out in Lagos, many react

Nigerian hotel attendant finds bundles of dollars in room after guest checked out in Lagos, many react

People

2 years ago

"You will prosper", 3 other things Ngozi said to Davido after he blessed her with $10k for returning $70k

"You will prosper", 3 other things Ngozi said to Davido after he blessed her with $10k for returning $70k

People

2 years ago

Transformation video of man who used to wear dirty clothes, he builds house after meeting destiny helper

Transformation video of man who used to wear dirty clothes, he builds house after meeting destiny helper

People

2 years ago

Davido to give $10,000 to hotel worker Ngozi Mary who returned $70k, never touched any dollar

Davido to give $10,000 to hotel worker Ngozi Mary who returned $70k, never touched any dollar

People

2 years ago

"He cancelled chapter 1 & 2": Lady prints project, lecturer marks everything with red pen

"He cancelled chapter 1 & 2": Lady prints project, lecturer marks everything with red pen

People

2 years ago

A lady was shocked when she saw how her lecturer marked her project for corrections. The undergraduate said she had just used her savings to print many copies.

"I wanted to become landlady": Lady clears land, takes sand & granites to site, finishes her building

"I wanted to become landlady": Lady clears land, takes sand & granites to site, finishes her building

People

2 years ago

A lady who finally built a house after telling herself that she would have one has been massively celebrated on TikTok. Many people "tapped" into her blessings.

Video captures moment groomsman checked if husband's mouth was smelling before kissing his bride

Video captures moment groomsman checked if husband's mouth was smelling before kissing his bride

Wedding

2 years ago

A video showing a groom's friends putting up and entertaining show before he kissed his bride has stirred massive reactions on social media. The bride laughed.

Lady installs CCTV in front of her door, catches neighbour looking before taking package

Lady installs CCTV in front of her door, catches neighbour looking before taking package

People

2 years ago

A lady caught her neighbour taking her package with the help of a CCTV that captured her during the act. The woman could not argue when she saw a recorded clip.

"She loves her job:" Pretty female teacher in trousers dances to amapiano in class, teaches kids

"She loves her job:" Pretty female teacher in trousers dances to amapiano in class, teaches kids

People

2 years ago

A video of a teacher dancing as she entertained her students has stirred massive reactions from TikTok users who could not stop praising her teaching method.

Nigerian hotel staff Ngozi returns $70,000 to owner, doesn't touch any dollar, many celebrate her

Nigerian hotel staff Ngozi returns $70,000 to owner, doesn't touch any dollar, many celebrate her

People

2 years ago

A Nigerian lady Kekwaaru Ngozi Mary got many people appreciating the quality of honesty after she returned $70,000 misplaced by a customer who used a hotel room

"What if battery finishes?" Nigerian man converts bus to use electricity, says no more fuel issue, charges it

"What if battery finishes?" Nigerian man converts bus to use electricity, says no more fuel issue, charges it

People

2 years ago

A Nigerian man who converted a vehicle to use electricity has made a video of about it as he showed the innovation off online. Many were wowed as it charged.

"I was earning more than my husband": Woman says she didn't open joint account in marriage

"I was earning more than my husband": Woman says she didn't open joint account in marriage

Family and Relationships

2 years ago

A Nigerian woman who does not believe in submitting one's salary to their husbands said that she was earning when more than her husband when they got married.

Man goes under river, finds lost Samsung S22 & 7 other phones, tracks the owner, powers it with new charger

Man goes under river, finds lost Samsung S22 & 7 other phones, tracks the owner, powers it with new charger

People

2 years ago

A young man who was able to recover a man's Samsung S22 phone got around to power it on 10 months after he found it. The owner was surprised to get it again.

Joseph Omotayo