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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.

5440 articles published since 08 Jan 2019

Author's articles

"It's mortgage": Nigerian man who packed his wife & kids to UK buys house after 2 years abroad

"It's mortgage": Nigerian man who packed his wife & kids to UK buys house after 2 years abroad

People

2 years ago

"Value of N1k is now N500": Nigerian kid speaks with confidence during public debate, comments on naira

"Value of N1k is now N500": Nigerian kid speaks with confidence during public debate, comments on naira

People

2 years ago

"Bag of cement is now N5k": Man challenges contractor who vowed to build fine bungalow for N5m

"Bag of cement is now N5k": Man challenges contractor who vowed to build fine bungalow for N5m

People

2 years ago

"No allow me fumble": Young man bets N10, wins N651k, photo of his slip goes viral

"No allow me fumble": Young man bets N10, wins N651k, photo of his slip goes viral

People

2 years ago

15-year-old Nigerian girl scores 8 A's in WAEC 2022, aces her JAMB papers with 351

15-year-old Nigerian girl scores 8 A's in WAEC 2022, aces her JAMB papers with 351

People

2 years ago

"I will still sponsor Mmesoma Ejikeme": Nigerian millionaire keeps juicy offer for girl who forged JAMB result

"I will still sponsor Mmesoma Ejikeme": Nigerian millionaire keeps juicy offer for girl who forged JAMB result

People

2 years ago

"Please show me direction": Curvy lady rubs man's face inside barbing salon, video causes stir

"Please show me direction": Curvy lady rubs man's face inside barbing salon, video causes stir

People

2 years ago

A lady got many people praising her beauty after she made a video showing her tending to a male customer's hair. Men on TikTok were attracted to her beauty.

UTME 2023: Video shows moment young man's hand shook as he checked his JAMB result, scores 158

UTME 2023: Video shows moment young man's hand shook as he checked his JAMB result, scores 158

People

2 years ago

A short clip of a man checking his result in the presence of his friends has stirred massive reactions on social media. Many people said that his scores is low.

Mmesoma Ejikeme cries during phone conversation, says she's ready to apologise, new video emerges

Mmesoma Ejikeme cries during phone conversation, says she's ready to apologise, new video emerges

People

2 years ago

Mmesoma Ejikeme has cried in a new video capturing her telephone conversation over the shame of the discovery that she forged her result. The girl was so sad.

"Bullion van": Talented Nigerian man who built "G-Wagon" carries his pastor, he blesses him

"Bullion van": Talented Nigerian man who built "G-Wagon" carries his pastor, he blesses him

People

2 years ago

A talented Nigerian man who built a "G -Wagon" for himself has made a cool video showing the moment he gave his pastor a cool ride. The priest was so happy.

Mmesoma Ejikeme: 3 things Nigerian teenager said about how she manipulated her JAMB score

Mmesoma Ejikeme: 3 things Nigerian teenager said about how she manipulated her JAMB score

People

2 years ago

Mmesoma Ejikeme confessed to manipulating her JAMB result but that was not all. She said she printed the fake result sheet from a cafe after she had doctored it

"You used my photos": Lady who just got job creates fake Instagram account, takes secret orders

"You used my photos": Lady who just got job creates fake Instagram account, takes secret orders

People

2 years ago

A lady who recently joined her a company as a salesgirl impersonated her boss on Instagram and started taking secret orders as the woman without telling her.

Lady who promised 2 men marriage cries on wedding day, lover blocks her on way to church

Lady who promised 2 men marriage cries on wedding day, lover blocks her on way to church

People

2 years ago

A lady who had promised two people marriage was surprised by one of her pained lovers who blocked her on her way to church and didn't want her to move an inch.

"Nice work": Young Nigerian man builds "G-Wagon" car with local materials, drives it around

"Nice work": Young Nigerian man builds "G-Wagon" car with local materials, drives it around

People

2 years ago

A young and talented Nigerian man who fabricated a G-Wagon with local materials has amassed praise from people on TikTok. Mama Uka loved the vehicle he made.

Ejikeme Joy Mmesoma: Young man who supported girl's UTME score takes back his words, begs JAMB

Ejikeme Joy Mmesoma: Young man who supported girl's UTME score takes back his words, begs JAMB

People

2 years ago

A man who talked down on JAMB for trying to tamper Ejikeme's UTME score has in a new post apologised. He was sorry that he made his statement without proof.

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