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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

"Babe I like you": Curvy lady in white trousers shakes waist gently inside shop, hooks many men's attention

"Babe I like you": Curvy lady in white trousers shakes waist gently inside shop, hooks many men's attention

People

3 years ago

"Baby girl, I'm crushing": Curvy Nigerian lady in black gown poses after project defense, video makes men talk

"Baby girl, I'm crushing": Curvy Nigerian lady in black gown poses after project defense, video makes men talk

People

3 years ago

Nigerian man makes it in life, rebuilds father's house, changes roof & repaints structure with cool colours

Nigerian man makes it in life, rebuilds father's house, changes roof & repaints structure with cool colours

People

3 years ago

"I don't blame you": Woman shares transformation video of kid whose looks used to scare her

"I don't blame you": Woman shares transformation video of kid whose looks used to scare her

Family and Relationships

3 years ago

"I admire your confidence": Lady living in house without cement plaster shakes waist gently on her bed

"I admire your confidence": Lady living in house without cement plaster shakes waist gently on her bed

People

3 years ago

"Hakim probably called him": Pretty lady with perfect body shape in UK goes for date, man breaks her heart

"Hakim probably called him": Pretty lady with perfect body shape in UK goes for date, man breaks her heart

People

3 years ago

"Romantic japa": Groom gives wife permanent Canadian residence card on wedding day, video stirs reactions

"Romantic japa": Groom gives wife permanent Canadian residence card on wedding day, video stirs reactions

Wedding

3 years ago

A short video of a wedding ceremony where a groom presented a Canadian permanent residence card to his bride has stirred massive reactions on social media.

"The woman in pink": Market women leave stalls, dance to Portable's I'm a Baboon in funny video

"The woman in pink": Market women leave stalls, dance to Portable's I'm a Baboon in funny video

People

3 years ago

A video showing the moment a group of market women danced to I am Baboon and behaved like Portable has stirred massive reactions online. Many were wowed online.

Man whose voice is behind popular "I could have killed a lot" words used in skit videos shows face

Man whose voice is behind popular "I could have killed a lot" words used in skit videos shows face

People

3 years ago

The man whose face is behind the popular "I could have killed a lot" expression finally showed his face in a popular video. Many people were happy to see him.

"You're like a lost son": Nigerian man returns from abroad after 14 years, makes his dad cry as he hugs him

"You're like a lost son": Nigerian man returns from abroad after 14 years, makes his dad cry as he hugs him

Family and Relationships

3 years ago

A young Nigerian man got his father crying when he returned from abroad after many years. His family members were really emotional as the dad hugged him tight.

"Why are you begging?" Young Nigerian helps mum of triplets, rents room for her, she leaves for street

"Why are you begging?" Young Nigerian helps mum of triplets, rents room for her, she leaves for street

People

3 years ago

A mother of three who was helped so she could stop begging returned to it even after she was given a rented apartment and money. A person exposed her in a clip.

"She loves her job": Female teacher in jeans dances to Burna Boy's Rollercoaster, entertains kids with moves

"She loves her job": Female teacher in jeans dances to Burna Boy's Rollercoaster, entertains kids with moves

People

3 years ago

A hardworking female teacher has got many people talking online after she danced into her class while holding her pupils' termly report cards. They had fun.

"Female Hakimi": Nigerian man sells wife's land, plans to marry with the money, woman teaches him lesson

"Female Hakimi": Nigerian man sells wife's land, plans to marry with the money, woman teaches him lesson

Family and Relationships

3 years ago

A video showed the moment a woman explained why she withdrew all the money that was in her family's joint account. She said hubby wanted to marry another woman.

2 kids dip hands into cream, try to beautify themselves, waste everything on their bodies in funny video

2 kids dip hands into cream, try to beautify themselves, waste everything on their bodies in funny video

Family and Relationships

3 years ago

A video showing two kids smearing their bodies with cream and causing a mess has stirred massive reactions online. Many people said that it shows kids are funny

Young man puts Bluetooth speaker in front of girl dressed in school uniform, she dances without thinking twice

Young man puts Bluetooth speaker in front of girl dressed in school uniform, she dances without thinking twice

People

3 years ago

A short video of a girl in a secondary school uniform dancing hard to a song when she was "suddenly approached" on the street stirred massive reactions online.

Joseph Omotayo