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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

Lady among 3 people who built tiny homes because they were tired of paying house rents

Lady among 3 people who built tiny homes because they were tired of paying house rents

People

3 years ago

Smart lady rents 1 tiny room, designs it into her "palace" with new fridge, cooker and flat TV

Smart lady rents 1 tiny room, designs it into her "palace" with new fridge, cooker and flat TV

Family and Relationships

3 years ago

"Visa is sure": Woman flies down from America to Nigeria, marries young handsome man in video

"Visa is sure": Woman flies down from America to Nigeria, marries young handsome man in video

Wedding

3 years ago

"Will you also customise settings?" Nigerian man changes iPhone 11 to look like 12 pro version in video

"Will you also customise settings?" Nigerian man changes iPhone 11 to look like 12 pro version in video

People

3 years ago

Rich Igbo man shows baby daughter her inheritance, walks around mansion with big swimming pool

Rich Igbo man shows baby daughter her inheritance, walks around mansion with big swimming pool

People

3 years ago

"Low budget": Man who looks like Davido sings For The Road from Timeless Album, Nigerians react

"Low budget": Man who looks like Davido sings For The Road from Timeless Album, Nigerians react

People

3 years ago

"You must be a permanent resident": Rich female truck driver takes her Mercedes Benz to work in cool video

"You must be a permanent resident": Rich female truck driver takes her Mercedes Benz to work in cool video

People

3 years ago

A lady who works as a truck driver has shared a video that captured the moment she took her Mercedes Benz to her workplace. Many said she really motivated them.

"Bring your bag": Mum shocked to see love letter her son wrote for his female classmate, video trends

"Bring your bag": Mum shocked to see love letter her son wrote for his female classmate, video trends

People

3 years ago

The letter a Nigerian boy wrote to his classmate in secondary school has generated massive reactions on social media. Many said he is good with English words.

Beautiful triplet sisters in long braids dance with their triplet friends, shake waists gently in video

Beautiful triplet sisters in long braids dance with their triplet friends, shake waists gently in video

Family and Relationships

3 years ago

A clip of 3 sisters dancing stirred massive reactions as their friends, who are also triplets, joined them. They said the triplets gave them a surprise visit.

Woman who has been expecting baby in marriage for 5 years dances in video as she keeps waiting

Woman who has been expecting baby in marriage for 5 years dances in video as she keeps waiting

Family and Relationships

3 years ago

A woman who is still waiting on God after almost five years of marriage has said that despite the fact there is no child yet, she is grateful for her life.

"Na good person deserve am": Students make lecturer smile, surprise him with birthday cake & music

"Na good person deserve am": Students make lecturer smile, surprise him with birthday cake & music

People

3 years ago

A clip showing students celebrating their lecturer's birthday got many praising the thoughtfulness that went into the mini-surprise party. The man was wowed.

"I thought I would be married by 22": Curvy pretty lady narrates how her life changed years after in video

"I thought I would be married by 22": Curvy pretty lady narrates how her life changed years after in video

Wedding

3 years ago

A Nigerian lady who said that her dream was to get married at 22 shared a video that the plan happened when she clocked 27 years old. Many congratulated her.

"I tap into this": Nigerian man builds mansion, interlocks compound, installs expensive shower glass

"I tap into this": Nigerian man builds mansion, interlocks compound, installs expensive shower glass

People

3 years ago

A video of a new building a man completed has got many people praising them. The house had expensive features like a glass bathing compartment and interlocking.

Mother of new triplets dances & celebrates her babies becoming 41 days old in trending TikTok video

Mother of new triplets dances & celebrates her babies becoming 41 days old in trending TikTok video

Family and Relationships

3 years ago

A mother of triplet babies has been praised online for the rare blessing that she has. Many people were in a comment section, praying to God to give them babies

"Poor baby": Kid runs away from his shadow, video shows him crying in dad's presence

"Poor baby": Kid runs away from his shadow, video shows him crying in dad's presence

Family and Relationships

3 years ago

A baby who was scared of his shadow tried to run away from it in a clip. People said the father should have comforted him as he did not understand the world yet

Joseph Omotayo