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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

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Man shows off his Rolls Royce Cullinan worth over N160m, many react to trending video

Man shows off his Rolls Royce Cullinan worth over N160m, many react to trending video

People

3 years ago

"Congrats my love": Nigerian man who started his house finally completes it in April, lady celebrates

"Congrats my love": Nigerian man who started his house finally completes it in April, lady celebrates

People

3 years ago

"He danced in market square": Nigerian family travels down from America, marks son's coming-of-age ceremony

"He danced in market square": Nigerian family travels down from America, marks son's coming-of-age ceremony

Family and Relationships

3 years ago

"They are enjoying pass me": Nigerian man serves his dogs noodles, kebbies & chicken in cute video

"They are enjoying pass me": Nigerian man serves his dogs noodles, kebbies & chicken in cute video

People

3 years ago

Young man completes house, installs solar panels on roof for 24/7 light, celebrates birthday inside new home

Young man completes house, installs solar panels on roof for 24/7 light, celebrates birthday inside new home

People

3 years ago

Bridesmaid pulls off bride's veil during wedding, lady in white gown becomes angry, video causes stir

Bridesmaid pulls off bride's veil during wedding, lady in white gown becomes angry, video causes stir

Wedding

3 years ago

"My greatest achievement": Man & wife bag PhDs on same day, their photos stir reactions

"My greatest achievement": Man & wife bag PhDs on same day, their photos stir reactions

People

3 years ago

A man has gone online to share photos of his and his wife's PhD projects as he announced they have finally bagged their doctorate degrees. Many were amazed

"It won't be funny": Nigerian man shaves stranger's hair in public, he reacts in trending video

"It won't be funny": Nigerian man shaves stranger's hair in public, he reacts in trending video

Family and Relationships

3 years ago

A clip of a man who allowed a stranger to shave his hair in the hope that he would get a big gift got many people talking online. He was very much disappointed.

"Me I go just draw TV": Man gets opportunity to get whatever item he can draw in video

"Me I go just draw TV": Man gets opportunity to get whatever item he can draw in video

People

3 years ago

A video of a man who got a 20,000 Mah power bank after he drew the accessory in 5 seconds stirred reactions. Many said they would have drawn something expensive

"She really deserves it": Nigerian lady shows off mother on her wedding day in trending video

"She really deserves it": Nigerian lady shows off mother on her wedding day in trending video

Wedding

3 years ago

A video of a woman dressed for her marriage has stirred massive reactions as her daughter shared it on social media. Many were wowed by how young she looks

"He's living his best life": Dad catches kid secretly eating Pringles in kitchen, talks to get his attention

"He's living his best life": Dad catches kid secretly eating Pringles in kitchen, talks to get his attention

Family and Relationships

3 years ago

A short video of a kid eating chips as he tried to not make his parents see him has stirred massive reactions online. Many told his dad to allow the boy enjoy

"Statistics was hard": Lady shows scripts of classmates who all failed, video stuns many

"Statistics was hard": Lady shows scripts of classmates who all failed, video stuns many

People

3 years ago

A video that captured the mass failure among some statistics students has got massive comments on TikTok. Many found it funny that most of them scored 0 mark.

Nigerian lady rents shop, breaks wall & remodels building to suit her taste in viral video

Nigerian lady rents shop, breaks wall & remodels building to suit her taste in viral video

People

3 years ago

A young Nigerian lady has stirred massive reactions online as she shared a short video of the renovation she carried out on her shop. Many were amazed by it.

"Let him taste it": Nigerian kid sees snow falling abroad, calls it garri, father quickly corrects him in clip

"Let him taste it": Nigerian kid sees snow falling abroad, calls it garri, father quickly corrects him in clip

Family and Relationships

3 years ago

A video of a boy calling snow garri has stirred massive reactions on TikTok as his father tried fruitlessly to correct him. The man said garri is not as white.

"At least he answered": Little girl calls her father by name in video, mum laughs in shock

"At least he answered": Little girl calls her father by name in video, mum laughs in shock

Family and Relationships

3 years ago

A clip of a kid who called her dad by his name without fear has stirred reactions online. The mother said people would think she taught her to behave that way.

Joseph Omotayo