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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

Kid chases sister with toy golf club, makes her run around in their parlour & cry in funny video

Kid chases sister with toy golf club, makes her run around in their parlour & cry in funny video

Family and Relationships

3 years ago

"Help me find her": Young man "falls in love" at polling unit, says beauty made him vote late

"Help me find her": Young man "falls in love" at polling unit, says beauty made him vote late

People

3 years ago

Baby gives mum side-eye in funny video, many wonder where she learnt to do that

Baby gives mum side-eye in funny video, many wonder where she learnt to do that

Family and Relationships

3 years ago

2023 election: Lady gives out her MTN 5G router, 2 other impressive ways Nigerians showed patriotism

2023 election: Lady gives out her MTN 5G router, 2 other impressive ways Nigerians showed patriotism

People

3 years ago

"Na your body go hear am": Man who travelled down to Nigeria to vote flies back to US, shares photos

"Na your body go hear am": Man who travelled down to Nigeria to vote flies back to US, shares photos

People

3 years ago

Mischievous mum pushes baby to get kid's reaction, she looks at her hard & cries in cute video

Mischievous mum pushes baby to get kid's reaction, she looks at her hard & cries in cute video

Family and Relationships

3 years ago

"Surprise gone wrong": Man with saxophone quickly turns back when he saw dogs inside compound

"Surprise gone wrong": Man with saxophone quickly turns back when he saw dogs inside compound

People

3 years ago

A saxophonist who was scared about entering a compound with dogs quickly turned back when he saw the animals barking. Many people found his reaction funny.

"I love that girl": 2 kids in unifroms display great energy, dance to Soweto and Omah Lay's Soso

"I love that girl": 2 kids in unifroms display great energy, dance to Soweto and Omah Lay's Soso

People

3 years ago

A video showing a group of girls dancing to a song has stirred massive reactions on social media as people tried to pick out who was better between the two.

"She don lose focus": Pretty Nigerian lady sees handsome man at her polling unit, falls in love with him

"She don lose focus": Pretty Nigerian lady sees handsome man at her polling unit, falls in love with him

People

3 years ago

A handsome man who went to a polling unit to vote was recorded by a pretty lady who considered him so attractive. The lady fell in love and shared a video.

Lady inspires many with her kitchen arrangement that has cooker, beautiful cutleries, freezer

Lady inspires many with her kitchen arrangement that has cooker, beautiful cutleries, freezer

People

3 years ago

A video of a lady showing off her kitchen stocked with amazing foodstuffs has stirred massive reactions. Her arrangement of the place got many praising her.

Baby disconnects dad's video call immediately man asks to speak to his mum, faces cartoon show

Baby disconnects dad's video call immediately man asks to speak to his mum, faces cartoon show

Family and Relationships

3 years ago

A video of a kid who hung up on his dad when he told him he wanted to talk to his mother has got many people laughing online. The man said he always beefs him.

Lady celebrates as mum gives her sibling after 21 years, she carries & takes care of baby like hers in video

Lady celebrates as mum gives her sibling after 21 years, she carries & takes care of baby like hers in video

Family and Relationships

3 years ago

A young Nigerian lady who got a very beautiful sibling after two decades has given thanks to God for the blessing. People said she'd be more of a mum to her.

"He's been playing 1 song": Lady buys her dad his first ever Bluetooth speaker, he dances in their parlour

"He's been playing 1 song": Lady buys her dad his first ever Bluetooth speaker, he dances in their parlour

Family and Relationships

3 years ago

A video showed a father enjoying his life as he danced to a classic song on the speaker his daughter bought for him. She said it is his first Bluetooth speaker.

Boy finally gets siblings after 8 years, becomes happy, feeds his new younger ones in video

Boy finally gets siblings after 8 years, becomes happy, feeds his new younger ones in video

Family and Relationships

3 years ago

A mum who has been looking forward to giving her grown son a sibling was finally able to do so. Instead of a baby, she gave birth to twins. Many celebrated her

"My parents never liked dogs": Man who flew from Lagos to Abuja to mate his Bullmastiff speaks

"My parents never liked dogs": Man who flew from Lagos to Abuja to mate his Bullmastiff speaks

People

3 years ago

A Nigerian man who breeds dogs has spoken about how he came into the business. He said his father never wanted him to have dogs until they robbed their house.

Joseph Omotayo