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 has been writing for the human interest desk since 2019 and is currently the head of the desk. He graduated from Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, with a degree in Literature in English in 2016. 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.

6010 articles published since 08 Jan 2019

Author's articles

"He will do it to you too": Lady meets man on Facebook, falls in love with him, later find out he's married

"He will do it to you too": Lady meets man on Facebook, falls in love with him, later find out he's married

2 years ago

"Trenches in Peckham": Lady shows popular UK market that sells Nigerian food items, video goes viral

"Trenches in Peckham": Lady shows popular UK market that sells Nigerian food items, video goes viral

3 years ago

Neighbour taps lady's generator, secretly uses it to power her fridge for weeks, Nigerians react

Neighbour taps lady's generator, secretly uses it to power her fridge for weeks, Nigerians react

3 years ago

Young man buys Tesla electric car, says trading Bitcoin cryptocurrency gave him the money, many react

Young man buys Tesla electric car, says trading Bitcoin cryptocurrency gave him the money, many react

4 years ago

Five Nigerians who narrowly survived COVID-19 share experience, 1 got the virus from coworker

Five Nigerians who narrowly survived COVID-19 share experience, 1 got the virus from coworker

4 years ago

Kofo Akinkugbe: Nigerian woman who owns West Africa's first smart card plant, exports to 21 countries

Kofo Akinkugbe: Nigerian woman who owns West Africa's first smart card plant, exports to 21 countries

4 years ago

Couple's beautiful family photoshoot of love stirs reactions, many are amazed

Couple's beautiful family photoshoot of love stirs reactions, many are amazed

4 years ago

A man identified as Phillip has shared amazing photos of his young family on Twitter and people loved them. Praises and well wishes came in from all quarters.

Old dad dances with his 2 young pretty daughters to this popular Nigerian song (video)

Old dad dances with his 2 young pretty daughters to this popular Nigerian song (video)

4 years ago

Ko Por Ke by Mohbad and Rexxie has found a creative expression in the dance moves of a father and his two daughters. Their video generated massive reactions.

Man showcases his amazing collection of perfumes in viral photo, stirs massive reactions

Man showcases his amazing collection of perfumes in viral photo, stirs massive reactions

4 years ago

A man with the handle @C3rdric got the attention he wanted after he shared a photo showing his beautiful collection of perfumes. He generated mixed reactions.

Young Nigerian living in Canada buys Benz, says it is a little gift for himself, stirs reactions

Young Nigerian living in Canada buys Benz, says it is a little gift for himself, stirs reactions

4 years ago

A Nigerian man identified as Tosin AJ was praised by many tweeps after he posted photos of the Benz he got to reward the hard work he invested in his life.

Chinese company mistakenly sent N38m into Nigerian woman's account (photos)

Chinese company mistakenly sent N38m into Nigerian woman's account (photos)

4 years ago

A Nigerian businesswoman, Sola Ismail, returned the sum of N38 million that paid into her account. People said that was she demonstrated is a very rare virtue.

This young Nigerian man dribbles people on football pitch, makes a 'mess' of them with his left foot in viral video

This young Nigerian man dribbles people on football pitch, makes a 'mess' of them with his left foot in viral video

4 years ago

A Nigerian, Daniel Anorue, has been praised by many after a video of him dribbling with his left foot surfaced online. Many said that he has a bright future.

You must submit to your husband no matter how independent you are - Nigerian lady says, causes massive stir

You must submit to your husband no matter how independent you are - Nigerian lady says, causes massive stir

4 years ago

A Nigerian lady has generated engaging conversations online on the place of women in marriages when she said that wives must always submit to their husbands.

After having 4 kids in 3 weeks, Bauchi carpenter wants to father 40 (see photo)

After having 4 kids in 3 weeks, Bauchi carpenter wants to father 40 (see photo)

4 years ago

A 36-year-old man, Nura Magaji, in Bauchi has said that one of his goals in life is to father 40 children. He is a presently a father 13 children from 4 wives.

We are in a relationship - BBNaija star Vee confirms she's dating Neo (watch video)

We are in a relationship - BBNaija star Vee confirms she's dating Neo (watch video)

4 years ago

Reality Star Vee has finally confirmed that she is dating Neo. This development is coming after many months that Vee and Neo got done with the 2020 BBNaija show

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