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

This was how I started my business with over N129k capital - Beautiful lady with 2 degrees reveals how she has been surviving (photos, video)

This was how I started my business with over N129k capital - Beautiful lady with 2 degrees reveals how she has been surviving (photos, video)

4 years ago

Will he also overtake Bill Gates soon? Elon Musk beats Mark Zuckerberg, becomes world's third richest person (here is how much he's worth)

Will he also overtake Bill Gates soon? Elon Musk beats Mark Zuckerberg, becomes world's third richest person (here is how much he's worth)

4 years ago

Full list of top 15 richest black people in the world (see where Dangote, Mike Adenuga stand)

Full list of top 15 richest black people in the world (see where Dangote, Mike Adenuga stand)

5 years ago

Joy as Nigerian CEO Olugbenga raises N12.6bn, plans to expand business operation

Joy as Nigerian CEO Olugbenga raises N12.6bn, plans to expand business operation

5 years ago

Meet 36-year-old Nigerian woman who is building country's 1st gold refinery

Meet 36-year-old Nigerian woman who is building country's 1st gold refinery

5 years ago

Navy goes hard on smugglers, arrests 4 suspects, seizes 220 bags of rice

Navy goes hard on smugglers, arrests 4 suspects, seizes 220 bags of rice

5 years ago

Xenophobia: MTN shuts down outlets nationwide over damage of its offices

Xenophobia: MTN shuts down outlets nationwide over damage of its offices

5 years ago

Following the xenophobic attacks on Nigerians in South Africa and the reprisal reactions that occurred on some South African owned businesses in Nigeria, MTN has said it is closing its outlets across the federation.

Minimum wage: FG blames labour for delay in implementation, says their demand too high

Minimum wage: FG blames labour for delay in implementation, says their demand too high

6 years ago

The federal government has attributed delay in the implementation of the “consequential adjustment” of the N30,000 new minimum wage to the unrealistic demands of labour unions.

Countries with highest minimum wage in the world in 2019 (see full list)

Countries with highest minimum wage in the world in 2019 (see full list)

6 years ago

With the recently signed N30,000 minimum wage bill into law by President Buhari followed by the gradual implementation of same by some state governors, Nigeria still does not rank well among countries with better minimum wage.

Unemployment in Nigeria increased to 23.10% within 4 months - Polls reveal

Unemployment in Nigeria increased to 23.10% within 4 months - Polls reveal

6 years ago

In celebration of the 2019 International Workers’ Day with the theme “Uniting Workers for Social and Economic Advancement”, NOIPolls have released a 4 year poll (2016-2019) on core issues facing Nigerians.

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