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.

6148 articles published since 08 Jan 2019

Author's articles

Rice hawker builds house for rent, installs solar energy for constant electricity

Rice hawker builds house for rent, installs solar energy for constant electricit...

6 days ago

Nigerian drummer whose popular photo sold for over N2m as NFT on OpenSea dies, people mourn him

Nigerian drummer whose popular photo sold for over N2m as NFT on OpenSea dies, p...

7 days ago

Mother complains as school gives her kid difficult maths homework, Nigerians react

Mother complains as school gives her kid difficult maths homework, Nigerians rea...

7 days ago

Farmer cries out as people keep stealing plantains after he fenced his farmland

Farmer cries out as people keep stealing plantains after he fenced his farmland

7 days ago

Hallelujah Challenge: Couple dress like their miracle, wife dances with newborn baby clothes

Hallelujah Challenge: Couple dress like their miracle, wife dances with newborn...

27 days ago

ByBit hack: Crypto investigator traces those who "stole" N2.5trn from exchange, release details

ByBit hack: Crypto investigator traces those who "stole" N2.5trn from exchange,...

a month ago

Man celebrates his building before completing it, Nigerians react to cost of construction

Man celebrates his building before completing it, Nigerians react to cost of construction

A young Nigerian man who celebrated his uncompleted building project got many wondered why he was posting a project he would still spend millions of naira on.

FUOYE students make solar-powered cooker with "local materials", use tubular battery

FUOYE students make solar-powered cooker with "local materials", use tubular battery

A group of FUOYE student built a solar-powered cooker and many Nigerians had many thing to know about the appliance being innovative. They used a tubular battery

Lady aho attended NSPPD Nigeria conference narrates UK visa approval testimony

Lady aho attended NSPPD Nigeria conference narrates UK visa approval testimony

A lady who attended NSPPD Nigeria conference has narrated how she got a visa approval miracle after she had lost hope of trying to relocate abroad.

Nigerian man on mission to grow N5k to N5m selling okpa starts hawking aggressively

Nigerian man on mission to grow N5k to N5m selling okpa starts hawking aggressively

A Nigerian man who once lost N17m to cryptocurrency trading is now selling okpa and is determined to grow his capital to N5m from N5k. Many encouraged him.

Popular Nigerian pastor reacts to his male church members wearing earrings, cites Bible as support

Popular Nigerian pastor reacts to his male church members wearing earrings, cites Bible as support

Apostle Harrison Ayintete has said that there is nothing wrong in men wearing earrings to the church as they not less of a Christian. Many disagreed with him.

Couple holds simple introduction ceremony without spending much, Nigerians react

Couple holds simple introduction ceremony without spending much, Nigerians react

A young Nigerian couple who had their introduction without spending much attracted much attention on social media as some people said they were content.

Lady demolishes parents' old village house, builds new one after staying 2 years in UK

Lady demolishes parents' old village house, builds new one after staying 2 years in UK

A Nigerian lady who made it big in the UK returned home and built a one-storey duplex for her parents. Some people abroad wondered how she was able to save.

NYSC corps member honours sister who always sends foodstuff, pays her house rent

NYSC corps member honours sister who always sends foodstuff, pays her house rent

A beautiful Nigerian lady who just complete her national service honoured her sister who supported her like a parent ever since they lost their mother.

Beautiful lady who got pregnant shares transformation video, people react

Beautiful lady who got pregnant shares transformation video, people react

A lady whose face was changed after she got pregnant has shared a video that got many people talking. People wondered if pregnancy would also affect them.

Joseph Omotayo