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.

6154 articles published since 08 Jan 2019

Author's articles

Couple builds mansion in 4 months, spends over N40m to achieve great house design with flat roof

Couple builds mansion in 4 months, spends over N40m to achieve great house desig...

a year ago

Smart man with secondary school qualification, video shares more details about him

Smart man with secondary school qualification, video shares more details about h...

a year ago

Wealthy man loses N33.6m and expensive cars to betting, narrates his sad story

Wealthy man loses N33.6m and expensive cars to betting, narrates his sad story

a year ago

Kuda Bank gives Mummy Zee N2m, doubles wife's account balance after NNPCL gifted her voucher

Kuda Bank gives Mummy Zee N2m, doubles wife's account balance after NNPCL gifted...

a year ago

Men participate in eating contest, swallow food fast to win money, their video generates buzz

Men participate in eating contest, swallow food fast to win money, their video g...

a year ago

Landlord stops tenants from paying rent in January, gives them money instead, people jubilate

Landlord stops tenants from paying rent in January, gives them money instead, pe...

a year ago

Man becomes millionaire overnight in 2024 after predicting scores, hits jackpot

Man becomes millionaire overnight in 2024 after predicting scores, hits jackpot

SportPesa announced the winner of the KSh 344 million mega jackpot bonus after correctly predicting 14 of the 17 matches. Keneth Rotich won KSh 1.5 million.

Prayer answered as couple welcomes quadruplets after 24 years of waiting to have children

Prayer answered as couple welcomes quadruplets after 24 years of waiting to have children

A Ghanaian couple of the Sunyani Central District of The Church of Pentecost has welcomed quadruplets after 24 years of childlessness. The duo has thanked God.

Young Nigerian man builds house, uses expensive stone coated roof for building, fences compound

Young Nigerian man builds house, uses expensive stone coated roof for building, fences compound

A young Nigerian man has got people praising him when he shared a video of the new house he built for himself. The house had a cute automatic toilet seat.

Smart teacher builds dream house with her salary, her video stirs massive reactions

Smart teacher builds dream house with her salary, her video stirs massive reactions

TikTokker @iilovesky challenges the "teacher salary myth" by sharing her TikTok progress video of a beautiful home she's constructing with her own money.

Lady who saved in piggy bank for 10 months breaks big wooden box, counts many naira notes

Lady who saved in piggy bank for 10 months breaks big wooden box, counts many naira notes

A Nigerian lady who started saving in her piggybank in March 2023 opened the box in December to bring out the massive naira notes inside. People were amazed.

"Budget-friendly": Lady transforms dad's old parlour, changes ceilings, paints home, replaces chairs

"Budget-friendly": Lady transforms dad's old parlour, changes ceilings, paints home, replaces chairs

A young lady made her father happy after transforming his bedroom into a beauty with a friendly budget. She transformed his parlour with new paint colours.

Mother buys mobile home for daughter, teaches how smart business move from young age, she cries

Mother buys mobile home for daughter, teaches how smart business move from young age, she cries

A kid could not control her tears when her mother informed her about the rental property she got for her. Many people were amazed by the thoughtful gift.

"Canada banned her": Lady tells best friend she's travelling abroad, she reports her to immigration

"Canada banned her": Lady tells best friend she's travelling abroad, she reports her to immigration

A lady who told her best friend she was travelling to Canada under an arranged marriage was banned after her trick was reported to officials. She cried.

Young man builds house, puts security fence wire around it, interlocks compound like palace

Young man builds house, puts security fence wire around it, interlocks compound like palace

A Nigerian woman whose husband completed his multi-million naira house project has made a video to show the building. People were amazed by the interior decor.

Joseph Omotayo