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.

6098 articles published since 08 Jan 2019

Author's articles

Young man builds house, tiles interior and installs chandeliers, Nigerians praise him

Young man builds house, tiles interior and installs chandeliers, Nigerians prais...

2 months ago

Man gets new iPhone 16 Pro Max with millions of naira, checks out dedicated camera button

Man gets new iPhone 16 Pro Max with millions of naira, checks out dedicated came...

2 months ago

Man proposes to lady with 2024 Range Rover, she accepts, dances with new car

Man proposes to lady with 2024 Range Rover, she accepts, dances with new car

2 months ago

Nigerian kid emerges as head boy of his school abroad, makes his father proud

Nigerian kid emerges as head boy of his school abroad, makes his father proud

2 months ago

Nigerian lady who passed her nursing council exam celebrates with friends and family

Nigerian lady who passed her nursing council exam celebrates with friends and fa...

2 months ago

Nigerian man says he can never marry a woman who earns higher than him, maintains his stance

Nigerian man says he can never marry a woman who earns higher than him, maintain...

2 months ago

Man laments after spending N80k at filling station to get fuel for his Lexus car

Man laments after spending N80k at filling station to get fuel for his Lexus car

A Nigerian man lamented the high cost of fueling his car as he visited a station. He screamed that despite buying N80k fuel, his tank still remained unfilled.

Nigerian man crashes over N100m Corvette Stingray car during race, begs for help online

Nigerian man crashes over N100m Corvette Stingray car during race, begs for help online

A Nigerian man's day started when on Saturday, September 14 until he crashed a 2022 Corvette Stingray in a race. The rented car is worth N400m and he's now in debt.

Lady emerges as best graduating student with 4.93 CGPA from Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University

Lady emerges as best graduating student with 4.93 CGPA from Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University

A young Nigerian lady who graduated with 4.93 CGPA as a pharmacist has been massively celebrated online. The lady got many awards for her brilliance.

Lady whose mum mistakenly baked 220 loaves of bread for church on wrong date seeks help

Lady whose mum mistakenly baked 220 loaves of bread for church on wrong date seeks help

A lady whose mother baked 220 loaves of bread on a wrong date for a church cried for help as they sought how to rescue the situation so her mum won't lose.

Clean iPhone with eSIM found in Lagos as kind lady searches for owner

Clean iPhone with eSIM found in Lagos as kind lady searches for owner

A Nigerian lady who found an clean iPhone is looking for the owner as she begged people to retweet her post for a wider audience. Many people praised her.

Villareal signs Nigerian defender Ekerette Udom, his primary school classmate rejoices

Villareal signs Nigerian defender Ekerette Udom, his primary school classmate rejoices

The news of Villareal signing Ekerette Udom as his player has generated reactions on social media as his primary school classmate celebrated him.

"Na Asap Rocky?" Lady faces trouble after telling friend she saw her boyfriend with women

"Na Asap Rocky?" Lady faces trouble after telling friend she saw her boyfriend with women

A lady who wanted to let her friend know who her lover truly was reported his disloyalty. The friend and her lover later turned everything against her.

Lady who met oyinbo online "cries" in disappointment when she realised he's Nigerian man

Lady who met oyinbo online "cries" in disappointment when she realised he's Nigerian man

A young lady who though the white man she had been chatting with on a dating app was real narrated her salty experience when she saw he was a Nigerian.

Cute naming ceremony of sextuplets, mum names them David, Daniella, Deborah

Cute naming ceremony of sextuplets, mum names them David, Daniella, Deborah

A video showing the naming ceremony of the sextuplets given birth to days ago has got people thanking God and "tapping" into their beautiful blessings.

Joseph Omotayo