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.

6099 articles published since 08 Jan 2019

Author's articles

Close brothers build 2 houses with cement blocks, roof with expensive sheets and good parapet

Close brothers build 2 houses with cement blocks, roof with expensive sheets and...

a year ago

"Remember me": Lady secures visa to UK, informs her selfless dispatch rider, man gets emotional

"Remember me": Lady secures visa to UK, informs her selfless dispatch rider, man...

a year ago

Girl in popular "se fe pami ni" video gets scholarship, private school fees paid as her life changes

Girl in popular "se fe pami ni" video gets scholarship, private school fees paid...

a year ago

Nigerian lady faces heartbreak after selling phone to take boyfriend to nice restaurant

Nigerian lady faces heartbreak after selling phone to take boyfriend to nice res...

a year ago

Man speaks fake Chinese inside class, Nigerian students stop reading their books, laugh hard

Man speaks fake Chinese inside class, Nigerian students stop reading their books...

a year ago

Dad warns newborn daughter, baby looks at him with serious face, listens carefully

Dad warns newborn daughter, baby looks at him with serious face, listens careful...

a year ago

Man builds house with cement blocks, pours expensive drink on foundation, installs POP inside home

Man builds house with cement blocks, pours expensive drink on foundation, installs POP inside home

A video showing a man celebrating his building foundation before he completed the house has stirred massive reactions online. Many wished to have the same.

Nigerian boy with N200 asks for gold iPhone, seller laughs hard in viral video: "I want to give him"

Nigerian boy with N200 asks for gold iPhone, seller laughs hard in viral video: "I want to give him"

A young Nigerian who wanted to get an iPhone walked into a store and told the seller he only had N200 with him. Many people were amazed by his confidence.

Nigerian lady flaunts many dollars after marrying older oyinbo man, shows she's happy in marriage

Nigerian lady flaunts many dollars after marrying older oyinbo man, shows she's happy in marriage

A Nigerian lady in love and married to an older oyinbo man has made a video flaunting dollar bills in response to a bad comment, and to show she was happy.

Man who started plantain chips business and built 3 houses promises to help one youth with capital

Man who started plantain chips business and built 3 houses promises to help one youth with capital

A young and successful Nigerian businessman is offering to sponsor any person interested in starting a business with N100k. He would also teach the lucky winner.

Kind Nigerian teacher keeps her class clean after closing hours, washes pupils' desks

Kind Nigerian teacher keeps her class clean after closing hours, washes pupils' desks

A Nigerian lady showed much love to her students as she stayed after work hours and washed all their dirty chairs so they could come back to a clean class.

Food bank in Canada: Nigerian lady sees free provisions in school, says life abroad is sweet

Food bank in Canada: Nigerian lady sees free provisions in school, says life abroad is sweet

A Nigerian lady who travelled to Canada was happy that her university had a food bank where students could go and get some provisions. People got interested.

Mohbad: Man approaches street boys for tribute video to KPK singer, they agree and act like pros

Mohbad: Man approaches street boys for tribute video to KPK singer, they agree and act like pros

A young Nigerian man has shared a video to show the moment he approached some boys on the street and asked them to help him shoot a video for Mohbad.

"As long as you are happy": Pretty lady marries older husband, shows him off in video, people talk

"As long as you are happy": Pretty lady marries older husband, shows him off in video, people talk

A lady got many people talking when she showed the man she proudly got married to. The lady looked so fulfilled with her partner, and many Nigerians talked.

Nigerian man gets iPhone 15 Pro Max, flaunts it online, many people ask him funny questions

Nigerian man gets iPhone 15 Pro Max, flaunts it online, many people ask him funny questions

A young Nigerian man was happy when he got the new iPhone 15 Pro Max. He prided himself as the first person to get it. Many said he wasted money.

Joseph Omotayo