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

Hallelujah Challenge: Lady finally gets university admission to ABSU, shares photo of JAMB page

Hallelujah Challenge: Lady finally gets university admission to ABSU, shares pho...

5 months ago

Grandma who went to UK to take care of son's baby speaks about constant electricity

Grandma who went to UK to take care of son's baby speaks about constant electric...

5 months ago

Nigerian lady gets Nokia 2720 flip phone with strong battery and celebrates

Nigerian lady gets Nokia 2720 flip phone with strong battery and celebrates

5 months ago

UNIPORT graduate becomes best student in paediatrics, surgery, internal medicine

UNIPORT graduate becomes best student in paediatrics, surgery, internal medicine

5 months ago

CNG: Bus driver converts his vehicle to use gas, now saves petrol cost

CNG: Bus driver converts his vehicle to use gas, now saves petrol cost

5 months ago

Yoruba man marries pretty Igbo lady, wears isi agu in colourful wedding ceremony

Yoruba man marries pretty Igbo lady, wears isi agu in colourful wedding ceremony

5 months ago

Lady visits her boyfriend's family house, washes plates, cleans everywhere, runs errands

Lady visits her boyfriend's family house, washes plates, cleans everywhere, runs errands

A Nigerian lady who visited her boyfriend's mother washed many dishes in their house. The lady even had to clean the kitchen at some point. Many people reacted.

Lagos Red Line Rail: Inside fast train that get to destinations in minutes, passengers sit well

Lagos Red Line Rail: Inside fast train that get to destinations in minutes, passengers sit well

A video showing the interior of the Lagos Red Line has got many people talking online as some said that the initiative will solve many traffic issues in the state.

Good credit score: Couple get their first house in UK 3 years after relocation

Good credit score: Couple get their first house in UK 3 years after relocation

A couple with a good credit score bought their first house a few years after they left Nigeria. The classy interior of the house got many people talking online.

Lagos Blue Line: Lady rides fast train for 1st time, gets to destination in 10 minutes

Lagos Blue Line: Lady rides fast train for 1st time, gets to destination in 10 minutes

A lady who used the Lagos Blue Line rail has praised the transport system at a time Nigerians were waiting to experience the newly launched Red Line Rail.

After joining Nathaniel Bassey's Hallelujah Challege, lady finally gets married in 2024

After joining Nathaniel Bassey's Hallelujah Challege, lady finally gets married in 2024

A beautiful Nigerian lady who so much wanted to marry joined Nathaniel Bassey's Hallelujah Challenge in 2023. Less than a year after, she had her wedding.

Lady emerges top graduating student in medical school, becomes best in medicine and surgery

Lady emerges top graduating student in medical school, becomes best in medicine and surgery

A Nigerian lady who became the best graduating student in her school has been praised. Her performance was so sterling many wondered how she pulled it off.

Man buys 1 plot of land for girlfriend as birthday gift, gives her document, she rejoices

Man buys 1 plot of land for girlfriend as birthday gift, gives her document, she rejoices

A lady was praised online after her man gifted her a plot of land of her birthday gift. Many women who watched her TikTok video said that they need her kind of man.

Nigerian woman gets ladies' bike, it comes in big box, men arrange it for her

Nigerian woman gets ladies' bike, it comes in big box, men arrange it for her

A Nigerian lady who bought a bike has celebrated her achievement on social media as she showed all the bike was arranged with every part fixed to each other.

Man builds house, puts Versace and Louis Vuitton logos on his fence, spends millions on interior

Man builds house, puts Versace and Louis Vuitton logos on his fence, spends millions on interior

A young Nigerian man who built a bungalow with Versace and Lious Volton logos printed on has got many people praising his structure. He painted white and black.

Joseph Omotayo