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

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...

6 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...

6 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

7 months ago

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...

7 months ago

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...

7 months ago

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 see...

7 months ago

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.

Corps members salute woman who always gives them free water in Akwa Ibom

Corps members salute woman who always gives them free water in Akwa Ibom

Some NYSC corps member honoured the woman who gave them free water while they were serving in Akwa Ibom. They made her emotional after their POP.

iPhone 16: Man examines new Apple phone's cool features in trending clip

iPhone 16: Man examines new Apple phone's cool features in trending clip

iPhone 16's new features has been generating buzz online as it came with a dedicated button for filming. Many people had mixed reactions towards its launch.

Nigerian kids who relocated to Canada few months ago speaking with foreign accent

Nigerian kids who relocated to Canada few months ago speaking with foreign accent

Two Nigerian children who relocated to Canada a few months ago spoke with a Canadian accent as their parents wondered where they got it. Many reacted.

Lady whose mother gave birth to 6 babies says people should not worry about school fees

Lady whose mother gave birth to 6 babies says people should not worry about school fees

A lady whose mother gave birth to six children said that people should not worry about how they were going to feed the kids. Many people were happy for her family.

Joseph Omotayo