There are over 500 indigenous languages currently spoken in Nigeria. However, the official language is English. The other major languages spoken in Nigeria are: Hausa, Igbo, Yoruba, Ibibio, Edo, ...

Film executive, Mo Abudu reportedly wrote a letter of justification to the Academy which was recently approved. According to 'Oloture' film director, Kenneth Gyang, top film executive, Mo Abudu helped ...

Nigerian Pidgin English, a Creole language derived from English mixed with other indigenous languages, has evolved over decades as a means of communication between diverse linguistic communities ...

Dr. Joy Odewumi teaches English at the Adeniran Ogunsanya College of Education, Ijaniki, Lagos. Her area of interest is the use and value of Nigerian pidgin English. This is an aspect she has taken to ...

The obvious explanation would be that when confronted with the overwhelming presence of English-speaking whites, the local people had to try their best to pick up bits of the language too so they ...

A United States–based language expert, Dr. Foluso Okebiorun, has called for the inclusion of Nigerian Pidgin English in the national school curriculum, describing the language as a vital unifying ...

Alongside the internet’s growth in developing countries, new challenges surrounding how social media is used to spread mis- and disinformation have emerged. In Africa, fact checkers are combating this ...

2Face Idibia has suggested that Pidgin English be introduced in Nigerian schools to aid communication and transfer knowledge to kids in rural areas who use Pidgin English as their second language. The ...

The recent statement by Nigeria’s Imo State government making it compulsory to study the Igbo language at all levels of education in the state is one in a string of similar pronouncements since ...

LAGOS, Sept 20 (Reuters Life!) - It may share many of its words and basic grammar with English, but a perplexed look descends across the face of most newcomers to Nigeria the first time they are ...

Alongside the internet’s growth in developing countries, new challenges surrounding how social media is used to spread mis- and disinformation have emerged. In Africa, fact checkers are combating this ...