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 ...

With five Nigerian languages among the top 100 languages spoken worldwide, Nigeria is conspicuous on the world language map. However, a lot needs to be done to preserve the languages. KOFOWOROLA ...

Sir: With over 520 different languages, Nigeria holds the third-highest number of spoken languages in the world. Four of these – Hausa, Yoruba, Igbo, and Ijaw – are spoken by about 78 percent of the ...

See the countries where Nigerian Languages can actually come in handy. Due to many reasons — trans-atlantic slave trade, cattle grazing, immigration — small communities have grown in other countries ...

Many of these languages are from the three major African language families: Afroasiatic, Nilo-Saharan, and Niger-Congo. While the official language in Nigeria is English, and other major languages are ...

The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) has added a big batch of Nigerian words to its new edition, in recognition of the way people from the African country have helped to shape the English language.

In Nigeria's crowded job market, the low supply of German speaking graduates positions them favourably for specialised ...

The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences has disqualified from competition in the International Feature Film category the Nigerian film “Lionheart” because most of the dialogue is in English.

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 ...