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 ...

Nigerian Pidgin emerges as the most widely spoken language in Africa, ranking 14th globally, and recording over 120 million active speakers Urbanisation, regional trade, and the global reach of ...

As English language gains more prominence in both official and private circles in the country, ominous signs stab Yoruba, Igbo and many other indigenous languages in the face as less and less people ...

When the National Council on Education, NCE, at its 69th meeting decided to cancel the policy on the use of Mother Tongue, MT ...

The Executive Secretary, National Institute for Cultural Orientation (NICO), Ado Yahuza, has said that some Nigerian Languages might go into extinction if urgent measures were not taken to reverse the ...

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 ...

Maduabuchi Sennen Agbo does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations ...

Voice-activated virtual assistant technologies, such as Siri and Alexa, are becoming increasingly common around the world, but in Africa, with its many languages, most people are at a digital ...

On November 4, the United States-based Academy Awards or the Oscars disqualified Nigeria’s first-ever submission in the Best International Feature Film category. “Lionheart,” a 2018 drama now ...