Igbo is both an ethnic group and a major Nigerian language in the southeast, with a global diaspora, in a country of over 525 ...

The President of the Linguistic Association of Nigeria, Prof. Gideon Omachonu, has described the reversal of the National Language Policy as both a pedagogical failure and a moral wrong. He reminded ...

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 ...

Singer Peter Okoye, popularly known as Mr P of the defunct P-Square, has stirred reactions after arguing that Nigerian languages have little practical value while defending his decision to allow his ...

Nigeria population guide: about 242 million people, a median age of 18, the Hausa, Yoruba and Igbo, faith, languages and the ...

In its February update, the Oxford English Dictionary (OED) included numerous new words of Nigerian origin. Many of the words relate to food preparation, urban transportation, the shortening of ...

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 ...

Communication and language is said to exceed colours of skin and nations; this was proved when pupils from different Nigerian Turkish International Schools around the country gathered in Abuja for the ...

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 ...

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 ...