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 ...

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 ...

Nigeria is one of the most linguistically diverse countries in the world, with over 500 languages spoken across its regions. Despite Nigeria’s multilingual nature, English is the official language. It ...

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 ...

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 ...

Outrage is mounting on social media after Kenyan President William Ruto drew parallels between his country's spoken English ...

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.

Nigeria's first-ever entry for the international feature film Oscar category has been disqualified because it contained too much English dialogue. Ten minutes of the film's 95-minute run time is in ...

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 ...