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 ...

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Without fear of contradiction, First Language/Mother Tongue is an inheritance, an asset or a tool that nobody can take away from you irrespective of the circumstance you may find yourself. In the past ...

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, ...

National Library of Nigeria (NLN) has unveiled the “Map of Nigerian Languages” as part of its activities to promote and preserve indigenous languages in the country. The unveiling was done yesterday ...

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 ...

(MENAFN- The Conversation) 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 ...

Kareem Abiodun Habeebullah, whose mother tongue is Yoruba, was just a secondary school student when he was whipped in class for not speaking in English. "When I was growing up, I was struggling to ...