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 ...

Groups warn that Nigeria's reversal of its mother tongue education policy threatens indigenous languages and cultural ...

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 ...

The latest update reflects the growing global reach of Nigerian language and culture. On Wednesday, 7 January 2026, the OED announced the inclusion of 22 new expressions from the region, reflecting ...

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 ...

Officials of the Nigerian Army have been ordered to be proficient in Nigeria’s three major languages before 2019. This was confirmed in a statement by its spokesperson, Brigadier General Sani Usman, ...

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