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BBC News Pidgin is an online news service in West African Pidgin English that was launched by the BBC World Service in 2017. [1] [2] It is based in Lagos, Nigeria.[1]Pidgin, first used by British and African slavers to facilitate the Atlantic slave trade in the late 17th century, has become one of the most widely spoken languages in West Africa, with up to 75 million speakers in Nigeria alone.
Pages in category "English-language newspapers published in Nigeria" The following 19 pages are in this category, out of 19 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Weekly Yoruba language newspaper AllAfrica: Politics, entertainment, culture Website English, French Website: Free Subscription required : a website that aggregates and produces news primarily on the African continent BBC News Hausa: Politics Website Hausa Website: Free : Usually does not use byelines BBC News Igbo: Igbo Website: Free : BBC ...
Bilkisu Labaran is a Nigerian journalist, editor and head of Africa News & Current affairs at BBC. [2] [3] She played a vital role in the establiment of BBC pidgin [4] [5] and is the first Nigerian BBC editor. She currently works as an executive at BBC Africa Eye documentaries [6]
Newspapers published in Nigeria have a strong tradition of the principle of "publish and be damned" that dates back to the colonial era when founding fathers of the Nigerian press such as Nnamdi Azikiwe, Ernest Ikoli, Obafemi Awolowo and Lateef Jakande used their papers to fight for independence. [1]
BBC Africa Eye is an investigative branch of the BBC World Service. It has a network of local and investigative journalists and researchers working across Africa and produces a bi-weekly TV and online investigations series broadcast in English, Hausa , Swahili and French.
BBC Hausa was the first African-language service operated by the BBC and is one of the five African languages it broadcasts. The service was launched on 13 March 1957 at 09:30 GMT with a 15-minute programme by the BBC World Service presented by Aminu Abdullahi Malumfashi: a translated version was later read by Abubakar Tunau in the programme West Africa in the News.
Thirteen people abducted by an unidentified armed group are rescued by the Nigerian Army in Kaduna State. [52] A boat capsizes near Gummi, Zamfara State, killing at least 40 people. [53] 15 September – Over 280 inmates are reported to have escaped from a prison in Maiduguri due to damage to prison walls caused by floods. [54]