Exam results from areas which dropped English have declined, the education minister says, announcing the U-turn.

The Nigerian Academy of Letters condemns scrapping the National Language Policy, urging reinstatement of mother-tongue-based ...

The regions most likely to embrace the mother-tongue policy were the Northern states, where literacy levels are already fragile. In many parts of the North-West and North-East, literacy rates hover ...

THE Nigerian Academy of Letters (NAL) has expressed displeasure over the recent decision of the National Council on Education (NCE) to cancel the National Language Policy (NLP 2022) and re-establish ...

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 ...

He added that examinations were conducted in English while most students were taught in local dialects, creating a gap.

In a stunning move, Nigeria’s National Council on Education has effectively silenced the voices of its own people by scrapping mother tongue education, undermining the very languages that BBC Igbo, ...

BY OLASUNKANMI AROWOLO Language is never neutral. In Nigeria, it has always been political, cultural and symbolic.

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 ...

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 ...