Tag: pidgin

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Bernard DayoApril 18, 2019

Yomi Shogunle telling Nigerians how to avoid being killed by SARS is like men telling women how to avoid being raped

At this point, nothing that Yomi Shogunle says should be shocking. The Acting Commissioner of Police has, for himself, created ...

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Bernard DayoJuly 4, 2018

The BBC will host Igbo, Yoruba and Pidgin debates this Thursday and you are invited

On July 5, the BBC World service will be hosting three debates at the University of Lagos (Afe Babalola Hall) ...

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Op-ed EditorFebruary 28, 2017

Farooq Kperogi: Black American vernacular English expressions you should know

by Farooq Kperogi Black American Vernacular English Expressions You Should Know By Farooq A. Kperogi, Ph.D. Twitter: @farooqkperogi In the spirit ...

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April 29, 2013

Opinion: Nigeria’s love of pidgin dey scatter my brain yet ginger my swagger

by Monica Mark For starters, put a smile on someone’s face by telling them: “you dey ginger my swagger” (literally, ...

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November 16, 2012

Femke becomes Funke: Oyinbo’s dictionary to Nigerian English

I am talking about the English Nigerians speak, sometimes hard to understand for foreigners who are not used to the ...

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