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This tradition firmly established newspapers as a means to advocate for political reform and accountability, roles they continue to fulfill in Nigeria today. Until the 1990s, most publications were government-owned, but private papers such as the Daily Trust , Next , Nigerian Tribune , The Punch , Vanguard and the Guardian continued to expose ...
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 .
Alaroye places particular emphasis on investigative and balanced journalism, insightful feature writing, and contemporary political review. At the time of the political imbroglio in Nigeria after the annulment of the 1993 presidential election, (popularly thought to have been won by a Yoruba man, Chief MKO Abiola), Alaroye was at the forefront of the agitation for the declaration of the ...
Following the relaunch of BBC News in 1999, regional headlines were included at the start of the BBC One news bulletins in 2000. [54] The English regions did however lose five minutes at the end of their bulletins, due to a new headline round-up at 18:55. [55] 2000 also saw the Nine O'Clock News moved to the later time of 22:00. [56]
BBC Igbo is the Igbo language service of BBC World Service meant primarily for the Igbo-speaking communities in the south-east, South-south of Nigeria and Igbo people in diaspora. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It is part of the 12 new language services added to the BBC services and the other languages are Afaan Oromo , Amharic , Gujarati , Yoruba , Korean ...
After the newspaper published a story that revealed that Abacha was suffering from cirrhosis of the liver, police and military raided Igiebor's house while he was away. His wife was maltreated when she said she did not know where he was. A soldier pointed a gun at his four-year-old daughter, threatening to shoot if Igiebor was not produced. [7]
BBC News Online is the website of BBC News, the division of the BBC responsible for newsgathering and production. It is one of the most popular news websites, [ 3 ] with 1.2 billion website visits in April 2021, [ 4 ] as well as being used by 60% of the UK's internet users for news.