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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.
The BBC Bureau in Lagos state is the headquarters of the BBC Igbo and other two new services; BBC Pidgin and BBC Yoruba. The bureau was commissioned in March 2018 following the establishment of additional three new Languages in Nigeria. It consists of a TV studio, two radio stations and it can accommodate up to 200 people.
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89.3 – Yabatech Radio; 89.7 – Eko FM (Lagos State Radio), Ikeja [36] 90.1 – Lasgidi FM; 90.3 – VOP FM (Voice of the People Radio), Airport Road, Ikeja [37] 90.9 – Top Radio FM [38] 91.3 – Lagos Talks FM [39] 91.5 – Access 24; 91.7 – W FM 91.7, Lagos; 92.3 – Inspiration FM [40] 92.7 – Super FM; 92.9 – Bond FM [41] [42]
The Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria (FRCN) is a Nigerian state radio broadcasting organization. Its flagship station is the syndicated radio network Radio Nigeria, with FM stations across the 36 states and Zonal station in the 6 geopolitical zones that broadcast in the SW (South West – Ibadan, [1] South Central – Yenagoa, South East – Enugu, North East – Maiduguri, North Central ...
In May 2017, the 05:00 GMT edition became a dedicated broadcast featuring news for and from Africa. It is broadcast exclusively on African partner stations. An additional edition of The Newsroom and a replay of a selected programme features on the main BBC World Service network during this time.
In Business Africa is a BBC news programme broadcast on BBC World News globally and on local partner channels of the BBC in African countries. [1] The programme is presented by Nancy Kacungira in Lagos, Nigeria and Lerato Mbele in South Africa. [2]
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.