In Nigeria, a country with over 200 million people, citizens have a unique way of expressing themselves through distinct ...

The Oxford lexicographers have updated the dictionary with 29 Nigerian words, recognising the "unique and distinctive contribution to English as a global language" of Africa's most populous country.

a unique and distinctive contribution to English as a global language,” the dictionary said. Nigerian English words such as ‘severally’, meaning ‘repeatedly’ and ‘chop it’, a popular ...

a unique and distinctive contribution to English as a global language,” the dictionary said. Nigerian English words such as ‘severally’, meaning ‘repeatedly’ and ‘chop it’, a popular ...

"It's 'irui'," she says, without hesitating. But in Ubang's "male language" the word for yam, one of Nigeria's staple foods, is "itong". And there are many other examples, such as the word for ...