On Monday, Nov. 4, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced their devastating decision to disqualify Nigeria's entry in the best international film category, Genevieve Nnaji's ...

Blog posts represent the views of CFR fellows and staff and not those of CFR, which takes no institutional positions. In its February update, the Oxford English Dictionary (OED) included numerous new ...

On the African continent, Nigeria ranks fifth in English proficiency. According to data, South Africa, Zimbabwe, Kenya, and Zambia rank ahead of Nigeria, occupying the first through fourth positions ...

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 ...

The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) has added a big batch of Nigerian words to its new edition, in recognition of the way people from the African country have helped to shape the English language. The ...

The Nigerian government has announced it is cancelling a controversial policy that mandated the use of indigenous languages for teaching in the earliest years of schooling instead of English.