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LAGOS/ABUJA (Reuters) - Ask a Nigerian what corrupt politicians do with public funds and he or she may say, "They chop it." The Oxford English Dictionary agrees. Hailing from the streets of Nigeria, ...

Lagos, Nigeria | In Nigeria, people felicitate the successful, police open cans of worms on cutlass-brandishing miscreants, and the criminal rascals meet their Waterloo. Touts, urchins, and heaps of ...

There are over 500 indigenous languages currently spoken in Nigeria. However, the official language is English. The other major languages spoken in Nigeria are: Hausa, Igbo, Yoruba, Ibibio, Edo, ...

Genevieve Nnaji's 'Lionheart,' Nigeria's first-ever Oscar entry, has been disqualified after not meeting the Academy's rules for English dialogue in international feature film submissions. By Piya ...

IN SHORT: A claim is circulating on Facebook, saying that Nigeria's northern governors have rejected English as the medium of instruction in their schools. Niger state governor Mohammed Bago has ...

Editor’s Note: Kovie Biakolo is a culture writer and multiculturalism scholar. The views expressed here are hers. Read more opinion on CNN. Nigeria’s recently disqualified premier Oscar entry ...

Nigeria’s first-ever submission for best international feature Oscar consideration, the comedy “Lionheart,” has been disqualified by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for having too much ...

Nigeria isn’t “international” enough for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, apparently. The nation’s first Oscar submission for best international film has been disqualified by the ...