• Nigerian Pidgin, also known as Naija or Naijá in scholarship, is an English-based creole language spoken as a lingua franca across Nigeria. The language...
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    Cameroonian Pidgin English, or Cameroonian Creole (Cameroon Pidgin: Wes Cos, from West Coast), is a language variety of Cameroon. It is also known as Kamtok...
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    to African languages spoken by the slaves who had to develop a pidgin or Creole English to communicate with slaves of other ethnic and linguistic origins...
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  • comes to other markers, Kru Pidgin English almost exclusively has de to mark aspect, such as in the statement "we de go na" in the place of "we had gone...
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  • Aki na Ukwa is a 2002 Nigerian family comedy film directed by Amayo Uzo Philips. The film stars Osita Iheme and Chinedu Ikedieze. The film launched the...
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  • Afrobeats, hip hop, dance and highlife. The album was recorded in English, Nigerian Pidgin, Igbo and Italian. It explores themes "such as gratefulness, solemnity...
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    pronunciation: [nàː.(d)ʒéː.rí.jàː] listen, Igbo: Naìjíríyà, Yoruba: Nàìjíríà, Nigerian Pidgin: Naijá [ˈnaɪ.dʒə], Fula: Naajeeriya, Tyap: Naijeriya NigeriaSat-1,...
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    used Nigerian languages. Nigerian Pidgin is used widely as an unofficial medium of communication, especially in the Nigerian cities of Warri, Sapele,...
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    Creole English (e.g. Gordon 2005), Fernando Po Krio (e.g. Berry 1970, Holm 1989), Fernandino Creole English (e.g. Holm 1989), Pidgin (English) (Morgades...
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  • Aproko (category Nigerian slang)
    Aproko is a word in Nigerian Pidgin that means someone who pokes his/her nose into other people's affairs. It is also used to describe gossip and anyone...
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    Hannatu Musawa (category Use Nigerian English from July 2023)
    Lokpobiri, Keyamo get position for Tinubu ministerial portfolio". BBC News Pidgin. Retrieved 31 January 2024. Ononye, Ifeoma; Admin, New Telegraph (27 August...
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  • Krio language (category English-based pidgins and creoles of Africa)
    is an English-based creole from which descend Nigerian Pidgin English and Cameroonian Pidgin English and Pichinglis. It is also similar to English-based...
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    Chinedu Ikedieze (category Use Nigerian English from August 2022)
    December 1977) is a Nigerian actor, entrepreneur and investor. He is best known for playing alongside Osita Iheme in the 2002 film Aki na Ukwa. He has featured...
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  • national lingua franca (Nigerian Pidgin, as well as Ghana (Ghanaian Pidgin English) and Cameroon (Cameroonian Pidgin English), mainly the two anglophone...
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    third, speaks Nigerian pidgin, which has a primarily English lexicon. It has become a common lingua franca as a result. Pidgin English is a creolized...
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    Ramsey Nouah (category Nigerian people of Israeli descent)
    Retrieved 2019-11-02. "How 'Living in Bondage' feem sweep AMVCA 2020". BBC News Pidgin. Retrieved 2021-08-25. Augoye, Jayne (2018-12-10). "BON Awards 2018: Tope...
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    1 April 2017. Retrieved 10 September 2017. Velupillai, Viveka (2015). Pidgins, Creoles and Mixed Languages. Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company...
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  • tribulations were usually the main topics of his commentaries. He sang in English, pidgin English and Igbo. Osadebe often extended his tracks for his audience's...
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  • List of radio stations in Lagos (category Lists of radio stations in Nigeria)
    November 2017. Retrieved 7 February 2020. "Naija FM 102.7 Lagos". Na We Radio (in Nigerian Pidgin). Archived from the original on 1 September 2019. Retrieved...
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    Rema dead?: Divine Ikubor aka Rema never die, na fake news dey fly upandan - Rema Manager". BBC News Pidgin. 1 February 2020. Archived from the original...
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  • Afrobeats and Kwaito with their dynamics usage of West African Pidgin English, Nigerian Pidgin or other Creole language. The name "Bongo" of Bongo Flava comes...
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    resistant to influences from English and the same conservatism holds true in Canadian English grammar, even in Quebec City. A pidgin trade language based on...
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    Owerri (redirect from Owerri, Nigeria)
    Retrieved 2022-02-14. "Na IPOB, ESN members attack Imo Police Headquarters, Nigerian Correctional Service- Police". BBC News Pidgin. Retrieved 2022-02-14...
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    Edo State (redirect from Edo State, Nigeria)
    "DAAR Communications say na politics make goment destroy dia Abuja building". BBC News Pidgin. Retrieved 2021-06-21. "Nigeria shuts down private TV, radio...
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  • Alimosho (No 1 Music, Lifestyle and Sports Station) Pidgin Radio, Ogudu G.R.A Green Radio, Lagos Nigeria 91.1 – Platinum Radio, Keffi 92.3 – Option FM, Akwanga...
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    Onitsha (redirect from Onitsha, Nigeria)
    publications sold at the Onitsha Market in Nigeria in the 1950s and 1960s. Much of it was written in pidgin English. The Onitsha writings have two distinct...
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    Fela Kuti (redirect from Nigeria '70)
    Kuti's music was popular among the Nigerian public and Africans in general. He decided to sing in Pidgin English so that individuals all over Africa...
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  • (Ntalakwu, Ahuwa and Umuigu), Ekweri, Ogbuebulle, Amaoba, Ndoro, Okwe, Awom Na Ebo (Amawom, Umugbalu, Umuariaga, Umuokwo and Amanya). In ancient times, Oboro...
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    Burna Boy (category English-language singers from Nigeria)
    on 24 June 2019. Retrieved 24 June 2019. "Burna Boy na Apple Music Up Next Artist". BBC News Pidgin. Retrieved 27 June 2023. Tambini, Kam (9 July 2019)...
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  • Ada Ameh (category Use Nigerian English from July 2022)
    December 2019. "'My greatest regret na say I allow my late daughter go stay Abuja' – Ada Ameh". BBC News Pidgin. Retrieved 10 November 2021. "How Actress...
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