BBC Launches Nigeria's Pidgin English Digital Service On Its Network

he British Broadcasting Corporation on Monday launched BBC Pidgin as part of the biggest expansion of the World Service since the 1940s. The BBC World Service already publishes in 28 languages around the world. On Monday, it made a foray into unusual territory, launching a full-fledged news service delivered in Nigerian Pidgin, a largely oral languagespoken widely both in Nigeria and in via IFTTT