The BBC has today launched an online site for a language without an alphabet which changes on a daily basis and yet is spoken and understood by more than 75 million Nigerians.

On Monday BBC World Service launched an online portal that is entirely in Pidgin and, like the rest of the BBC's sites, features text news, features and podcasts.

It is the first of 12 new language services as part of its biggest expansion since the 1940s, backed by £289million in Government funding.
It's a challenging, exciting experiment,' said Bilkisu Labaran, the corporation's editor-in-chief in Lagos, the commercial capital of the west African powerhouse.

Labaran and her 15-strong team, which includes web designers, journalists and social media experts, are seeking to transform Nigeria's use of Pidgin, under the banner 'make dem hear'.

'We want to be pioneers in what written Pidgin can be,' she said.

Details in the link as follows:
http ://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4807890/BBC-Pidgin-takes-airwaves-Nigeria.html.

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