The WS also plans to offer more mobile and video content and a greater social media presence. The station is seen as good competition for the home based pidgin English speaking ones including WAP Television that will now have a good run for their money with the better funded BBC World service.
Warri, Benin, Oleh, Kwale, Bomadi, Port Harcourt, Calabar, Uyo, Yenagoa and Ughelli are agog over it, and in all parts of the Niger delta. Pidgin will soon be joined by 10 more new services in Africa and Asia, prominent among which, is the BBC Hausa service, started over sixty years ago. The launch is part of the World Service’s biggest expansion since the 1940s, following a government funding boost announced in 2016. Pidgin is one of the most widely-spoken languages across the region, even though it is not officially recognised. Na dem be dis The BBC World Service has commenced a new language service for digital platforms in English-based Pidgin for West and Central Africa. The Oasis Reporters Sunday, OctoMeet The Pidgin Team.
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