Hausa is already the most commonly spoken language in the country, especially in the Zinder, Maradi and Tahoua regions. Most of the country’s 26 million population understand and speak Hausa.

Hausa is also one of the most widely spoken languages in West Africa, with upward of over thirty million first-language speakers and about twenty million more as a second language. While most Hausa ...

It would perhaps have been more appropriate to write on the race between the Hausa language and either of the two other major national languages of Nigeria i.e. Yoruba or Igbo. But I have not ...

Abuja – The Nigerian Army has ordered all personnel to learn the three major Nigerian languages Yoruba, Igbo, Hausa in one year just as it introduced a new Language Policy with emphasis on ...

IN this hook Major Tremearne has provided students of folklore with a feast of tales from Northern Nigeria, and it may be said at once that the material is arranged in such a way as to enable the ...

Hausa people in Africa wear a special turban called rawani as a symbol of royalty and prestige. Rawani, which means turban in the Hausa language, is respected by the community living in West ...

A television news programme broadcast in the West African Hausa language has been launched by the BBC. The 10-minute weekday bulletins are the first time an international broadcaster has aired ...