BBC World Service radio now available on any mobile phone in Nigeria

[Thakur]

Mobile phone users in Nigeria can now tune in to BBC World Service radio in English and Hausa by dialling the local number 01 4405 222. BBC World Service is collaborating with ZenoRadio, a leading service that enables radio to be heard on the phone, to give on-demand access to BBC World Service’s audio streams in English (option 1) and Hausa (option 2). Users can listen to the broadcasts from any mobile network in Nigeria.

English-language radio is streamed live around the clock. Programmes in Hausa are streamed live at 06.30, 15.00 and 20.30 Nigeria Time and then repeated until the next programme is broadcast.

To hear the programmes, users can dial 01 4405 222 from any phone in Nigeria and choose the language they prefer from the audio menu. Calls are charged at a normal rate, according to network packages and tariffs.

BBC Africa editor Solomon Mugera said, “The 01 4405 222 service provides open and easy access to the BBC’s radio programming that until now has only been available in Nigeria via shortwave, online and satellite.

Thanks to this development, anybody with a mobile phone in Nigeria can listen to BBC World Service in English or Hausa at any time.”

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