What exactly does the BBC think it’s doing? Why on earth should licence-fee payers foot the bill for a news site written in West African Pidgin — a language that started as a bastardised form ...

Even the name ChòpnBlọk, he explained, is rooted in West African Pidgin English: “chòp” means “to eat” while “blok” represents a location. “I knew I wanted a name that was rooted ...