This is BBC Learning English. Now, as you’ve probably worked out by now, the English language can be very confusing. But we at BBC Learning English aim to help you understand English more easily, so ...

In Nigeria, one thing becomes immediately clear: government is… different. I do not use that word in the sense of whether the government—any government—is civilian or military, feudal or modern, ...

Basically, a government is a mechanism invented to serve the people. In return for that recognition, the government collects taxes and other revenues which it applies to the general interest. In ...