*British English and Nigerian English: Setting a clear Boundary* Ganiu Abisoye Bamgbose (GAB) I deem it necessary to do this short essay because many people question my propagation of the British English. Some will even ask me if I do not reckon with the Nigerian English. And I say to them: I do! The only variety of English available to a Nigerian is Nigerian English. It is our language of communal existence as a people who were unwillingly assembled under a sociopolitical umbrella called Nigeria. Nigerian English has helped capture our worldviews as a people. How would we have explained phenomena such as “go-slow”, “bean cake” (akara), “well done” and many more, if not for the creative affordances of the Nigerian English. Would I also have called my mum’s elder sister my aunt as the standard British English dictates? Thanks to Nigerian English that allows the compound noun “big…