English for Today by Ganiu Abisoye Bamgbose (Dr GAB)
ENGLISH WORDS WITH NEW MEANINGS IN NIGERIA
No one doubted her because the reason for her action is not ~far-fetched~ (Popular Nigerian English).
No one doubted her because the reason for her action is *obvious* (Standard English).
If you describe a story or idea as far-fetched, you are criticising it because you think it is unlikely to be true or practical. So when you say a reason is not far-fetched, you mean it is believable, not obvious.
The police shot ~sporadically~ at the criminals that we could hear gunshot for over ten minutes (Popular Nigerian English).
The police shot *repeatedly/continuously* at the criminals that we could hear gunshot for over ten minutes.
In Standard English, sporadically means in a manner that occurs at irregular points in time; intermittently, not continuously:
The fighting started in the evening and continued *sporadically* into the next day. ✅
GAB
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