ECAS 2013 5 th European Conference on African Studies African Dynamics in a Multipolar World ©2014 Centro de Estudos Internacionais do Instituto Universitário de Lisboa (ISCTE-IUL) ISBN: 978-989-732-364-5 TAKING OFFENCE WITH NO OFFENCE: RELEVANCE OF TIME AND PLACE/SPACE WITHIN NIGERIA'S STAND-UP COMEDY Izuu Nwankwọ E. Department of English Gombe State University, Gombe izuunwankwo@hotmail.com