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Nigerian Observer Newspaper Information

The Nigerian Observer is a daily newspaper published in Benin City, Edo State, Nigeria. It has been published since May 29, 1968. The publisher, Bendel Newspapers Company Limited, is owned by the Edo State Government.

In 1973, a correspondent for the Nigerian Observer wrote an article about an impending teacher's strike in Rivers State, which was published on the Governor Alfred Diete-Spiff's birthday. Taking this as a deliberate insult, Diete-Spiff's aide Ralph Iwowari had the reporter's head publicly shaved and had him beaten with 24 lashes of a cane. At that time the Nigerian Observer was owned by Bendel State, the predecessor of Edo State. The Rivers State newspaper the Nigerian Tide did not mention the conflict with the teachers.