Nigerian Observer Nigerian Observer The Nigerian Observer is a daily newspaper published in Benin City, Edo State, Nigeria. It has been published since 29 May 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
Nigerian Americans hat). In the Igbo tradition, the men's cultural attire is "Isiagu" (a patterned shirt), which is worn with trousers and the traditional Igbo men's hat called "Okpu Agwu". The women wear a puffed sleeved blouse, two wrappers and a headwrap. Hausa men wear "barbarigas" or "kaftans" (long flowing gowns) with tall decorated hats. The women wear wrappers and shirts and cover their heads with "hijabs" (veils). Among Nigerian Americans, traditional Nigerian attire remains very popular. However, because the fabric is often hard to acquire outside of Nigeria, traditional attire is not worn on an everyday basis but rather, reserved for