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 English into the dialect and have a unique meaning. The examples below of prominent Nigerian English loanwords are provided by Grace Ebunlola: ""agbada:" a kind of flowing dress for men, especially among the Yoruba: ‘Chief Ogini wore agbada to the wedding ceremony.’ "babanriga:" a kind of long, loose dress for men, especially among the Hausas: ‘I really like your babanriga.’ "akara:" an item of food, also referred to as ‘bean cake’ "akamu pap:" a kind of corn porridge: ‘This morning I ate akara and akamu.’ "akpu, banga, eba, egusi, ogbono, tuwo": ‘soup’ (in various Nigerian languages), as in: ‘Anytime I eat