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 Defence Academy Nigerian Defence Academy The Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA) at Kaduna is the first of two Military universities in Nigeria. Nigerian Army University, established in 2018, in Biu, Borno State is the other military university. Duration of training at the Nigerian Defence Academy is 5 years, which include 4 years of academic studies and 1 year of military training. The NDA was established in January 1964 as a reformation of the British run "Royal Military Forces Training College" (RMFTC), which had been renamed the Nigerian Military Training College (NMTC) on independence. The military institution trains the officer corps of the Nigerian