The Nigerian Observer

The Nigerian Observer
niuz-pepa
Inception1968 Chenj-am
TitoThe Nigerian Observer Chenj-am
KontriNaija Chenj-am
Headquarters locationBenin City Chenj-am
PublisherBendel Newspapers Company Limited Chenj-am
Language of work or nameEnglish langwej Chenj-am
Official websitehttp://nigerianobservernews.com Chenj-am

The Nigerian Observer na evri day niuz-pepa wey dem dey poblish for Benin City, Edo Stet, Naija. Dem don dey poblish di niuz-pepa sins 29 May 1968.[1] Di pipul wey dey run am, Bendel Newspapers Company Limited, na di Edo Stet Govamet get am.[2]

For 1973, one ripota for The Nigerian Observer kom rait one tori abaut tisha wey wan strike for Rivers Stet. E hapun sey na di day Governor Alfred Diete-Spiff wan do e biday di tori kom out. Di govno si di tin as insot, di govno hasitans Ralph Iwowari kon shave di ripota head for poblik an flog am with cane 24 times. Na di forma Bendel Stet wey dey leta komot Efo Stet from dey kontro The Nigerian Observer dat time. Anoda niuz-pepa wey dey Rivers Stet wey bi The Tide no gri tok abaut di fight with di tisha.

Wen Shehu Shagari bin dey rule (1979-83), police bin dey harass pipo-dem wey dey work for di niuz-pepa. Dem go dey arrest dem an lock up dia office. Even some oda papers wen opposition party dey control, dem go harass dem too.[3] For 1989, becos of wahala with moni, di niuz-pepa con close for some time.[4] For 22 July 1993, General Ibrahim Babangida con ban The Nigerian Observer plus some oda pepas like National Concord, The Punch an The Daily Sketch.[5]

Wen dem analyse The Nigerian Observer and oda Naija papers wey dem publish for 1999, dem talk say e no too dey sell, and e get small adverts wen just dey take 15% of space wey e get, compared to 50% wey typical North American paper go get. Most of di adverts na government notice; di paper no dey make enough money coupled with di scarcity of newsprint and dis no allow dem to cover many things or do investigative journalism.[6]

Wia dem gada d tori

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  1. ↑ "Contact Us". The Nigerian Observer. Archived from the original on 22 September 2008. Retrieved 19 August 2008.
  2. ↑ "Nigerian Newspapers on the Internet". Stanford University. Archived from the original on 2010-11-04. Retrieved 2011-05-13.
  3. ↑ Osaghae, Eghosa E. (1998). Crippled Giant: Nigeria Since Independence. Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press. p. 133. ISBN 0-253-21197-2.
  4. ↑ Faringer, Gunilla L. (1991). Press Freedom in Africa. New York: Praeger. p. 32. ISBN 0-275-93771-2.
  5. ↑ Jeter, James Phillip; Rampal, Kuldip R.; Cambridge, Vibert C.; Pratt, Cornelius B. (1996). International Afro Mass Media: A Reference Guide. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press. p. 30. ISBN 0-313-28400-8.
  6. ↑ Marcus, Judith T., ed. (1999). Surviving the Twentieth Century: Social Philosophy from the Frankfurt School to the Columbia Faculty Seminars. New Brunswick, New Jersey: Transaction Publishers. p. 189. ISBN 1-56000-352-9.