The Nigerian Observer is a daily newspaper published in Benin City, Edo State, Nigeria.

[2] In 1973, a correspondent for The Nigerian Observer wrote an article about an impending teacher's strike in Rivers State, which was published on 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.

[4] During the administration of President Shehu Shagari (1979–83), the newspaper was subject to harassment by the police, with staff being detained and the premises shut, as were other papers belonging to state governments controlled by opposition parties.

[6] On 22 July 1993, the administration of General Ibrahim Babangida banned The Nigerian Observer, as well as the National Concord, The Punch and the Daily Sketch.