3 Issue 36, July 2021 Abstract: The concept of alternative dispute resolution (ADR) has largely been under explored from the linguistic lens, particularly in the Nigerian context. This study thus provides a schol- arly intervention in this regard. Drawing insights from Brown and Levinson’s face theory, four randomly sampled recordings of Ìgbìmo Ìpètù, an alternative dispute resolution television pro- gramme on the Ekiti State Television (EKTV) in southwestern Nigeria was analysed in this study. Focus was placed on the face acts as well as their pragmatic functions in the programme. Findings revealed that bald on-record face-threatening acts (FTA), bald off-record FTA and positive face acts characterized the discursive interaction of participants on the programme. While bald on- record and off-record FTAs were deployed by the panel to criticize and condemn actions consid- ered unsavory on the part of complainants and the accused, complainants and accused persons deployed on-record FTAs to protest/redress the panel’s decisions found unacceptable. The panel used positive face acts as a general principle in the interaction, particularly with cooperative ac- cused persons, while accused persons deployed positive face acts to negotiate the discursive in- teraction and for face-damage repair. Keywords: Alternative dispute resolution, dis- pute and media, face acts. Nigeria: Face acts in alternative dispute resolution television program. The case of Ìgbìmo Ìpètù Temitope Michael AJAYI Oluwatosin AJAYI Rahidat Temitope FASHINA Temitope Michael AJAYI Department of Linguistics and African Languages, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria E-mail: michealtemitope@yahoo.com Oluwatosin AJAYI Department of Linguistics and African Languages, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria E-mail: bussydam01@gmail.com Rahidat Temitope FASHINA Department of Linguistics and African Languages, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria E-mail: fashinarashidat@gmail.com Conflict Studies Quarterly Issue 36, July 2021, pp. 3–21 DOI: 10.24193/csq.36.1 Published First Online: 05 July /2021