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The Punch is a Nigerian daily newspaper founded on August 8, 1970. Punch Nigeria Limited is registered under the Companies Act of 1968 to publish newspapers, magazines and other periodicals. The newspaper's aim is said to be to "inform, educate and entertain Nigerians and the world at large." [2] [3] [4]
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He was a Daily Times of Nigeria editor and the first editor of the Sunday Punch before he established The Punch with his friend, the late Olu Aboderin, in 1971. [6] He later established Vanguard Newspaper in 1983 with three other Nigerian columnists. [7] Amuka was described as a "Gentleman of the Press" by President Muhammadu Buhari on his 80th ...
Channels Television is a Nigerian independent 24-hour news and media television channel based in Lagos, Nigeria.The parent company, Channels Incorporated, was founded in 1992, a year before the Nigerian government deregulated the broadcast media.
After Nigeria gained independence in the 1960s, while many publications were under government control, privately-owned newspapers such as the Nigerian Tribune, The Punch, Vanguard, and The Guardian continued to report on corruption in public and private sectors despite government censorship. [3]
Olu Aboderin (3 September 1934 – 28 February 1984) was a Nigerian newspaper publisher who was a co-founder of The Punch of Nigeria and was the president of the Newspaper Proprietors’ Association of Nigeria until his death in 1984. He was also a trained accountant who left the National Bank of Nigeria as its chief accountant.
In April 2022, Omokri received the Business Influencer of the Year award in the Business Insider Africa awards from Business Insider, an American financial and business news website, after securing 74.67% of over 200,000 votes. He was congratulated by former Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan, and former Vice President Atiku Abubakar. [26] [27]
Unlike The Punch, it focuses on business content rather than on what the editor of The Punch refers to as "appeal to the working classes". [11] The Guardian claims to be read by the most educated section of the elite, while The Punch can be understood by anyone with basic literacy. Other Nigerian papers fall between these extremes. [12]