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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]
This tradition firmly established newspapers as a means to advocate for political reform and accountability, roles they continue to fulfill in Nigeria today. Until the 1990s, most publications were government-owned, but private papers such as the Daily Trust , Next , Nigerian Tribune , The Punch , Vanguard and the Guardian continued to expose ...
Armed men attacked remote villages in northcentral Nigeria, killing at least a dozen villagers during a late-night raid, authorities said Tuesday. The local Punch newspaper cited witnesses as ...
The Punch newspaper is the most widely read newspaper in Nigeria. [1] He established The Punch with the founder of Vanguard newspaper, Sam Amuka-Pemu, on 1 November 1976. [2] [3] He was a lover of arts and a patron of the Performing Musicians Association of Nigeria.
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]
Pages in category "Daily newspapers published in Nigeria" The following 35 pages are in this category, out of 35 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
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 ...
Oluwatoyosi Ogunseye is a Nigerian journalist, and as of August 2023, [1] the President & CEO of the Presidential Precinct.She formerly served as the head of language services (West Africa) at BBC World Service [2] [3] and was the first female Sunday editor of The Punch Newspaper.