Ummulkhairi: Stop jungle justice now! By Punch Editorial Board on June 28, 2026 – Recommended Nigerian Newspaper Report 69

Ummulkhairi: Stop jungle justice now! By Punch Editorial Board on June 28, 2026 – Recommended Nigerian Newspaper Report 69

IT has become frighteningly easy to kill a human being on the streets of Nigeria. A rumour, a shout, or a baseless accusation is all that’s needed. A crowd gathers. Fists fly. Stones rain down. Tyres appear. Petrol is fetched, a match struck, and within minutes, a fellow citizen, whose life is protected under Section 33 of Nigeria’s Constitution, is reduced to a charred corpse.

No investigation. No evidence. No defence. No trial. Only death!

This is not justice. It is murder. It must stop now.

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Obi wrong on negotiation with terrorists By Punch Editorial Board on June 30, 2026 – Recommended Nigerian Newspaper Report 68

Obi wrong on negotiation with terrorists By Punch Editorial Board on June 30, 2026 – Recommended Nigerian Newspaper Report 68

IT is shocking that, despite the unspeakable atrocities committed by terrorists and bandits across Nigeria, some political leaders and opinion moulders still advocate negotiation, amnesty and reconciliation with mass murderers. This is wrong, dangerous and morally indefensible.

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Almajiri Commission: Stop this budgeting absurdity By Punch Editorial Board on July 13, 2026 – Recommended Nigerian Newspaper Report 67

Almajiri Commission: Stop this budgeting absurdity By Punch Editorial Board on July 13, 2026 – Recommended Nigerian Newspaper Report 67

IF anyone still doubted that Nigeria’s budgeting process has descended into institutional absurdity, the 2026 budget of the National Commission for Almajiri and Out-of-School Children Education should end the debate.

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Tinubu, cancel WAEC verification fees By Punch Editorial Board on September 9, 2026 – Recommended Nigerian Newspaper Report 66

Tinubu, cancel WAEC verification fees By Punch Editorial Board on September 9, 2026 – Recommended Nigerian Newspaper Report 66

IN yet another controversial policy announced within three months, the West African Examinations Council and the National Examinations Council have introduced a one-off ₦4,000 result verification fee for students seeking admission into tertiary institutions with their O’Level results. The government must cancel it.

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Moses Agosu Wins 2026 F.A.S.T Accelerator Graduates Inaugural Competition

Moses Agosu of fashion brand MAK has emerged the overall winner of the 2026 F.A.S.T Accelerator pitch competition as the program graduated its inaugural cohort with the top prize of ₦500,000 awarded at the British Council, which held in Lagos.

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Nigerian Public Alert 89: FG Launches National Textbook Ranking System To Transform Learning Quality In Nigerian Schools

Nigerian Public Alert 89: The Honourable Minister of Education, Dr. Maruf Tunji Alausa, CON, has announced the Federal Government’s approval of the National Textbook Ranking System (NTRS), a landmark reform designed to raise the quality of education by ensuring that only rigorously evaluated, nationally ranked and approved textbooks are used in public primary, junior secondary and senior secondary schools across Nigeria from September 2026.

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