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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

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

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

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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What next after US terror financiers list? By Punch Editorial Board on July 6, 2026 – Recommended Nigerian Newspaper Report 65

IF the available evidence is any guide, foreign governments seem to have more resolve than the Nigerian authorities in confronting terrorism on Nigerian soil.

Foreign intelligence services identify terror financiers, provide actionable intelligence and, in some instances, even participate in eliminating high-value terrorist targets. Yet Nigeria’s response too often appears hesitant, inconsistent or altogether absent.

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Joshua Ibanga: The unending scourge of police brutality By Punch Editorial Board on July 7, 2026 – Recommended Nigerian Newspaper Report 64

THE Delta State Police Command is in the news again, and for all the wrong reasons. Once more, officers are accused of taking a human life with chilling brutality.

This time, the victim is Joshua Ibanga, popularly known as Amadi. He was allegedly chased into a river and stoned to death, a killing so barbaric that it belongs in the annals of mob justice, not in the conduct of officers sworn to uphold the law.

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Nigeria’s soaring childbirth costs By Punch Editorial Board on July 19, 2026 – Recommended Nigerian Newspaper Report 63

NOTHING exposes the deepening crisis in Nigeria’s healthcare system more painfully than the soaring cost of childbirth. Across the country, couples who should be celebrating the arrival of a new baby are instead plunged into financial distress.

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