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Pros, cons of amended NIMC Act By Punch Editorial Board on July 30, 2026 – Recommended Nigerian Newspaper Report 58

NINETEEN years after the enactment of the National Identity Management Commission Act, Nigeria has taken a significant step towards unifying its fragmented identity ecosystem. With President Bola Tinubu’s signing of the amended NIMC Act on June 26, the commission now has a broader legal mandate to harmonise identity records of Nigerians, strengthen digital authentication and curb identity theft.

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Dark recollections of Abacha’s terror regime By Punch Editorial Board on July 31, 2026 – Recommended Nigerian Newspaper Report 57

NIGERIA must never endure another Sani Abacha.

That is the stark warning contained in the memoir, DSS @40: My Journey Behind the Shield, by former Department of State Services officer Dennis Amachree. The book once again casts a harsh light on the brutal dictatorship of former Head of State, Sani Abacha, from November 1993 until his death in June 1998.

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Probe Habila’s death By Punch Editorial Board on July 31, 2026 – Recommended Nigerian Newspaper Report 56

EVERY death diminishes the rest of humanity. The unfortunate death of a 26-year-old nurse, Mary Habila, and the controversies surrounding it have further cast Nigeria as a country where matters of life and death are not particularly taken seriously.

The incident called for swift investigations. But more than one month after it, there is still no clear resolution on the cause of death. This is disturbing.

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State police: More details, please By Punch Editorial Board on August 14, 2026 – Recommended Nigerian Newspaper Report 55

AFTER decades of indecision, Nigeria finally appears ready to embrace state police.

Despite its potential to advance true federalism and its obvious advantage as a more responsive security arrangement in a volatile, multi-ethnic environment like Nigeria, successive administrations have repeatedly dithered over this crucial reform.

Against this background, President Bola Tinubu’s proposal for a decentralised policing system is welcome. It is, in many respects, a child of necessity.

Opponents of state police focus heavily on one legitimate concern: the possibility of abuse by state governors. Without stringent safeguards, that fear is justified.

Continue reading State police: More details, please By Punch Editorial Board on August 14, 2026 – Recommended Nigerian Newspaper Report 55

Single 6-year tenure, dangerous idea By Punch Editorial Board on June 23, 2026 – Recommended Nigerian Newspaper Report 54

IN Africa, despotism begins with little, innocuous steps like changing term limits midstream. So, a proposed bill by Opeyemi Bamidele for a single six-year term for the President and governors in the 11th National Assembly might seem altruistic at the moment. But in a country which once witnessed a scheme for a third term and where democracy is very weak, this is a dangerous idea.

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Operation Safe Corridor: Matawalle’s defeatist solution By Punch Editorial Board on June 25, 2026 – Recommended Nigerian Newspaper Report 53

PART of the reason terrorism has endured in Nigeria is the mindset of some government officials. Instead of projecting resolve, they often speak the language of appeasement, resignation, or outright helplessness.

Continue reading Operation Safe Corridor: Matawalle’s defeatist solution By Punch Editorial Board on June 25, 2026 – Recommended Nigerian Newspaper Report 53