The Punch The Punch bụ akwụkwọ akụkọ Naijiria ebipụtara ụbọchị hiwere na 1971. Ọ bụ James Aboderin bụ onye ndekọ ego na Sam Amuka bụ onye odeakụkọ na onye nchịkọta akụkọ na Daily Times nke Nigeria tọrọ ntọala The Punch feet. Amuka ghọrọ onye nchịkọta akụkọ mbụ nke Sunday Punch . Na Nọvemba 1976, afọ ole na ole ka e bipụtasịrị mbipụta mbụ nke Sunday ya, mmadụ abụọ ahụ malitere ibi akwụkwọ akụkọ ha kwa ụbọchị. Ma mbipụta abụọ a mere ka amara obibia ozi akuko ndọrọndo ọchịchị, na ijikọta nke na-elekọta mmadụ ihe na-adị kwa ụbọchị na ndọrọ ndọro ọchịchị. Akwụkwọ akụkọ ahụ na-akwado onwe ya site n'ịbanye n'ime okwu sara mbara nke na-amasị ọtụtụ mmadụ. Ayo Olutokun na Dele Seteolu, "The Media and Democratic Rule in Nigeria", Development Policy Management Network Bulletin, Vol. XIII, N° 3, Septemba 2001. Adigun Agbaje, "Freedom of Press and Party Politics in Nigeria: Precepts, Retrospect and Prospects", African Affairs, Vol. 89, Nke 355, Eprel 1990. Binniyat, Luka; Akinboade, Laide (20 March 2012).