The Punch

**The Punch** jaridar kullum ta Najeriya ce da aka kafa a ranar 8 ga Agusta, 1970. Punch Nigeria Limited an yi rajistar ta a ƙarƙashin Dokar Kamfanoni ta 1968 domin buga jaridu, mujallu da sauran jaridu. An ce manufar jaridar ita ce "ta sanar, ta ilmantar da kuma ta nishadantar da 'yan Najeriya da duniya baki ɗaya."

## Tarihi
*The Punch* an kafa ta ne ta James Aboderin, mai lissafi, da Sam Amuka, masanin rubutu da editan jaridar *[[Daily Times of Nigeria]]*. Amuka ya zama editan farko na *Sunday Punch*. A watan Nuwamba 1976, shekaru kaɗan bayan buga na farko na ɓangaren Lahadi, waɗannan biyu sun fara buga jaridar kullum mai suna Punch. Dukkanin waɗannan ɓangarorin an tsara su ne don su nuna tsari mai kyau na babu son zuciya wajen rahoton labarai, suna haɗa hotuna na abubuwan zamantakewa tare da labaran siyasa na yau da kullum. Jaridar tana tsaye kanta ta hanyar zurfafawa cikin manyan batutuwa da ke jan hankali da dama daga cikin mutane.

Amma, a lokacin ƙarshen Jamhuriyar Biyu, bukatun siyasa sun haifar da sabani ga ainihin manufofinta. Aboderin da Amuka sun rabu saboda wani ɓangare na sabani na siyasa. Aboderin ya samu goyon bayan abokin adawarsa na baya, M. K. O. Abiola, bayan wanda ya bar NPN. Jaridar ta fara ɗaukar ɓangaren siyasa, yawanci a kan gwamnatin Shehu Shagari. An yi zaton, kwanaki kafin faɗuwar gwamnatin a cikin juyin mulkin Najeriya na 1983, wasu editocin *Punch* sun san game da juyin mulkin da ke zuwa kuma sun yi rubutu tare da muryar su da ke ƙin goyon bayan gwamnati.

## Yancin Jarida
*The Punch* ba ta tsira daga ƙarin juyin mulki a ƙasar ba. A shekarar 1990, an kulle editanta na ta na tsawon kwanaki 54. A cikin shekarar 1993 da 1994, an rufe gidan buga jaridar bisa umarnin shugabancin sojojin ƙasar.

## Kamfanin
Punch Nigeria Limited an yi rajistar ta a ranar 8 ga Agusta, 1970, ƙarƙashin Dokar Kamfanoni ta 1968 domin buga jaridu, mujallu, da sauran jaridu masu amfani ga jama'a. An tsara ta don gudanar da aikin da ya shafi harkokin kafofin watsa labarai guda uku: sanarwa, ilmantarwa, da nishadantar da 'yan Najeriya da duniya baki ɗaya. Kamfanin yana da kwamitin gudanarwa, wanda shine mafi girman hukumar yanke shawara na kamfanin.

A shekarar 1971, kamfanin ya fara shahararrun mujallu da aka buga da *Happy Home*, mujallar da ta shafi iyali. Editan farko na ta shine Bunmi Sofola. A ranar Lahadi, 18 ga Maris, 1973, jaridar farko ta *Sunday PUNCH* ta fara buga labarai wanda Ajibade Fashina-Thomas ya tsara.

*The Punch*, jaridar kullum ta biyo baya a ranar 1 ga Nuwamba, 1976. Editan farko na ta shine Dayo Wright. Duk da haka, a cikin shekarun 1980, an sake shirya jaridun biyu.

A ranar 29 ga Afrilu, 1990, mako guda bayan wani kokarin juyin mulki a kan gwamnatin sojoji ta Ibrahim Babangida, an rufe kamfanin, wanda ya dade na wata guda yayin da Chris Mammah, mataimakin editan jaridar, ya shude tsawon kwanaki 54. A cikin Yuli 1993, gwamnatin sojoji ta sake rufe ofishin kamfanin bisa umarnin Dokar No 48 ta 1993 kuma ta haramta dukkan jaridun sa daga yawo a ƙasar. Rufe wannan jaridar ya biyo bayan rikicin siyasa da ya biyo bayan ƙin yarda da zaben shugaban kasa na shekarar nan.

A ranar 17 ga Nuwamba na shekarar, umarnin haramta jaridun an soke ta ta hanyar Dokar No 115 ta 1993. Wannan dokar za ta kasance an soke ta a ranar 24 ga Yuli, 1994, wanda hakan ya haifar da haramta dukkan jaridun *Punch* ciki har da *Toplife*, wanda aka dawo dashi da aka buga a matsayin mujallar mako-mako a lokacin. Bola Bolawole, editan *Punch* a lokacin, an kama shi na kwanaki uku a ofishin sa a tsohuwar hedkwatar kamfanin. A lokacin rufewar, gwamnati ta watsar da umarnin kotu da ta umurci ta da ta bar ofishin kamfanin da kuma bayar da adadin ₦25 miliyan da ₦100,000 ga kamfanin da Bolawole. Ba a yi shekara ta 1 ga Oktoba, 1995 ba, lokacin da gwamnati ta soke haramcin buga wannan jaridar ta hanyar watsa labarai na ranar kasa daga Sani Abacha a lokacin soja.

## Mafi karatu jarida
Daga 1998 zuwa 1999, Hukumar Bincike da Talla (RMS) Lagos ta gudanar da bincike masu zaman kansu inda aka jera *The Punch* a matsayin mafi karatu jarida. 

## Bugun Punch: Goss Community
A karshen 1990, *The Punch* ta fitar da wani shahararren shahararren shahararren shahararren shahararren mai taken *The Punch: Goss Community*. Wannan bincike yana mai da hankali kan martabar jaridun da kuma ma'anar labarai ga al'umma. Wannan shahararren shahararren ya shahara sosai a tsakanin matasa, wanda ke kawo sabbin ra'ayoyi da ma'anar labarai. Wannan shahararren ya zama wata hanya ta samarda sabon haske game da al'amuran yau da kullum ga 'yan Najeriya.

## Hanyoyin sadarwa
*The Punch* yana da shafukan sada zumunta da dama, ciki har da Facebook, Twitter, da Instagram.

## Hanyoyin da suka shafi
* The Punch
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* Nisha
* Wasanni
* Kasuwanci
* Ra'ayoyi

## Manazarta