PUNCH@50: Celebrating five decades of news, memories
It is celebration galore as PUNCH Nigeria Limited, publishers of the most widely read The PUNCH, Saturday PUNCH, Sunday PUNCH and PUNCH Online clocks 50.
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It is celebration galore as PUNCH Nigeria Limited, publishers of the most widely read The PUNCH, Saturday PUNCH, Sunday PUNCH and PUNCH Online clocks 50.
In spite of states drifting towards it, in spite of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, including state police in its manifesto, and in spite of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu being one of the most notable champions of it, the idea is still something of anathema.
Miyetti Allah may have been motivated more by group self-interest but the dalliance with the police and public response are not an accident.
It’s the story of the launch of a nomadic vigilante service by Miyetti Allah, a group of herders turned political pressure group, comprising mostly Fulani.
The report was treated like a footnote in the main press, but social media and online news platforms gave it a wider play.