Keyword : Newspaper coverage, Corruption and insecurity, Buhari administration, The Punch, The Nation, Comparative analysis
Author(s) : Colnel Ogwumerum Eke; Prof. F.A. Amadi; Prof. B.G. Nsereka & Dr. D. Harcourt Whyte
Abstract :
This study comparatively analysed The Nation’s and The Punch’s coverage of corruption and insecurity during President Buhari’s Administration between May 29, 2015 and December 31, 2022. To accomplish that objective, the study adopted the content analysis technique of investigation. The population of the study consisted of the daily editions of The Nation and The Punch newspapers from May 29, 2015, to December 31, 2022, totalling 5548 editions (2774 editions of The Nation and 2774 editions of The Punch. The period studied represented the time from which President Buhari assumed office as president to a time near the end of his regime as specified for this research. The sample for the study consisted of only editorials of the daily editions of the two papers under Buhari's administration within the time frame. The size of the sample arrived at 157 editorials (76 editorials from The Nation and 81 editorials from The Punch), using the purposive sampling technique. The instruments used were a coding sheet for data gathering and a coding guide for guiding coders. The three supervisors subjected the instrument to face and content validation while for the reliability of the instruments, Holsti's Intercoder Reliability Test was employed from which an acceptable reliability co-efficient of 0.85 was obtained. The quantitative data were analyzed using percentages while the qualitative data were presented textually. Findings showed among other things, that while The Nation’s editorials failed to trace a direct connection between corruption and insecurity, The Punch’s editorials established a nexus between corruption and insecurity in President Buhari’s administration. The work concluded that The Punch is comparatively more socially responsible than The Nation with regards to the two papers’ treatments of President Buhari’s handling of corruption and insecurity in their editorials. It was, therefore, recommended among other things, that newspapers should always ensure that they render an accurate interpretation of the relationship between variables in society. Society looks up to the press to help make sense of the world. The press should live up to this journalistic mission and not fall short of its social responsibility
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