Keyword : Herders-Farmers, Crises, Newspaper coverage
Author(s) : Latifah Efua Anavberokhai
Abstract :
The herders-farmers crisis has posed a problem to Nigeria’s national security. The media are tasked with being socially responsible by reporting such issues to provide information and place great importance on those issues by performing the agenda-settingfunction. This study focuses on the reportage of the herders’-farmers’ crises by two Nigerian dailies: The Punch and Vanguard. The objectives were to ascertain the level of coverage frequency by both newspapers, determine the prominence level of the crisis reports, identify the dominant nature of the crisis stories, and finally, detect if the newspapers' editorial policies affected the crisis reportage. Content analysis was used as the study’s research design and a total number of 182 editions was reached as the study sample size for a study period of 3 months (April – June 2021) with a coding scheme used as the study’s data collection method. The study revealed that only 138 articles were published in both newspapers throughout the study period: 79 articles in The Punch and 59 in Vanguard. The study also revealed that the coverage frequency was low as the level of coverage of the crises stood at 0.51% compared to articles on activities of bandits, kidnappers, economic development, IPOB, and so on. In regards to the level of prominence, the study showed that the herders ’-farmers’ crises were not given high prominence by the selected newspapers as the majority of the published articles appeared on the inside pages. The dominant nature of published articles was straight news stories as revealed in the study. Finally, the reportage of the crises was objective by both newspapers despite their editorial policies. This shows that the newspaper coverage of the herders’-farmers’ crises is low and needs to be worked on. The study recommends that the frequency of coverage should be heightened carefully, the press should engage in more investigative reportage, the press should also focus on developmental stories, and finally, prominence should be given to the crises.
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