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Nwakpu, Ekwutosi Sanita, Valentine Okwudilichukwu Ezema, and Jude Nwakpoke Ogbodo. "Nigeria media framing of coronavirus pandemic and audience response." Health Promotion Perspectives 10, no. 3 (July 12, 2020): 192–99. http://dx.doi.org/10.34172/hpp.2020.32.
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Background: Part of the role of the media is to report any issue affecting the society to the masses. Coronavirus has become an issue of transnational concern. The importance of the media in the coverage of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Nigeria and its implications among Nigerian populace cannot be overestimated. This study evaluates how Nigerian media depict the coronavirus pandemic and how the depictions shape people’s perception and response to the pandemic. Methods: The study employed a quantitative design (newspaper content analysis and questionnaire). The content analysis examines the nature of media coverage of coronavirus in Nigeria and China using four major national newspapers (The Sun, The Vanguard, The Guardian and The Punch). The period of study ranged from January 2020 to March 2020. A total of 1070newspaper items on coronavirus outbreak were identified across the four newspapers and content-analysed. Results: The finding shows that the coverage of the pandemic was dominated by straight news reports accounting for 763 or (71.3%) of all analysed items. This was followed by opinions 169(15.8%), features 120 (11.2%) and editorials 18 (1.7%) respectively. The Punch 309 (28.9%)reported the outbreak more frequently than The Sun 266 (24.9%), The Guardian 258 (24.1%), and Vanguard 237 (22.1%). Finding further suggests that the framing pattern adopted by the newspapers helped Nigerians to take precautionary measures. Conclusion: Continuous reportage of COVID-19 has proved effective in creating awareness about safety and preventive measures thereby helping to ‘flatten the curve’ and contain the spread of the virus. However, the newspapers should avoid creating fear/panic in reporting the pandemic.
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Alfred, Bukola. "Constructing Ideology through Modality in Newspaper Editorials on Security Challenges in Nigeria." Linguistik Online 108, no. 3 (May 7, 2021): 3–18. http://dx.doi.org/10.13092/lo.108.7783.
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This paper explores Nigerian media’s deployment of modality on editorials on security challenges in Nigeria. The study examines how such impress on the ideological position of the media on the security issues in Nigeria. The study relates to how well Nigerian newspaper organisations attempted to reveal or mask security cases across different regions of the country through modal options. The editorials were sourced from The Punch and The Guardian (South-Western region), Vanguard and The Sun (East) and Leadership and Daily Trust (Northern Region) between 2014 and 2016. The frequencies and percentages of occurrences of these modality markers were examined and their implications were interpreted to reflect the attitudes and dispositions of the newspapers to security issues. Our findings show that the six newspapers expressed unbiased concerns over the Boko-Haram Insurgency whether or not the newspaper is situated in the northern region. However, the fact that certain security issues emanated from particular regions also prompted the kinds of modal markers employed by specific newspapers representing such regions. The Sun’s choices of modal indirectly expressed support for their plights and protests of the pro-Biafra agitators. The Punch’s choices of modal verbs portrayed President Buhari as sharing some ethnic affinity with herders.
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Udenze, Silas, Barth Oshionebo, and Stanislaus O. Iyorza. "Media Framing of President Muhammadu Buhari’s Human Rights Abuses: a Study of The Punch, Vanguard, The Nation and Daily Trust Newspapers." Galactica Media: Journal of Media Studies 3, no. 1 (February 10, 2021): 79–102. http://dx.doi.org/10.46539/gmd.v3i1.102.
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This study explores how four Nigerian newspapers framed President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration and its human rights campaign. Using newspaper editorials published in The Punch, The Nation, Daily Trust, and Vanguard newspapers of December 2019 as the object of analysis, the paper draws on the methodological context of such framing to investigate how the selected newspapers framed the human rights situation in Nigeria. This study asserts that those newspapers’ editorials used varieties of framing methods, namely: “unrepentant dictator frame”, “resistance frame”, “indifference frame”, “warning frame”, and “sympathetic” frame to portray the government’s disposition to human rights issues. Furthermore, the paper reveals that the Nigerian media is partisan when it comes to the struggle against human rights while their positions on national issues like the fight against human rights abuse are subject to ethnic and political influences, as evident in the Daily Trust editorial. The study also revealed that editorials can be used as essential tools to curtail the excess of government, precisely, to fight against the abuse of human rights. Finally, the paper recommends that newspaper publishers should limit their editorial influences in day-to-day administration of news outlet to engender objectivity, news balance and accuracy in order not to exacerbate the socio-political situation in a multi-ethnic society such as Nigeria.
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Alfred, Bukola, and Folajimi Oyebola. "Media Perspectives on Boko Haram Insurgency and Herdsmen- Farmers’ Crises in Nigeria." Linguistik Online 95, no. 2 (June 5, 2019): 3–16. http://dx.doi.org/10.13092/lo.95.5513.
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The focus of the study is media perspectives on Boko Haram insurgency and herdsmen-farmers clashes in Nigeria. These security issues have been commented on, in Nigerian newspapers. In order to show the social attitudes of different news organisations in Nigeria to the operations of Boko Haram insurgents and nomadic herdsmen, the study analysed news editorials from The Punch and The Guardian (South-Western region), Vanguard and The Sun (East) andLeadership and Daily Trust (Northern Region). The editorials were those published in the heatof the conflicts between 2014 and 2016. The analysis focused on the representations of Agents and activities and media’s perspectives on both security issues through the analysis of process options. Our findings show that all the newspapers syntactically positioned the Boko Haram insurgents and cattle herders as Agents of destruction and death and syntactically portrayed Nigerians and farmers as the victims /affecteds of these security issues. The process options show that the newspapers did not, in any way, try to obscure the activities of these groups, rather, they decry such.
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Chiluwa, Innocent. "Media construction of socio-political crises in Nigeria." Journal of Language and Politics 10, no. 1 (June 28, 2011): 88–108. http://dx.doi.org/10.1075/jlp.10.1.05chi.
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This paper attempts to show how social and political crises are constructed, represented/mediated in the Nigerian print media news headlines. Nigeria’s leading newsmagazines and newspapers namely The News, Newswatch, Tell, The Guardian and The Punch are selected for the study. From a corpus of thirty-two news headlines being the publications of the above news media between 2000 and 2006, fifteen headlines and their overlines covering the years that marked the end of military rule and the consolidation of democratic government in Nigeria are purposively selected and analyzed within the framework of the systemic model and critical linguistics. The study shows that socio-political crises have been frequent in Nigeria and that the much anticipated recovery associated with democracy has so far eluded the country. In fact the country has witnessed more social crises, national disasters and ethnic violence in the seven years of civil government than at other times. The study also shows that news headlines — an integral part of media discourse, is an instrument for molding social actions, attitudes and perceptions and are also used as an ideological tool for social criticism. Some of the headlines however, exaggerated the crises and indeed misinformed the general public about the identities and activities of certain people as well as the state of security in Nigeria.
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Nkwam-Uwaoma, Adeline O., and Mishack Ndukwu. "Assessment of Nigerian Newspapers’ Reportage of Violence against Children: Case Study of Daily Sun and Punch National Newspapers." Advances in Social Sciences Research Journal 7, no. 12 (January 13, 2021): 704–20. http://dx.doi.org/10.14738/assrj.712.9155.
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Traditionally, child rearing in Nigeria closely reflects the “spare the rod and spoil the child” maxim and as such spanking, flogging, slapping, beating and evening starving a child as a form of punishment for wrong doing and as a method of behavior modification are common. These are not necessarily considered as maltreatment or abuse of the child. Despite the adoption and implementation of the Child Rights Act in Nigeria, violence against children seems to be on a steady increase. Stories of sexual molestation, rape, child labour, infliction of physical injuries and use of children for rituals by parents, guardians and other members of the society abound. Violence against children is considered as those acts by other persons especially adults that undermine and threaten the healthy life and existence of children or those that violet their rights as humans. In Nigeria newspapers are a major source of News, second only to radio and television in coverage, currency and content. National dailies are newspapers with daily publications and national spread or coverage. This study analyzed the frequency, length, prominence level, direction and sources of information reported on violence against children in the selected national daily newspapers. It then provided information on the role of the newspapers in Nigeria in the fight against child violence and public awareness of the impact of violence against children on development of the nation and the attempts to curtail such violence. The composite week sampling technique in which the four weeks of the month are reduced to one and a sample is randomly selected from each day of the week was used. As such 168 editions of Daily Sun and Punch newspapers published from January to December of 2016 were selected. Data were collected using code sheet and analyzed via content analysis. The result showed that the frequency of the newspapers’ reportage of violence against children in Nigeria was low. Again, it was found that the length or space given to reports on violence against children was inadequate, the direction of the few reports on violence against children was in favor of the course or fight against child violence and these newspapers gave no prominence to reports on violence against children. Finally, it was found that major source of news about violence against children was through journalism; government and individual sources provided only minimal information.
Adeline Nkwam-Uwaoma and Mishack Ndukwu
Keywords – children, Newspapers Reportage, Nigeria, Violence
Nkwam-Uwaoma is with the Department of Mass Communication , Imo State University, P.M.B. 200 Owerri , Nigeria (corresponding author, phone +2348035414973; email: nkwamuwaomaadline@yahoo.com )
Ndukwu is with Imo State University, P.M.B. 2020 Owerri, Nigeria (email: mishack.cj@gmail.com ).
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Bello, Semiu, and Lai Oso. "Newspaper Framing of Issues in the 1999 Yoruba-Hausa Inter-ethnic Conflict in Sagamu." AGOGO: Journal of Humanities 5 (February 14, 2021): 87. http://dx.doi.org/10.46881/ajh.v5i0.227.
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This study examines the characterisation of issues in the 1999 Yoruba-Hausa inter-ethnic conflict in Sagamu, south-western Nigeria. The occurrence of the1999 Yoruba-Hausa conflict in Sagamu had some historical significance. It was the first inter-ethnic conflict that occurred two months after the enthronement of democracy in Nigeria in 1999. Furthermore, it was the first inter-ethnic conflict between the Yoruba and the Hausa in Sagamu community after many centuries of peaceful co-existence. Therefore, the authors investigate how four major Nigerian national newspapers, National Concord, The Guardian, The Punch and Nigerian Tribune reported and characterised issues during this conflict. The study triangulates between indepth interview and content analysis research methods for data gathering in order to unpack issues embedded in the research questions. Theoretically, the study explicates framing theory given its relationship and appropriateness to the characterisation of issues in the selected newspapers in relation to the conflict. This study finds that the largest number of the stories analysed were characterised and framed around disunity and disintegration while death and economy dominate the themes that were reported in the selected newspapers over other themes. Therefore, the study concludes that, the strategic position of a newspaper is a considerable factor that should propel journalists to place high premium on social responsibility, public service and accountability in conflict reporting.
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Gever, Celestine Verlumun. "When solution triggers more conflicts: Frames and tone of media coverage of the anti-open grazing law of Benue State, Nigeria." Media, War & Conflict 12, no. 4 (November 30, 2018): 468–82. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1750635218810908.
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This study examines the frames and tone of media coverage of the anti-open grazing law of Benue State, Nigeria. Two print media – the Punch and Leadership newspapers – as well as two broadcasting channels – Channels TV and the Nigeria Television Authority (TVA) were studied from June 2016 to November 2017. A total of 10 journalists who reported stories on the anti-open grazing law were also interviewed for the study. The result showed that most of the stories cited Benue indigenes as sources. The result also showed the dominance of horror and hope frames while the tone of framing was largely positive in support of the law. Findings also revealed that factors that influenced journalists’ framing of the conflicts range from intrinsic to extrinsic ones. The implications of these results for conflict reporting are also explored.
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Ogbonna, Sunday, Oladipupo Alaka, and Olayinka Adebogun. "Agenda- Setting Role in the Ebola Outbreak Coverage by the Punch & Guardian Newspapers in Nigeria." Caleb Journal of Social and Management Science 03, no. 01 (August 1, 2017): 7–24. http://dx.doi.org/10.26772/cjsms/2017030101.
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Ossai, Emmanuel Chiwetalu. "‘It is the antichrist. Can't you see?’ Perceptions of COVID-19 among Nigeria's Christians and the Religion—Health Debate." Studies in World Christianity 27, no. 1 (March 2021): 48–64. http://dx.doi.org/10.3366/swc.2021.0325.
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How does religion influence health? Responses to this question have shown that religious beliefs could have positive and negative effects on people's health. This paper focuses on religion's influence on how believers perceive and deal with diseases, and it aims to contribute to the debate by considering how COVID-19 was interpreted in Sub-Saharan Africa's Nigeria, which has been regarded as very religious, partly because the majority of her citizens identify as Christians or Muslims. It explores perceptions of COVID-19 in the country using data collected between March and May 2020, from (a) in-depth interviews with Christians in various states in the southern part of the country, (b) Facebook polls and (c) articles and readers' comments on the websites of Nigeria's Punch and Vanguard Newspapers. The findings corroborate the notion that (a) religion could have a negative influence on people's views about, and responses to, diseases, and that (b) religious organisations could serve as helpful partners in the fight against diseases. However, the data also demonstrate how the religious responses occurred within a context of political failure, which, in turn, is a major threat to public health in Nigeria. This suggests that to understand and successfully deal with the negative religious and cultural views about diseases in societies where such unhelpful relationships exist, it may be useful to consider how wider political and socio-economic realities help to shape those perceptions or the preference for religious sources of interpretation and healing.
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Hassan, Isyaku, Mohd N. L. Azmi, and Usman I. Abubakar. "Framing Islam in News Reporting: A Comparative Content Analysis." Asian Social Science 13, no. 10 (September 27, 2017): 112. http://dx.doi.org/10.5539/ass.v13n10p112.
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The emergence of modern communication technology suggests that the society as a whole is now a simple hostage at the hands of the media. However, the time has come to ask whether the people are being managed, manipulated, massaged or brainwashed by the media. Media contents are unjustifiably dominated by expressions that create negative impressions of Islam. As a result, the media accentuate anti-Muslim bias and bigotry. This study aims to comparatively examine how Nigerian and Malaysian newspapers frame Islam-related events in news reporting. Using purposive sampling, Punch and Vanguard were chosen from Nigeria while The Star and New Straits Times were chosen from Malaysia based on their popularity and readership. Relevant news articles that focus upon reports about Islam or Muslims were collected from the selected newspapers using internet-based search from November 2015 until September 2016. The newspapers produced 599 different Islam-related news articles within this period. The study found that out of 599 news articles published in the selected newspapers, 228 portrayed Islam in conflict situation by using conflict frame. For the rest, 60 news articles used consequence frame, 32 used crime frame, 11 used responsibility frame, 19 used morality frame, and 249 portrayed Islam using human interest frame. Nigerian newspapers used more conflict frames in reporting Islam than Malaysian newspapers. Collective efforts of journalists, editors, and corporate ownership of the newspapers should be directed toward suppressing the negative media portrayal of Islam.
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Agboola, AbdulhameedKayode, and Ibrahim Yusuf. "INTERFACE OF SOCIAL MEDIA IN CONVENTIONAL MEDIA IN NIGERIA: AN OVERVIEW." International Journal of Research -GRANTHAALAYAH 3, no. 6 (June 30, 2015): 17–32. http://dx.doi.org/10.29121/granthaalayah.v3.i6.2015.2996.
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Technology will continue to develop and change how journalism is practice, it will bring with it new challenges and learning curves. What will not change is the public’s demand for news and information, the kind that helps them manage their personal lives and make decisions as educated citizens in the public realm. While much discussion focuses on how we read the news, technology is changing the way we report the news. The image of a reporter showing up to a scene with a pen and a pad is iconic but will soon lose to the vestiges of time. This paper argues that the Newspaper media will continue to satisfy this public demand using the new tools of technological innovation. They will expand their audiences and engage them in novel and exciting ways. Therefore, justice was done to the discussion by providing answers to the following guiding questions: In what form are social media projected / displayed in prints and electronic media? What use have they been put into? For what purpose are they being used for? These are the guiding questions that the study aims to answer in this study. The study concludes that the Nigeria media sector can now be said to be equally exploring new media to leverage on its activities. Finally, the paper recommends that other newspapers in Nigeria should emulate The Punch newspaper and Channel TV in capturing new media in their daily print and broadcast contents.
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Ibrahim, Bashir, Hamisu Hamisu Haruna, Ibrahim Bashir, and Kamariah Yunus. "The Usage of Spatial Prepositions in the Headlines of Major Nigerian Newspapers." International Journal of English Linguistics 8, no. 7 (November 27, 2018): 13. http://dx.doi.org/10.5539/ijel.v8n7p13.
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English language in Nigeria has the status as an official language that is used in local and international correspondences. One aspect of English grammar that is very hard for second language users including Nigerians to master is prepositions. Not only that English prepositions difficult, they are also the most frequently used items in newspapers that play an important role to signal political and cultural discourses. This study aims to describe the usage and communicative functions of spatial prepositions “in, on and at” in the headlines of four major Nigerian newspapers. Primarily, to achieve that the present study adopted Halliday’s Systemic Functional Linguistics. Data were collected through the analyses of 21 headlines from four selected major Nigerian newspapers. The findings revealed that Vanguard, a major Nigerian newspaper, has the highest percentage of the usage of target prepositions (26.86%), seconded by Punch (24.92%), followed by the Sun (24.27%), and lastly the lowest percentage, The Nation (23.95%). Also, it was revealed from the study that newspaper editors preferred to use preposition “at” (indicating specific location) but replaced it with preposition “in” (indicating broader location). Moreover, despite the frequent usage of preposition “in” in replacement of preposition “at”, they also preferred the forward position that expresses uncertainty compared to mid-ward and backward positions. This study concludes that people can be united ideologically especially on issues that foster nationalism through the use of newspaper headlines since newspaper headline is a new form of discourse that may initiate, sustain, and shape the political and other national agenda.
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Alawode, Sunday Olayinka, and Olufunke Oluseyi Adesanya. "Content Analysis Of 2015 Election Political Advertisments In Selected National Dailies Of Nigeria." European Scientific Journal, ESJ 12, no. 5 (February 28, 2016): 234. http://dx.doi.org/10.19044/esj.2016.v12n5p234.
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The Nigerian Press in its 156 years of existence from the Reverend Henry Townsend days has been enmeshed in politics and is in fact insoluble from it like Siamese twins. From its debut in November 23rd 1859 with “Iwe Iroyin fun Awon Ara Egba ati Yoruba” (Newspaper for the Egbas and Yorubas) the press has taken centre stage in matters affecting all spheres of individual life and collective existence including religion, education, economy and politics among others. Thenewspaper was actually noted to have educated the growing publics about history and politics of the time. The growth in media has given room for political parties to reach larger groups of constituents, and tailor their adverts to reach new demographics. Unlike the campaigns of the past, advances in media have streamlined the process, giving candidates more optionsto reach even larger group of constituents with very little physical efforts. Political advertising is a form of campaign used by political parties to reach and influence voters. It can include several different mediums and span several months over the course of a political campaign and the main aim is to sway the audience one way or the other. Political advertisements involve the use of advertising campaigns by politicians to bring their messages to the masses or the electorates in order to explain policy, inform citizens and connect people to their leaders. It is a form of campaigning by political candidates to reach and influence voters through diverse media (including web based media). Politics on the other hand has to do with activities involved in getting and using power in public life, and being able to influence decisions that affect a country or a society. Thus political advertisement in the context of this study are strategically placed information deliberately informing the populace or making public activities or personalities as well as political parties and ideologies in order to get and use power by placing such information in the newspapers. The Punch, The Guardian, Vanguard and Daily Trust were purposively selected for the study investigating prominence of political advertisements featured before, during and after the elections; contents as the pictures, logos, texts, and languages majorly used in the political advertisements; and adversarial or the slants/directions of the March 28th Presidential and April 11th 2015 Assemblies Elections.Content categories include language, logo/icon/symbols, issue/personality/event/activity, visuals/pix, size, colour, political ideology among others. The study reveals that political adverts were prominent in the newspapers during the six-month period with the dominance of full page adverts, mostly inside-page adverts, aspirant-filled pictures, PDP-dominated and coloured adverts, largely favourable and friendly adverts with rational appeal going before testimony appeals. It further shows that Punch closely followed by Guardian had the highest adverts, while PDP and APC dominated the political landscape with low presence of adversarial contents. The study recommends more ethical monitoring of political adverts as well as the de-commodification of newspaper contents.
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Egede, John, Leonard Ajah, Perpetus Ibekwe, Uzoma Agwu, Emmanuel Nwizu, and Festus Iyare. "Comparison of the Accuracy of Papanicolaou Test Cytology, Visual Inspection With Acetic Acid, and Visual Inspection With Lugol Iodine in Screening for Cervical Neoplasia in Southeast Nigeria." Journal of Global Oncology, no. 4 (December 2018): 1–9. http://dx.doi.org/10.1200/jgo.17.00127.
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Purpose This study aimed to compare the accuracy of Papanicolaou test cytology, visual inspection with 5% acetic acid (VIA), and visual inspection with Lugol iodine (VILI) in the detection of premalignant and malignant lesions of the cervix. Materials and Methods This was a cross-sectional comparative study of 200 consenting participants at the Federal Teaching Hospital, Abakaliki over a 6-month period. All the participants had Papanicolaou test cytology. Subsequently, they were classified into two groups of 100 each through systematic random sampling: group 1 had VIA and group 2 had VILI. Thereafter, all the participants had cervical punch biopsy at the 6 and 12 o’clock cervical positions. Cervical punch biopsy was also done on the suspicious lesions of the cervix irrespective of their positions. The tests of validity of the three methods were calculated using the histology of the biopsy specimen as the gold standard. P value ≤ .05 was considered to be statistically significant. Results Among the VIA group, 19 (19%) had cervical epithelial abnormalities on Papanicolaou test cytology, and VIA was positive in 14 (14%). Histology results showed cervical neoplasia in 15 (15%) of the participants. Among the VILI group, 15 (15%) had cervical epithelial abnormalities on Papanicolaou test cytology, and VILI was positive in 19 (19%). Histology results showed cervical neoplasia in 15 (15%) of the participants. There was no significant difference in overall accuracy of Papanicolaou test cytology, VIA, and VILI. The overall accuracy of the Papanicolaou test cytology plus VIA was significantly more than Papanicolaou test cytology alone. Conclusion VIA or VILI can be used as a stand-alone cervical cancer screening test when compared with Papanicolaou test cytology, particularly in resource-limited settings. VIA can also complement Papanicolaou test cytology.
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UWAOMA, NKWAM, ADELINE, OJIAKOR UMENZE, IFEOMA C, NWAMADU, and UCHECHI E. "NEWSPAPER COVERAGE OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN IN NIGERIA: A STUDY OF THE SUN, THE GUARDIAN AND THE PUNCH NEWSPAPERS." International Journal of Social Sciences and Management Review 03, no. 04 (2020): 203–19. http://dx.doi.org/10.37602/ijssmr.2020.3413.
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Osisanwo, Ayo, and Osas Iyoha. "‘We are not terrorist, we are freedom fighters’: Discourse representation of the pro-Biafra protest in selected Nigerian newspapers." Discourse & Society 31, no. 6 (July 6, 2020): 631–47. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0957926520939687.
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The recent pro-Biafra protest across Nigeria has become an important topic in the news media where it has been constructed in different ways. Existing studies on media construction of protest have examined framing, speech acts and rhetorical strategies. However, adequate attention has not been given to the discursive representation of the 2015 and 2016 pro-Biafra protest. This study therefore examined the discourse strategies and the ideological inclinations of news reports on the 2015 and 2016 Biafra protest. Van Leeuwen’s representation of social actors and Halliday’s systemic functional linguistics (SFL) serve as the theoretical underpinning of the study. Data were purposively drawn from four widely read and circulated Nigerian newspapers, The Punch, The Sun, The Vanguard and The Nation which allocate sufficient space to the coverage of the protests. The period covered was between 2015 and 2016, a period where the protest was most intense in the country. Three representational strategies which include ‘protesters as freedom fighters’, ‘protesters as economic saboteurs’ and ‘protesters as law-abiding citizens’ were discovered in the study. Ten strategies in van Leeuwen’s representation of social actors – passivisation, nomination, association, disassociation, exclusion, aggregation, functionalisation, differentiation, indetermination, collectivisation – were indexed in the representational strategies. These representations were also explicated by four processes which include material, verbal, relational and behavioural. The pro-Biafra protesters were equally represented as violent and unruly whereas the protesters construe themselves as law-abiding citizens and freedom fighters as against being treated as terrorists.
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Ilesanmi, Olayinka Stephen, and Aanuoluwapo Adeyimika Afolabi. "Six months of COVID-19 response in Nigeria: lessons, challenges, and way forward." Journal of Ideas in Health 3, Special1 (September 27, 2020): 198–200. http://dx.doi.org/10.47108/jidhealth.vol3.issspecial1.63.
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Background: The declaration of COVID-19 as a public health emergency by the World Health Organization necessitated countries across the globe to implement response and mitigation measures. We aimed to assess the Nigerian government's response following six months of detection of COVID-19 in Nigeria.
Methods: A narrative review of existing literature on the topic was done. The authors' opinion as experts supporting the COVID-19 pandemic response was included. The review and opinion were summarized, covering six months of the outbreak response in Nigeria.
Results: Contact tracing commenced after identifying the index case of COVID-19 in Nigeria but has been faced with challenges such as inadequate equipment and shortage of funds. School closure was implemented barely three weeks after detecting the index case, but the resumption of terminal classes has been announced recently. The Nigerian government implemented restrictions on gatherings involving up to 11 people after three weeks following the detection of the index case of COVID-19. The lack of enforcement and supervision of gatherings and public events made many individuals disregard the restriction measures. Lockdowns on religious gatherings and public events have been recently eased nationwide, and regulatory measures have been put in place. The Nigerian government implemented bans on international travel from all countries, especially high-risk countries. However, the existence of porous borders limited success, which could have been obtained from the travel ban.
Conclusion: COVID-19 mitigation measures should be implemented and reinforced as required nationwide and get provided the needed support.
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Dalamu, Taofeek Olaiwola, and Gbenga Ogunlusi. "Revitalizing Cultural Characteristics in Advertising in Nigeria Within a Sketch of Systemic Paradigm." Anagramas Rumbos y Sentidos de la Comunicación 19, no. 37 (September 29, 2020): 13–48. http://dx.doi.org/10.22395/angr.v19n37a2.
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This study investigated cultural pieces of advertising to indicate the ways that publicists deploy socio-cultural resources as normative channels of persuading readers to consumption. To achieve that goal, ten advertisements of financial, food, and telecommunications industries, harvested from The Punch newspaper, the Internet and erected advertising frameworks, functioned as data of analysis. After stratifying the advertisements into appropriate organizations, the terminology of ‘Below the clause’, functioned as the processing instrument. This allowed the application of graphic illustrations to account for the frequency of communicative components. The analysis revealed the employment of nominal groups (the lessons; this Eid) as playing dominant roles in the constructs, verbal groups (taste; celebrate) and prepositional phrases (from all of us at Fidelity Bank®; of commerce), also operated as stimulating structures. Although negligible, minor clause (Happy Workers’ Day; Eid Mubarak) are relevant grammatical elements of inducement. Besides anchorage and relaying functions interlocking the texts, one observed ambiguity (your work; Bae) in the Union Bank® and Wema Bank® advertisements. Connotations facilitated the communication of Mama don land and the big bottle of Coca-Cola®; the spirit of our nation and green-white-green dresses; your work and Maman Aisha; and the sacrifice of Christ with the crown of thorns. Contexts such as Yorùbá traditions, family ffairs, religious nuances, savings, and historical notions are propagated cultural endowments that influenced the advertisements’ meaning potential. As a result, the analysts might suggest that advertisers ought to consistently decorate their campaigns with cultural fortunes. Such behavior has the capacity to educate and influence readers to consumption in their various regional domains.
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Hassan, Isyaku, Mohd Nazri Latiff Azmi, and Usman Ibrahim Abubakar. "The Use of Terminology in Reporting Islam: A Comparative Analysis." International Journal of English Linguistics 7, no. 6 (October 11, 2017): 236. http://dx.doi.org/10.5539/ijel.v7n6p236.
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The use of terminology in reporting Islam has been one of the major concerns of many scholars and religious experts in recent years. Specifically, the media’s selection of words to describe Islam attracts attention of many righteous people. Words such as extremist, terrorist, militant, insurgent are mostly used to describe Muslims. This indicates the need to explore how the media particularly newspapers use terminology in reporting Islam, since people rely on the media for news and information. The present study focuses on content analysis of terminology used to describe Islam in selected Nigerian and Malaysian English newspapers. Two different divisions of sampling procedure were employed; sampling for the newspapers and sampling for related articles in the newspapers. The study used purposive sampling to gather data. Punch and Vanguard were chosen from Nigeria while The Star and New Straits Times were chosen from Malaysia based on their popularity and readership. Meanwhile, an internet-based search for news articles on Islam was performed. The aim was to locate the news articles relating to Islam in the selected newspapers. Articles between November 2015 and September 2016 were selected. Any article that focuses upon reporting Islam or Muslims fulfills the inclusion criteria. The content of each article was examined and read for relevance. The newspapers produced 599 different Islam-related articles within this period. The study found that 260 different Islam-related terms appeared in the selected newspapers. But Malaysian newspapers used more (200) of these terms than Nigerian newspapers, which used only 60. However, the most frequently used Islam-related term in the selected newspapers is “Islamist militants” which appeared 60 times, followed by “radical Islam” and “Islamist attacks”, which came second and third respectively. It was found that these words were used in negative context. It is therefore recommended that journalists should make an effort to understand clear connotation of the terminology they use, and use them properly. Newspapers should mind the use of terms in or order to avoid creating negative perception toward Islam.
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Odoemelam, Chika Ebere, Nik Norma Nik Hasan, and Adnan Hussein. "The Effects of Framing on Oil Pollution as Covered by Print Media: A Case Study of Nigerian Newspapers." Romanian Journal of Communication and Public Relations 23, no. 1 (April 1, 2021): 7. http://dx.doi.org/10.21018/rjcpr.2021.1.313.
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Incidents of oil pollution has become a reoccurring decimal over the last twenty decades in most countries of the world. The controversy over who is responsible for the massive oil pollution witnessed in some oil-producing countries globally has amplified tensions between significant stakeholders in those countries. The issue of oil pollution in Nigeria and Ghana, for instance, has caused ecosystem degradation, the devastation of means of livelihood of local communities, and the death of aquatic organisms such as fish. Our study investigated the effects of the five news frames identified by Semetko & Valkenburg (2000); responsibility, economic consequences, conflict, human interest, and morality. Through content analysis, our study analyzed 531 newspaper stories on oil pollution in Nigeria’s Niger-Delta region from 2014-2018. The results indicated that overall, the effects of the human interest frame usage were more prevalent in The Daily Sun newspaper than the other two papers, The Guardian and The Punch, within the study period. This was followed by economic consequences, responsibility, conflict, and morality frames. Also, the study revealed that the effects of the differences in the frequency of using the frames in the coverage of oil pollution in the three selected papers varied significantly.
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Ikpgegbu, Emmanuel, and Walter Ihejirika. "Newspaper Coverage of Issue-based Political Statements and Campaigns in Nigeria’s Electoral Process (November 2018 – February 2019)." Galactica Media: Journal of Media Studies 2, no. 2 (June 26, 2020): 66–86. http://dx.doi.org/10.46539/gmd.v2i2.77.
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The electoral process in Nigeria is now more dynamic than in earlier years because of the nature of competitions among politicians. In a bid to sell candidates and woo voters, political parties engage in election campaigns during which statements are made. Campaigns ought to address issues of public importance, but in some instances the comments are mere expressions of personal sentiments. The press is not just the fourth estate of the realm but also the voice of the people to report issues for voters’ enlightenment. This paper examined newspaper coverage of issue-based political statements and campaigns in Nigeria’s 2019 electoral process. Two theoretical frameworks for the study were Agenda Setting Theory and Development Media Theory. The study was both quantitative and qualitative, covering newspaper reports from two national dailies, Vanguard and The Punch. A total of 76 editions were studied using the content analysis research design, with quoted statements buttressing the argument. The data were presented with frequency tables and analysed through simple percentages. There were 116 reports on the subject in the dailies. The paper found out that while there were coverage over some national issues like restructuring, security, corruption, economy, and electricity, the greater volume of political statements were not issue-based. There is the need for the press to pay less attention on matters that would not serve to educate voters adequately. The study recommends that the press use the editorials to canvass for issue-based comments. The study also contributed to knowledge as the seminal analysis of political statements in 2019 general elections.
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Aderogba, Adeyemi. "Government Amnesty Programme and Peace Efforts in the Niger Delta Region: An Analysis of Newspapers’ Coverage." European Scientific Journal, ESJ 12, no. 20 (July 30, 2016): 26. http://dx.doi.org/10.19044/esj.2016.v12n20p26.
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Nigeria has undergone not a few crises since the country gained political independence from Great Britain in 1960. One of the current crises is the agitation of the youths of the oil-rich Niger Delta region for the control of oil and gas resources located in their region. In a bid to stem down the tide of violent activities and its attendant obstruction of the economic development of not only the region but also that of the nation at large, the government introduced what it termed "Presidential Amnesty Programme". This paper examined the newspapers' coverage of the situation in the Niger Delta region at a period considered the peak of the crisis, that is 2007 and 2009 as well as the coverage of the situation during the amnesty period (from 6th August to 4th October 2009). Content analysis was employed for this study. The study period was divided into two, that is, pre- amnesty period and amnesty period. Two popular national daily newspapers were examined, that is the Punch and the Guardian newspapers. A total number of three hundred and two copies of the two newspapers selected for the study were content analyzed. One hundred and eighty two were examined for the first period and one hundred and twenty copies were looked into for the second period. Social responsibility theory was considered relevant to the study. It was discovered that violent activities were well pronounced before the commencement of amnesty programme. 47.8 percent of the newspapers content on the region for the period was on violent activities such as vandalism of oil installations, violent attacks on oil workers and kidnappings. However, "Presidential Amnesty Programme" significantly reduced tension as well as crime in the region. Only 13 percent of all the stories published in the two newspapers during the amnesty programme were on violence. Huge numbers of the former militants (about 30,000) embraced reconciliation and rehabilitation. Amnesty programme so far has proved to be huge success.
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Akinbode, Oluwole. "A Pragmatic Analysis of Selected Obituaries In Nigerian Newspapers." AGOGO: Journal of Humanities 6 (February 15, 2021): 20. http://dx.doi.org/10.46881/ajh.v6i0.233.
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Since the inception of Pragmatics as an independent approach to meaning has independent linguistic study, the approach to meaning has encountered an enormous change. Meaning has been perceived beyond the sentence level. The aim of this paper was to do a pragmatic analysis of selected obituaries in Nigerian newspapers; Nigerian Tribune, The Nation and The Punch. These papers were purposively selected because obituaries were regularly published and publicized through them in a mournful manner and this called for a critical linguistic study by analyzing the mournful use of language with a view to finding out their effects on the decoders. The study of language has been extended significantly beyond mere description of linguistic properties to the various ways which individual communicators convey meanings in different socio-cultural contexts. The theoretical framework for this study is pragmatics. This is because pragmatics has been able to account for social meanings and give new insights to the understanding of literary texts and thus, helping in formulating strategies for the teaching and learning of language. Three Nigerian newspapers namely Nigerian Tribune, The Nation and the Punch were purposively selected for data collection. Relevant texts on obituaries were extracted from them and were critically analyzed for the purpose of this study. It was found out that relatives and friends of the deceased publicized the death of the deceased as memories and sympathy for the departed souls. It is recommended that obituaries should be used for the teaching and learning of English as a Second Language because funerals and obituaries are a significant aspect of African culture.
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Safithri, Fathiyah. "POTENSI BIJI JINTAN HITAM (NIGELLA SATIVA) DALAM REGENERASI PANKREAS SECARA ENDOGEN PADA DIABETES MELLITUS TIPE-2." Saintika Medika 13, no. 2 (December 1, 2017): 76. http://dx.doi.org/10.22219/sm.v13i2.5527.
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Penurunan massa sel-β pankreas terjadi pada sebagian besar pasien diabetes melitus tipe-II dan hal ini berlangsung secara progresif. Pankreas merupakan salah satu organ yang mempunyai kemampuan meregenerasi dirinya sendiri dalam upaya mempertahankan massa sel-β. Regenerasi dapat terjadi melalui replikasi sel-β matur, diferensiasi/ transdiferesiasi sel punca/progenitor. Keadaan resistensi insulin yang berlangsung secara kronik menyebabkan kemampuan regenerasi tersebut menurun. Biji jintan hitam (Nigella sativa) yang mengandung bioaktif thymoquinone, asam oleat, asam linoleat dan saponin berpotensi meningkatkan kemampuan regenerasi pankreas secara endogen melalui stimulasi proses replikasi sel-β, mempengaruhi niche dan mengaktivasi sel punca endogen.Kata kunci : diabetes mellitus type II, massa sel-β pankreas, regenerasi pankreas endogen, replikasi, diferensiasi, jintan hitam
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Shaibu, Hassan Husseini, harles Chinedu Onwunali, and Aisha Eniola Badeji. "COVERAGE OF CONSUMERISM IN THREE SELECTED NIGERIAN MAINSTREAM NEWSPAPERS." Caleb Journal of Social and Management Science 5, no. 2 (December 31, 2020): 128–42. http://dx.doi.org/10.26772/cjsms2020050201.
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This study examined the coverage of consumerism by three Nigerian mainstreams newspapers-The Nation, Daily Trust and Punch between July 2019 to June 2020. The study adopted content analysis as method of study and Agenda Setting theory as framework. Findings revealed a gap in the coverage of consumerism in the selected newspapers. Findings also show that the stories on consumerism were published mainly in the inside pages and on a dedicated column, which limited their prominence. The study concludes that there are gaps not just in newspaper coverage, but also in newspaper content especially as it relates to prominence given to the reportage of consumerism. Therefore, it is recommended that media should give prominence to consumerism stories so that issues bothering on consumerism can be placed on the front burners of public discourse just as the other stories that are accorded prominence. It is also recommended that print media organizations reevaluate their editorial stance and house style so as to give adequate attention to issues faced by consumers in exchange relationships. Finally, it is recommended that gatekeepers should consider creating a consumer beat in their respective print media organization, as it will ensure the reportage of more activities and foster conversations about the need for consumer protection.
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Adebayo OMOTUNDE, Samuel, and Samuel Alaba AKINWOTU. "A Functional Analysis of Passive Clauses in Selected Independence Speeches of Nigerian Heads of Government." Journal for the Study of English Linguistics 6, no. 1 (September 10, 2018): 94. http://dx.doi.org/10.5296/jsel.v6i1.13629.
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Scholarly works on political discourse have been from different perspectives but there is a dearth of work on the functional analysis of passive clauses in political speeches. Even though fragments of the general functions of the passive clause can be gleaned in some grammar books, its deployment in connected discourse has not been adequately explored. This is a gap which the current paper fills. The paper which adopts Systemic Functional Grammar (SFG), examined six purposively selected Independence Anniversary speeches of Nigerian Heads of Government from 1967 to 2016, sourced from the internet and the national dailies like “The Punch”, “The Guardian” and “The Tribune”. The paper has revealed that there are different kinds of passive clause but the short be passive is most the commonly used. Passive clauses perform six main functions in connected discourse and they are used for the purpose of foregrounding information or achieving information focus.
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Ojo, O. A., G. N. Akpa, M. Orunmuyi, and I. A. Adeyinka. "Phenotypic and genotypic variability between two Nigerian indigenous goat population." Nigerian Journal of Animal Production 45, no. 1 (December 27, 2020): 1–8. http://dx.doi.org/10.51791/njap.v45i1.374.
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In order to estimate the future breeding potential of a livestock breed, it is necessary to estimate the level of genetic diversity within the breed. Thus, this study was conducted to determine the phenotypic and genotypic variability within the West African dwarf (WAD) goats and a non-descript goat population. The WAD goats were obtained from Bodija market Ibadan, Oyo state, while the non-descript goats were obtained from the Animal Science Departmental Farm in Zaria, Kaduna State. Random collection of tissue samples was carried out on each goat population using an all flex ear punch tissue sample collector and aliquoted into plastic tubes containing the all flex preservative. DNA extraction, amplification and sequencing were carried out at the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), Nairobi, Kenya. DNA was extracted from the tissue cells using the Pure Link™ Genomic DNA-minikit according to the manufacturer's specifications and protocol and 25 microsatellite markers as recommended by FAO/ISAG were used for genotyping. Twenty three of the 25 microsatellite markers used in this analysis had four or more alleles. The mean Shannon index (I), observed (Ho) and expected heterozygosity (He) and inbreeding coefficient (Fis) for the WAD goats were 1.568, 0.584, 0.679 and 0.167, respectively. For the non-descript goats, the mean Shannon index, observed and expected heterozygosity and inbreeding coefficient (Fis) were 1.607, 0.678, 0.721 and 0.041, respectively. The microsatellite markers used in this study showed their suitability for analysis of genetic variability in this population as demonstrated by the high mean Shannon index. This study has shown that these two goat populations are significantly different phenotypically and genetically. Also, both populations showed significant deviations (P<0.01) from Hardy-Weinberg expectations.
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Guanah, Jammy, Ijeoma OBI, and Alpha Chukwuemeka GINIKACHUKWU. "Artificial Intelligence and Its Reportage in Select Nigerian Newspapers: A Content Analysis." International Journal of Language and Literary Studies 2, no. 2 (June 8, 2020): 45–61. http://dx.doi.org/10.36892/ijlls.v2i2.298.
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The emergence of Artificial Intelligence (AI) is gradually having effects in most facets of the society; and no area tends to be exempted from this AI bug. This research explored the discourses of the place of the media, especially newspapers, as the watchdogs of the society in this unfolding scenario. It was expected that the media should be at the forefront in letting citizens know its implications. The study set out to determine the volume of coverage given to news about Artificial Intelligence (AI) by The Punch, The Guardian, and Vanguard newspapers; to identify the story types through which AI stories were reported by the newspapers, and to examine if the newspapers gave prominence to AI stories. The study was anchored on the Agenda Setting Theory while Content Analysis was adopted as the research method for obtaining data from a population of 1,095 made up of the newspapers` editions from January to December 2019, and a sample size of 285 derived through the use of the Creative Research System Calculator. The study revealed that only 64 AI stories appeared in the selected newspapers throughout 2019. It also discovered that most of the stories were in photograph form, and that prominence was not given to AI stories by the newspapers. It was therefore concluded that since automation may be the future, newspapers must start to intensify in educating the public about AI through their coverage. The study recommended among other things that newspapers should give prominence to AI stories. Also, they should report AI stories with all story types, and place such stories in all the prime sections of the newspapers.
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Ononye, Chuka Fred, Olaosun Ibrahim Esan, and Ahmed Yunana. "Participant’s Roles and Cognitive Relations in Niger Delta Conflict News Discourse." SAGE Open 11, no. 2 (April 2021): 215824402110231. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/21582440211023149.
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Media studies on Niger Delta (ND) conflict discourse have largely utilized stylistic, pragmatic, and critical discourse analytical tools in exploring media representation of news actors and ideologies in news texts but have not accommodated such issues as participants’ roles and cognitive relations in the discourse. This paper analyses the contexts of ND conflict news reporting with a view to revealing not only the participant’s role relations involved, but also the lexico-semantic resources they are characterized by. Forty newspaper reports on ND conflicts (20 from four ND-based newspapers— The Tide, New Waves, The Pointer and Pioneer, and 20 from four national newspapers— The Punch, The Guardian, Vanguard and THISDAY), published between 2003 and 2009, were sampled and subjected to discourse analysis, with insights from van Dijk’s context models and aspects of relational semantics. Four types of role were identified, viz. interactional (embracing the participants in conflict), communicative (relating to the production roles), social (involving group membership), and instrumental (dealing with the entities utilized in actualizing specific goals). The cognitive foci of these roles are associated with participants’ goals and beliefs, and these inform the participants’ position and hence role in the conflict events. Linguistically, the interactional and social roles are marked by synonymous and converse lexical items, while the communicative and instrumental roles are indexed by homonymous and antonymous lexical features. The findings corroborate the fact that there is an interaction between participant roles and cognitive relations in the ND conflict events reported in Nigerian newspapers.
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Safithri, Fathiyah. "EKSTRAK NIGELLA SATIVA L MENINGKATKAN EKSPRESI HNF-4Α PADA TIKUS MODEL FIBROSIS HATI." Saintika Medika 11, no. 2 (March 22, 2017): 71. http://dx.doi.org/10.22219/sm.v11i2.4199.
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Latar Belakang : Sirosis hati merupakan stadium akhir fibrosis hati. Pasien sirosis hati yang mengonsumsi N. sativa mengalami perbaikan berupa berkurangnya udem tungkai dan ascites serta peningkatan kadar albumin serum. Peningkatan kadar albumin serum mungkin disebabkan terjadi regenerasi hepatosit melalui diferensiasi sel punca endogen menjadi hepatoblas dengan markernya berupa HNF-4α Tujuan penelitian : untuk membuktikan terjadi peningkatan ekspresi HNF-4α setelah pemberian N. sativa pada tikus yang diinduksi CCl4 Metode penelitian : ekspreimental dengan rancangan a randomized post test only control group design, menggunakan 35 ekor tikus yang dibagi menjadi lima kelompok, normal, kontrol fibrosis hati dan fibrosis hati yang mendapat terapi N. sativa dengan 3 dosis berbeda. Induksi fibrosis hati dengan injeksi CCl4 1ml/kgBB i.p tiga kali/minggu selama 8 minggu. Setelah induksi CCl4, diberikan ekstrak N. sativa p.o 1,2; 2,4; 4,8 g/kgBB selama 4 minggu. Pada akhir penelitian, tikus dimatikan, organ hati diambil untuk diamati ekspresi HNF-4α dengan immunohistokimia. Hasil penelitian dan diskusi: Pemberian ekstrak N sativa meningkatkan ekspresi HNF-4α (p<0,001) dibandingkan dengan kelompok kontrol. Ekstrak N sativa memberikan pengaruh pada ekspresi HNF-4α (p<0,001; R2=81%). Kesimpulan : Ekstrak N sativa dapat meningkatkan ekspresi HNF-4α pada tikus model fibrosis hatiKata kunci : Nigella sativa. liver fibrosis, ekspresi HNF-4α
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Ifeoma, C. Ojiakor,, O. Ihenancho, Cajethan, Nkwam-Uwaoma Adeline, and N. Dibia, Peter. "Coverage of Child Right Abuse in Nigerian Newspapers." Asian Research Journal of Arts & Social Sciences, March 30, 2019, 1–9. http://dx.doi.org/10.9734/arjass/2019/v8i430109.
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Studying and analyzing the newspaper coverage on issues of children is sine- qua non to the overall development of Nigeria because it would serve as an insight into the conditions in which our children find themselves today and a guide for preparing them to be socially and spiritually responsible in the society. This study, therefore, analyzed the manifest media contents of two major newspapers in Nigeria namely Daily Sun and Punch (January-April 2017) with a view of ascertaining the frequency, depth, direction and prominence of coverage of reports on child rights in Nigeria. Based on the findings from the content analyzed newspapers, it was discovered that the select newspapers did not give adequate coverage on child rights abuse issues in Nigeria. Both newspapers did not give prominence to the stories reported as almost all were buried in the inside pages. The study recommends that Newspapers publishers in Nigeria should train reporters that will report daily on child right abuse so as to increase the visibility of child rights reports in the media. Also, Newspapers in Nigeria should give more prominence to child right abuse cases by placing them on the front pages of their editions and publishing periodic editorials on child rights related issues.
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Abba-Aji, Mohammed, Dina Balabanova, Eleanor Hutchinson, and Martin McKee. "How Do Nigerian Newspapers Report Corruption in the Health System?" International Journal of Health Policy and Management, March 14, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.34172/ijhpm.2020.37.
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Background: Nigeria has a huge burden of corruption, with the health system especially vulnerable. The media can play a role in tackling it, by shaping the narrative around it. However, its influence depends on the extent and framing of its reporting on corruption. This paper reviews, for the first time, coverage of corruption in the health system in the Nigerian print media. Methods: The top 10, by circulation, newspapers in Nigeria were selected and searched using the LexisNexis database for articles covering corruption in the health sector over a 2-year period (2016–2018). Two newspapers are not included in the database and were searched manually. 135 articles were identified and subject to content and framing analyses. Results: The Punch newspaper had the highest number of publications focussed on corruption in the health sector. The National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) was the organization attracting most coverage, followed by the Federal Ministry of Health. Corruption in the health sector was predominantly framed as a political issue. Most coverage was episodic, focused on the details of the particular case, with much less thematic, delving into underlying causes. Corruption was most often attributed to a lack of accountability while enforcement was the most frequent solution proffered. Conclusion: This study highlights the potential role of media analyses in helping to understand how newspapers cover corruption in the health sector in Nigeria. It argues that the media has the potential to act as an agent of change for tackling corruption within the health sector.
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Oludayo, Tade, and Collins Udechukwu. "‘65 year old man rapes, impregnates own teenage daughter’: Rape Representation in Two Nigeria Newspapers." Nigerian Journal of Sociology and Anthropology 16, no. 2 (November 1, 2018). http://dx.doi.org/10.36108/njsa/8102/61(0230).
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Rape of females in Nigeria has reached a disturbing proportion. While the media has played a major role in creating awareness about rape, their representations of rape are crucial in determining post-rape responses. This study, therefore investigates newspaper coverage and representations of rape in two select newspapers in Nigeria (2012-2016). It utilizes two national dailies (The Punch and The Sun) with dedicated crime pages to understand the frequency of reportage, factors underlying low or non-reportage of rape by victims, and the dominant frame used in reporting rape. Findings show that 331 cases of rape were reported within the period with southwestern part of the country recording largest occurrence. Low or non-reporting behavior of rape by victims was affected by fear of stigma, fear of the rapist due to threats, religious sentiments, family interventions, and inability to access the media. The dominant frame utilized in reporting rape was human interest frame. The paper recommends diagnostic and prognostic frames to attract informed policies and give justice to the raped.
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Sunday, Adesina B. "Critical sociocognitive analysis of hate speech in the 2015 Nigerian presidential election campaigns." Pragmatics and Society 12, no. 1 (February 15, 2021). http://dx.doi.org/10.1075/ps.16030.sun.
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Abstract In an attempt to ensure electoral victory, politicians use different strategies. One of such is resort to hate speech to discredit the opponents. The 2015 presidential election campaigns in Nigeria witnessed unrestrained use of hate speech in different media. This paper analysed selected speeches of the campaign organisations of the two leading political parties in the election, namely the Peoples Democratic Party Presidential Campaign Organisation and the All Progressives Congress Presidential Campaign Organisation. Data were got from the speeches and advertorials of the two organisations sampled from The Nation and The Punch, published between January and March 2015. The speeches were subjected to critical sociocognitive analysis. The antecedents of the candidates became a recipe for hate speech. Propagandist and alarmist ideologies were used. Socially shared knowledge played an important role in the hate speech. Figures were used symbolically and serious attempts were made to frighten the electorate.
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Udo, Ime, and Paulinus Titus Ibanga. "Comparative Efficacy of Aqueous Extract of three Botanicals on Corn Earworm (Heliothis armigera)." Asian Journal of Agriculture and Food Sciences 7, no. 1 (February 16, 2019). http://dx.doi.org/10.24203/ajafs.v7i1.5411.
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A field research was conducted at Ikpe Annang, Essien Udim Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria between March and June, 2015 to evaluate the efficacy of aqueous extract of Azadirachta indica, Moringa oleifera and Ocimum grattissimum on corn earworm (Heliothis armigera). The experiment was laid out in split plot fitted into randomized complete block design with three replicates. Aqueous extracts of the three botanicals were applied at the rates of 0, 100, 200 and 300 l/ha weekly to study the number of punch holes on leaves and the number of cobs attacked by corn earworm at 4, 6 and 8 weeks after planting (WAP), as well as grain yield. Data collected were subjected to analysis of variance (ANOVA) and significant means compared using least significant difference (LSD) at 5% probability (p<0.05). The results from the study showed that application of A. indica and M. oleifera leaf extracts applied at 300 l/ha recorded fewer punch holes than O. grattissimum leaf extract, at different times after planting. At harvest, the application of neem leaf at 300l/ha recorded lesser number (1.49) of insect pest per cob than scent leaf (2.51) and moringa leaf (1.80) while fewer number of cobs were attacked by the insect pest. At harvest, the highest grain yield of 2.31 t/ha was recorded from maize treated with moringa leaf extract while neem leaf recorded 2.25 t/ha, as against scent leaf with the lowest yield of 1.85t/ha. The incorporation of biopesticides particularly neem and moringa for the management of field pests of maize is hereby advocated.
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Omoera, Osakue Stevenson, Adesina Lukuman Azeez, and Roselyn Vona Doghudje. "THE MASS MEDIA’S BEARING ON THE RESOLUTION OF POST-INDEPENDENCE SECURITY ISSUES IN NIGERIA." Revista Brasileira de Estudos Africanos 2, no. 3 (September 6, 2017). http://dx.doi.org/10.22456/2448-3923.71838.
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A conceituação da segurança nacional continua a ser um empreendimento taxativo, uma vez que diversos fatores ressaltam a sua capacidade em todos os níveis de percepção e, portanto, não pode ser restrita a uma única definição devido à sua natureza mutável de um Estado para outro. Assim sendo, a segurança nacional permanece dinâmica, fluida e multidirecional, mas é fundamental para a sobrevivência de qualquer Estado. Na Nigéria pós-independente, as ameaças securitárias a seus interesses nacionais não só envolvem ameaças convencionais, como as de outros Estados, mas também de atores não estatais e atividades como terroristas, traficantes de armas, piratas, traficantes, seqüestradores, insurgências de gângsteres de rua, disputas fronteiriças e milícias étnicas. Ao longo dos últimos cinquenta e seis anos, as ameaças tradicionais à segurança nacional na Nigéria se transformaram em uma séria e grande organização, que aparentemente não pode ser eliminada apenas por forças militares ou instituições de segurança. Os meios de comunicação de massa foram sugeridos por ter a capacidade de contribuir significativamente para ajudar as instituições de segurança a eliminar ou a verificar os desafios com os quais o país é confrontado. Talvez isso se deva ao fato de que os meios de comunicação são parte integrante da infra-estrutura de soft power, o que poderia facilitar a disseminação de informações de maneira rápida e eficaz, ajudando assim uma nação como a Nigéria a juntar a ação política apropriada que visa a consolidar a desejada segurança nacional. Implantando a definição da agenda e as teorias de enquadramento, este artigo empreende uma avaliação de se ou não os meios de comunicação nigerianos (especificamente, Daily Trust e The Punch) fizeram contribuições impactantes para a resolução de questões de segurança na Nigéria pós-independência, com uma referência particular para as insurgências da seita do Boko Haram. Emprega entrevistas analíticas, em profundidade (IDIs) e métodos históricos para analisar alguns relatórios da mídia sobre as insurgências com o objetivo de avaliar seu impacto sobre a segurança do Estado nigeriano. O estudo argumentou que, apesar da robustez dos meios de comunicação nigerianos, eles ainda devem ter uma influência significativa na eliminação de problemas de segurança na Nigéria pós-independência. Daí, o apelo, entre outras coisas, a uma maior sinergia entre as instituições de segurança e meios de comunicação de massa no país para alcançar os resultados.
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"Analysis of 2017 risk communication on Human Monkey Pox outbreak in Nigeria’s News Media." International Journal of Education and Information Technologies 14 (September 22, 2020). http://dx.doi.org/10.46300/9109.2020.14.9.
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This study quantitatively analyzes the risk communication contents of the human Monkey pox epidemic in 2017 as reported in selected Nigeria’s national newspapers (The Guardian, Punch, This day and Vanguard). Framing theory and Issue-attention cycle model formed the theoretical foundation of the study. Data for this study was obtained through the census method. Thus, all the daily editions of the selected newspapers within the study period were searched and reports on the monkey pox epidemic found were contentanalyzed. Findings indicate that monkey pox reports were placed in less prominent positions as straight news within the selected tabloids. Tension and controversy were key reportorial approaches to monkey pox happenstances nationwide. Reports on precautionary measures against the spread of the monkey pox virus were few. However, delayed and lethargic reports of the monkey pox epidemic were found in all the selected tabloids. This study contributes to empirical evidence on the delay in communicating health risk and the unsatisfactory reportage of infectious diseases outbreaks in Nigeria, contrary to global concerns of promoting good health and wellbeing for all. Therefore, as zoonotic diseases such as monkey pox continue to re-emerge all-around the globe, the study recommends that the news media should prioritize infectious diseases prevention as part of their risk communication advocacy to reduce vector interactions with human and nonstop daily updates during public health emergencies through the news media to increase trust in public health officials and the response efficiency.