Press Coverage of Corruption Scandal in Nigeria
Eric Msughter Aondover1, Idris Mohammed2, Omolara Oluwabusayo Akin-Odukoya3, Omotola Ogunbola4
1Eric Msughter Aondover, Lecturer, Department of Mass Communication, Caleb University, Imota (Lagos), Nigeria.
2Idris Mohammed, Ph.D Student, College of Communication and Information Sciences, University of Alabama, United States.
3Omolara Oluwabusayo Akin-Odukoya, Lecturer, Department of Mass Communication, Caleb University, Imota (Lagos), Nigeria.
4Omotola Ogunbola, Lecturer, Department of Mass Communication, Caleb University, Imota (Lagos), Nigeria.
Manuscript received on 23 January 2025 | First Revised Manuscript received on 30 January 2025 | Second Revised Manuscript received on 27 February 2025 | Manuscript Accepted on 15 March 2025 | Manuscript published on 30 March 2025 | PP: 34-42 | Volume-4 Issue-3, March 2025 | Retrieval Number: 100.1/ijmcj.C111604030325 | DOI:10.54105/ijmcj.C1116.04030325
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Abstract: Corruption scandals as reported by the selected papers, both news stories and feature articles were considered as the units of analysis. A purposive sampling technique was used to select the newspapers while stratified random sampling by days of the week to select the editions which amounted to 120 stories in the three newspapers. Moreover, the Issue-Attention Cycle Theory was used as the theoretical framework. The findings of the study indicated that Daily Trust, The Nation, and The Guardian newspapers had given prominence forming, 82.5% on the inside page of Daily Trust, 70% on the front page of The Nation, and 85% on the inside page of The Guardian. The study concluded that Daily Trust, The Nation, and The Guardian newspapers have substantially covered stories on corruption scandals within the period under review.
Keywords: Corruption, Scandals, Anti-Corruption, Commissions, Media Coverage and Newspapers.
Scope of the Article: Newspaper