Newspaper Coverage Of The Declaration Of State Of Emergency In Three States Of Northern Nigeria (a Case Study Of Sun Newspaper Of January - August 2013)

ABSTRACT  Following the insurgency of Boko Haram attacks which have claimed many innocent lives since 2009 in Nigeria, President Goodluck Jonathan, on May 14, 2013, announced a state of emergency in Yobe, Borno and Adamawa states. The proclamation, according to President Jonathan, was an effort to maintain peace, law and order in Nigeria, especially in the Northern states. Against this backdrop, this study is aimed at investigating the extent to which newspaper cover the situation for the interest of the public. So, the researcher adopted content analysis as the best research method to ac…