Apex Media Monitors

The credibility of news media in Nigeria is being challenged due to its susceptibility to a number of damaging factors. Some of these include fake news, disinformation, misinformation, hoax, rumour, news commercialisation among others. The worst has been the former so far. The power and influence of the media in a democratic world makes it almost impossible for all expressions of sorts to make an inroad to the public space without having to negotiate through the windows of the media. Since many of these falsehood and fake news make inroads into the news media, they not only constitute huge threats to the future of our society, the credibility and believability of news content is also at stake. Apart from a recent research by Ezeha Greg and Jonah Alice Aladi (UNN) which reveals that 39.9% of Nigerians strongly agree that news commercialization crumbles the credibility of news media in Nigeria, a report by the Premium Times (May 13, 2019), also quoted Vice President Yemi Osi...

By Raji Rasaq This report covers the comparative analysis of how the Nigerian Press fared in the coverage of the political and electoral process in the 2019 general elections and beyond. In essence, the period under review covers the period of the general election (January-March, 2019) and post-election period ( April-June, 2019 ). The IPC is undertaking a media survey in twelve national newspapers, including The Punch, The Guardian, Daily Sun, Vanguard, ThisDay, Nigerian Tribune, The Nation, Leadership , Daily Trust, Blue Print (online version) , The Cable (published online only) and the Premium Times (published online only). The survey tracks the trends in the reportage of the 2019 electoral process under component 4b of the European Union Support to Democratic Governance in Nigeria (EU-SDGN) Project. Total relevant reports 17,485 stories were identified and analysed during the period of election (J anuary-March, 2019). In the post-election , these statistic...