• Media Coverage Of Ritual Killing In Nigeria

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    • This study examined media coverage of ritual killing in Nigeria: a study of daily sun newspaper. The main objective was to critically examine the performance of the newspaper toward adequate coverage of ritual killing. The study set out primarily at content analysing issues of Daily Sun newspaper on ritual killing in Nigeria for period of twelve months.

      Code sheet was used. Based on a system sampling technique, a sample size of 36 newspaper was selected for over period of one year which runs two respective years of reportage (September 2020 – August 2021). Based on the findings from the content analysed newspaper, it was discovered that the selected newspaper did not farewell in their coverage of ritual killing. The newspaper did not give prominence to the stories reported as almost all were buried in the inside pages. Recommendations were made based on the findings.

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    • CHAPTER ONE - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]INTRODUCTION1.1 Background of the StudyThe menace of ritual killing today has become a phenomenon that the entire world especially African is grappling with. Listening to the mass media, cases of ritual killing among other crimes against humanity is becoming prevalent (Fontaine, 2018). Ritual killings are relatively unusual, but sometimes bear some of the hallmarks of a serial killing, such as mutilation of the corpse or some kind of special positioning. Many ritual murders involve the idea of h ... Continue reading---