| Abstract: |
This study was carried out to examine how Daily Trust newspaper gave coverage to
political parties' primary elections across states in Nigeria, in May 2026. The Daily
Trust newspaper was purposively selected because of its wide readership coverage
and listing as one of the prominent national dailies in the country. The research
employed the Framing Theory as it theoretical justification, and used content
analysis approach as a research design. Thus, of the 131 news items found; 98 of
them were on news reports, 21 on features, 1 editorials, 4 opinion articles, 1 columns
and 6 other forms of writing. This results showed that Thursdays recorded the
highest coverage of news items on primary elections, inside page major ranked as
the most prominent pages that covers primary elections. It was also found that Daily
Trust newspaper gave more prominence and depth to the coverage of primary elections within the stated period. Based on the findings, the study concluded that the
press (Daily Trust) should do more in terms of giving adequate coverage to topical
issues of public concern, which political-related activities is among, while
recommending the need for Nigerian newspapers to provide in-depth investigation
and reportage of issues of importance in the country, especially political matters,
rather than brief approach to it, and priortising the economical implications of these
matters. |
