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Coverage of Risk and “Japa”(migration) Syndrome in Nigeria

The study was carried out to determine the coverage of the risks associated with the migration of Nigerians to western countries in two Nigerian newspapers, The Guardian and The Nation newspapers. It content analyzed the two newspapers between the period of October 2023 to March 2024, when the news about the movement of many Nigerians, and labour migration to western countries were at its peak. The study anchored on Agenda Setting Theory. The findings revealed that the select newspapers reported the migration issues from October 2023 to March 2024. However, with regards to the frequency of the…