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Press and national integration: Analysis of the role of the Nigerian press in the promotion of Nigerian national identity.

The issue of national integration and unity has occupied the apex of national discourse in Nigeria since it secured political independence from Britain in 1960. The Nigerian state's solution to this fundamental issue is rooted in its basic constitutional principle which espouses 'unity within diversity'. As the Nigerian nation is made up of over 250 ethnic and nationality groups, the issue has always been how to make a 'Nigeria' out of these Nigerians. This study seeks to examine the way that Nigeria's constitutional aspirations are reflected (or not) in the Nigerian press. The narrative is to…