'We are not terrorist, we are freedom fighters': Discourse representation of the pro-Biafra protest in selected Nigerian newspapers

A Osisanwo, O Iyoha - Discourse & Society, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
The recent pro-Biafra protest across Nigeria has become an important topic in the news
media where it has been constructed in different ways. Existing studies on media …

To reply or to quote: Comparing conversational framing strategies on Twitter

H Zade, S Williams, TT Tran, C Smith… - ACM Journal on …, 2024 - dl.acm.org
Social media platform affordances allow users to interact with content and with each other in
diverse ways. For example, on Twitter, users can like, reply, retweet, or quote another tweet …

“Welcome to shege banza” Multimodal metaphors in Nigeria's 2023 subsidy removal-related internet memes

OO Adebomi - Metaphor and the Social World, 2024 - jbe-platform.com
This paper examines the forms and functions of Internet memes relating to the fuel subsidy
removal policy of Nigeria´ s President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, with a view to identifying the …

The media and civil protests in Africa: contextualising Nigerian press coverage of# EndSARS

TS Targema, HM Mabweazara… - Journal of Multicultural …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Within the context of Nigeria's multiculturalism, the operations of the press revolve around
the dynamics of political, economic, and ethno-regional contestations for power which …

[PDF][PDF] Fuel subsidy reform and green taxes: Can digital technologies improve state capacity and effectiveness?

A Gelb, A Mukherjee - CGD Policy Paper, 2019 - cgdev.org
Reforming inefficient and inequitable energy subsidies continues to be an important priority
for policymakers as does instituting “green taxes” to reduce carbon emissions. In 2015, fossil …

[PDF][PDF] Exposition of converging 9Mobile SMS-More news safetysecurity news reports as part of Sustainable Development Goal-11

I Nyam, E Olubodede - GVU Journal of Communication Studies. 6 …, 2023 - researchgate.net
This article delves into critical elucidation of an analytical exposition of converging 9Mobile
SMS-MoreNews safety-security news reports, which are part of Sustainable Development …

Agentive capacities, democratic possibilities, and the urban poor: Rethinking recent popular protests in West Africa

R Chaturvedi - International Journal of Politics, Culture, and Society, 2016 - Springer
This article revolves around the role of the urban poor or the “informal proletariat” in popular
political protests in West Africa. It critically surveys instructive accounts of their participation …

Understanding the role of place and context in the study of journalism in Africa

S Wahutu - Journal of Multicultural Discourses, 2025 - Taylor & Francis
It is rare that one comes across a paper that studies journalism in Africa that takes the role of
'place'(Usher 2019) as intellectually worthy and interesting. Most journalism scholarship …

The #PantamiMustGo political activism: A textual analysis of narrative agency in protest discourse

I Chiluwa, CF Ononye - Discourse Studies, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
This study analyses the narrative structure of the# PantamiMustGo hashtag activism in
Nigeria. Applying qualitative textual analysis, the study examines the issues that were made …

Islam, Muslims and 2020# EndSARS Protests in Nigeria

KA Afolabi - Millah, 2023 - journal.uii.ac.id
The 2020# EndSARS is a youth-enthusiastic social movement in Nigeria against brutality
and inhuman excesses of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad unit of the Nigerian Police Force …