Media, Ethnic Hegemony and Conflict in Africa: The Northern-Southern Nigerian Media Reportage on Insurgency

This study analyzing the media reportage on insurgence issues in the Northern-SouthernNigerian, where there is need for the reporters to be professionally inclined not to create conflictin transforming conflicts. The insurgence group had their motive to create disharmony, fear,confusion, and misunderstanding to achieve their nefarious desires on the nation’s states. It is theresponsibility of the media to understand the significance of their profession to operate in criticalform for the government to search for a new course for the one becoming of the insurgence group < br />through the media reportage. As a concomitant draw out, the study will enrich the literature on thenature of the media reportage on global terrorism, and insurgence groups on the rise in Africa. Thestudy of this nature increases and improves scholars and experts on insurgence media reportageand tailors their expertise skills towards peace journalism.