Abstract

This study examined how Nigerian newspapers reported the COVID-19 vaccination exercise in 2021. The research focused on the prominence and direction of the reports on the COVID-19 vaccination exercise. The agenda setting and framing theories were adopted in situating the research. Content analysis was used to generate data. Content analytical method was used to ascertain the emphasis placed on the reportage of COVID-19 vaccination exercise. A sample of twelve editions of Daily Trust, The Guardian and This Day newspapers were studied each, for a period of six months. Findings shows among others, that the selected newspapers paid a lot of attention to the reportage of news on the vaccination exercise. The work therefore, recommended among others, for more editorials on important national health calamities such as this, considering its importance in issues analysis.