I've noticed Nigeria is the only country that every single person that gets deported, killed, kidnapped, arrested, in a car accident, beaten, raped, molested, insulted, wounded or abuses makes the front page of papers.

Every single person, as if these things are abnormalities to the human condition. It's mind blowing the rate by which our national media distracts us with news of people being deported as opposed to asking the tough questions about our problems or the world around us.
If Mexico reported every single mexican that got deported the way Nigeria does for it's own citizenry their daily paper would be thicker than the bible.
If America reported every shooting, even in the state news, their state newspaper would look like dictionaries, talkless of national ones.

but everytime i look at nigerian media, online media in particular, it's images of any ounce of blood that the country managed to photograph.
You can say it's sad that there's 1 major car accident in Nigeria a week, but there's also 170 million plus people. If we're going to constantly obsess on any drop of blood dropped by 170 million people in and outside of our boarders we're going to be left with an uninformed populace. plain and simple.


A responsible news media doesn't report EVERY kidnapping in a nation that's the world's 7th most populated, such media recklessness is going to demoralize the nation and desensitize them to violence making them more likely to commit or ignore it.
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Oga, pls no vex.. the only good news for this country na testimony....
If u wan hear am, go church...

its a global issue, if its not bad, its no news.

Yes! ediot na you dey make bad news for front page ; just like now wey you take bring the issue! how you take know if you are not a Bad News Obsessed pikin ehn ? na only Devil dey know im broda !

How many good news u dey see for aljazeera or Cnn per day? If not libya crisis, na insurgents for africa or huricane clara for new orleans or austerity protests for spain or greece. Chairman, ground no level anywhere jare. Make God just dey help person.

How many good news u dey see for aljazeera or Cnn per day? If not syria crisis, na insurgents for africa or huricane clara for new orleans or austerity protests for spain or greece. Chairman, ground no level anywhere jare. Make God just dey help person.

Ikengawo: You can say it's sad that there's 1 major car accident in Nigeria a week, but there's also 170 million plus people.

If there were only 1 major car accident in Nigeria a week, then Nigerians would either be by far the best drivers in the world, or be a large country with the fewest cars.

No weapon fashioned against us by international media shall prosper....Be it Aljazera,Be it CNN or BBC e.t.c

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Yes. It's most evident during Independence Day lol. There's always a thread on Nairaland come first of October, asking, "what is there to celebrate?" Ask them to celebrate the good and they can't recall any good thing about from where they come. However, they can recall facts and statistics on bombings, plane crashes, kidnappings, and corruption like they're journalists.

It's our fault though. We like bad news and controversy. We want it from the media and the media gives it to us because they know we love it. If you don't believe me, then ask Sahara Reporters why they were busy reporting 17 different ailments for Dame Patience. We swallowed that news. It kept everyone talking. It's a vicious cycle. As someone noted earlier, however, it's not Nigerians alone. The evening news here shows about 20 minutes worth of murders and kidnappings in the city, and then 10 minutes on local scholars, meteorology, and sports.

Moral: We're all crazy

omenziate: How many good news u dey see for aljazeera or Cnn per day? If not syria crisis, na insurgents for africa or huricane clara for new orleans or austerity protests for spain or greece. Chairman, ground no level anywhere jare. Make God just dey help person.

Well said... @OP, its everywhere

It is as result of the fallen nature of man.
It is bad news that makes news.

And what good news have you heard from Nigeria lately? There is still no constant electricity, Corrupt officials have not been jailed, subsidy thieves haven't been jailed, cost of petrol hasn't gone down and despite Nigeria having it in abundance it is currently very scarce and more costly, cost of goods and services keep increasing day by day, the cost of anything in Nigeria which has gone up in the past hasn't gone back down, killings are happening everywhere in Nigeria etc. Despite all I mentioned above, many people still have individual good news so go to church as someone mentioned above to listen to all the testimonies but as for NiGERIA as a whole, there has been nothing tangible to cheer about lately.

It shows the end is near. Repent!!!

Where is the good news? Can u list 10 good things that happened to the nation this year?

Op, the answer is capital NO. Unless you choose to

Most Nigerians are saddists. Bad news spreads like wildfire, even in schools, communities, churches etc. People dont like spreading good news because they feel bad when good things happen to people they know. So bad news sells like hot cake.

Gen. Orumov:
And what good news have you heard from Nigeria lately? There is still no constant electricity, Corrupt officials have not been jailed, subsidy thieves haven't been jailed, cost of petrol hasn't gone down and despite Nigeria having it in abundance it is currently very scarce and more costly, cost of goods and services keep increasing day by day, the cost of anything in Nigeria which has gone up in the past hasn't gone back down, killings are happening everywhere in Nigeria etc. Despite all I mentioned above, many people still have individual good news so go to church as someone mentioned above to listen to all the testimonies but as for NiGERIA as a whole, there has been nothing tangible to cheer about lately.

Despite the pain and suffering Africans endured during slavery and oppression, they still sang. You are not in chains, yet you are crying. What good have you done for Nigeria lately?

234GT: Most Nigerians are saddists. Bad news spreads like wildfire, even in schools, communities, churches etc. People dont like spreading good news because they feel bad when good things happen to people they know. So bad news sells like hot cake.

When news is good ,then its no more news to talk about but when news is bad than we 4oking have something to talk about!

Bad news sales, not just Nigerian thing.

@Op you are talking out of ignorance. Bad news sells the world over. Have you bothered to watch CNN, BBC, aljazeera and the rest?

Op..bad news sells..you should get used to it.Its not just in nigeria, its the world over.Bombing of world trade center is more news-worthy than a zero unemployment rate.its a crazy world we live in.

Bad news spread like wildfire all over the world,get your facts right

sofa-dj:
Bad news spread like wildfire all over the world,get your facts right

dAMNNN ! Breaking News! Another Plane crash in Nigeria THIS mornin...its on THE AIR NOW!!!

Bad new sells like wild fire. CNN used this in the 90s to dominate international news industry but are now getting stiff competition from other bad news advocates like Al-Jazeera..

its not just a nigerian thing. Its world wide. A lot of good things happen that dont deseve the front page of the dailies. For every good ''news worthy'' event there are 5 bad ''news worthy'' events.

Bad news is the norm internationally.

It's not a Nigerian thang.

Journalists the world over have a common slogan: 'There's no news like bad news'.

abeg, can sum1 tel me, w0t !z gud news ??

Francheezy: abeg, can sum1 tel me, w0t !z gud news ??

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