Articles — Kiabara Journal of Humanities

African Literature

Constructing the 'Perfect Victim': Media Language, Headlines, and Hierarchies of Justice in Newspaper Rape Reports

Chisom Paula Ogamba — Babcock University, Illlisan Remo, Ogun, Nigeria · Vol. 33, No. 1 · 05 September 2026

Blessing Chidinma Aaron - Babcock University aaronb@hs.babcock.edu.ng Olubunmi Idowu - Babcock University idowuo@babcock.edu.ng Goodseed Ochulor - Babcock University ochulorg@babcock.edu.ng

This study interrogates how Nigerian newspaper reportage linguistically constructs the “perfect victim” and produces a hierarchical representation of rape victims. While prior studies have examined rape narratives throug...

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Political Thought

Face-Saving Strategies and Context Collapse in Nigerian Socio-Political Social Media Discourse

Marcillina Chidinma Ibe — University of Nigeria Nsukka · Vol. 32, No. 1 · 16 June 2026

Oluchi Esther Ifeanyi Walter Ugwuagbor

Public discourse in Nigeria’s digital sphere has increasingly become a site of political contestation and identity struggle. As social media users engage in critique of governance, they often confront the dual challen...

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Political Thought

Social Media Discourse and Yenagoa Youths Perceptions of INEC’s Credibility for 2027 General Elections in Nigeria

Innocent Hayford Kasarachi — University of Port Harcourt · Vol. 32, No. 1 · 10 June 2026

Ekwuluo Precious Uche

Globally, the credibility of electoral processes is largely predicated on the level of independence of the electoral umpire. Again, the level to which the electorate perceive the electoral umpire as being credible det...

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African Literature

From Legal Remedy to Political Retort: A Pragmatic Acts Study of ‘Go to Court’ in Nigerian Media

Ebere Celina Krisagbedo — University of Nigeria Nsukka-Nigeria · Vol. 31, No. 2 · 02 October 2025

Chris Uchenna Agbedo (University of Nigeria Nsukka-Nigeria) Walter Ugwagbo (University of Nigeria Nsukka-Nigeria)

This study examines the pragmatic imports of the recurrent catchphrase “go to court” within the Nigerian sociopolitical context. Drawing on Mey’s Pragmatic Acts Theory (2001) to analyse eight media excerpts selected from...

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