ABSTRACT
Campaign against corruption has been one of the focuses of
President Muhammadu Buhari since the assumption of office in May 29, 2015 and
it is on this background that the research dwelled on the role of mass media in
supporting president Muhammadu Buhari’s fight against corruption in Nigeria
because the media is seen as the fourth estate of the realm and watch dog of
the people in power. Mass media have been able to educate, enlighten and inform
the general public on the effect of corruption on our national development
while mass media have not relented in exposing corrupt leaders, it always
pattern with various anti graft agencies such as the EFCC, ICPC, CCT and the
Nigerian Police to build a corrupt free nation. However, research used cross sectional
survey method in carrying out this research with the use of questionnaire as a
research tool. The data collected were analysed using descriptive statistics
(frequency percentage and tables). The paper find out that mass media have been
a major instrument in waging war against corruption and corrupt practices in
Nigeria. The media are performing significant roles in the anti corruption
campaign. It is therefore, recommended that Economics and Financial Crime
Commission should act within the law that establish it and ascertain
complacence with ethics of the profession while the broadcasting media and
newspaper should be objective in their coverage and reportage of corrupt
matters without political or ethnic influence.
