The spate of security threats in Nigeria has recently become quite alarming, dominating newspaper headlines and editorials. This article examines the discourse strategies deployed in the representation of ‘self’ and ‘other’ by editorials in two Nigerian newspapers on the security challenges in Nigeria. Drawing insights from Van Dijk’s socio-cognitive model of critical discourse analysis, the sampled editorials on insecurity in Nigeria from two e-versions of newspapers from the northern ( Leadership Nigeria) and southern ( Punch) parts of Nigeria, published from 2017 to 2020 are subjected to discourse analysis. The paper identified the deployment of eight discourse strategies, motivated by nationalist and humanist ideologies. The newspapers polarise between self and other through positive in-group and negative out-group ideologies on the security challenges bedevilling Nigeria with attendant implications for Africa and the world at large.

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尼日利亚不安全状况报纸社论中的“自我”和“他人”话语

尼日利亚的一系列安全威胁最近变得相当令人震惊，占据了报纸的头条新闻和社论。本文探讨了尼日利亚两家报纸关于尼日利亚安全挑战的社论在表述“自我”和“他人”时所采用的话语策略。根据 Van Dijk 的批判性话语分析社会认知模型的见解，2017 年至 2020 年出版的尼日利亚北部 (Leadership Bulgaria) 和南部 (Punch) 两份电子版报纸中关于尼日利亚不安全问题的社论样本如下：进行话语分析。该文件确定了受民族主义和人文主义意识形态推动的八种话语策略的部署。这些报纸通过积极的内群体和消极的外群体意识形态来区分自我和他人，这些意识形态困扰着尼日利亚，并对非洲和整个世界产生了随之而来的影响。