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1. Linguistic Analysis and Discourse StudiesVolume 25, Issue 2 (September 2025)pp. 198–215PDF of Securitizing Public Vigilance: A Pragmatic and Critical Discourse Analysis of the Nigeria Police Force’s Press Release on Internal Security and Violent Crimes

   Securitizing Public Vigilance: A Pragmatic and Critical Discourse Analysis of the Nigeria Police Force’s Press Release on Internal Security and Violent Crimes

   Taiwo, Joshua AJENIFARI

   February 2025, which reports operations against kidnapping and terrorism and calls for public vigilance. The study adopts a qualitative interpretive design and document analysis. The broader source universe consisted … press release does more than report events: it legitimates intensified policing and securitizes public vigilance as a civic responsibility within Nigeria’s internal security discourse