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This study, "Appraisal of Select Newspaper Coverage of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Benue State" examined the level of involvement/engagement of the media, particularly the print in the issues of internal displacement and IDPs (especially internal displacement and IDPs issues in Benue State. To achieve this, quantitative and qualitative content analysis were adopted with a view to categorising and codifying two cosmopolitan newspapers with national outlook. The newspapers concerned were Daily Trust and The Guardian. The data for this article were extracted from both primary and secondary sources. In other words, the interview conducted was administered in the form of questionnaire and the selected newspapers were content analysed for a whole calendar year spanning from January to December of 2018. The interview sessions and materials consulted formed valuable information sources. To this end, it was concluded that the media as non-state actors with constitutional recognition are critical to the resolution of the process. It was recommended among other actionable points that media organisations should take advantage of technology for more involvement of IDPs in their own stories.