Abstract This study assessed how economic crises occasioned by fuel subsidy removal was reported by three selected Nigerian newspapers, namely, The Sun, The Punch and The Guardian between October 2023 to March 2024. The study aimed to ascertain the frequency of coverage, the level of prominence and the direction given to economic crises in Nigeria by selected Nigerian newspapers and identify the story genre mostly used by these Nigerian newspapers in the reportage of economic crises. The study was anchored on agenda setting theory. Stratified sampling technique was used to select 144 editions of the three selected national newspapers. A total of 613 stories were published in selected newspapers within the period of 6 months under study. Findings revealed that economic crises in Nigeria were adequately and frequently reported by the selected newspapers within the study period; that economic crises were not given adequate prominence; the newspapers mostly gave favourable direction of coverage to stories on economic crises issues and the story genre mostly adopted by the three selected newspapers in reportage of economic crises was straight news stories. Consequently, the study recommended among other things that efforts should be made by Nigerian newspapers to give more in-depth and background information on the subject matter through features and opinion articles. It was also recommended that subsequent stories on economic crises and similar issues of public concern should be reported in the newspapers editorials to help sensitise the readers on such issues for their proper decision-making.