December 11, 2025 – Nigeria Headlines

Story gist: Nigerian President Bola Tinubu ordered withdrawal of police protection from VIPs. The directive featured in Wednesday’s news recap alongside updates on Stella Oduah, naira depreciation, and petrol prices.

Bias summary: Left-leaning outlets absent, omitting this story and any critical perspective. Center Channels Television framed neutrally as broad ‘Wednesday News Recap’ bundling multiple items without emphasis. Right-leaning Daily Trust emphasized Tinubu’s firmness via ‘No Going Back,’ highlighting presidential resolve positively.

Story gist: Nigerian President Bola Tinubu ordered National Security Adviser Nuhu Ribadu to train and arm more forest guards. The directive aims to combat kidnapping, banditry, and other security threats.

Bias summary: No left-leaning outlets cover the story, leaving critical or alternative perspectives absent. Center outlet BBC questions if U.S. military intervention threats fuel kidnappings, emphasizing external factors over government action with a skeptical tone. Right-leaning The Nation praises Tinubu’s decisive security measures via Shettima’s endorsement, highlighting proactive leadership while omitting potential challenges.

Story gist: Loyalist troops in Benin thwarted a coup attempt. The president addressed the nation.

Bias summary: No left-leaning outlets provided, absenting perspectives possibly emphasizing internal unity or downplaying foreign roles. Center (BBC) neutrally focuses on loyalist success and presidential address without broader context. Right (The Nation) highlights Russia’s influence and frames event amid West Africa’s democratic decline, using alarmist tone on regional instability.

Story gist: Ademola Adeleke emerged as the Accord Party’s governorship candidate for Osun State in the 2026 election.

Bias summary: Left-leaning outlets like The Guardian Nigeria use positive language such as ‘clinches’ and emphasize Adeleke’s ‘confidence of reelection,’ portraying a strong position. Center outlets like Vanguard employ neutral, factual phrasing mirroring the story title. Right-leaning outlets offer no coverage, omitting the story and absenting any critical or alternative perspective on Adeleke’s candidacy shift.

Story gist: Governors Fubara, Adeleke, and others left Nigeria’s People’s Democratic Party (PDP) since 2023. Punch Newspapers listed the defectors.

Bias summary: Left- and right-leaning outlets provided no coverage, omitting any perspective on PDP defections. Center outlet Punch Newspapers framed the story neutrally, listing governors who left PDP since 2023 with factual enumeration, no emphasis on political consequences, party weakening, or defections’ motives.