February 13, 2026 – Nigeria Headlines

Story gist: Anambra Governor Chukwuma Soludo announced that over 45,000 shops reopened in Onitsha Market on Monday. He stated that 62 criminal camps were destroyed.

Bias summary: Left-leaning Sahara Reporters frames the story factually with Soludo’s direct announcement of shop reopenings and camp destructions. Center Premium Times publishes an opinion piece praising Soludo celebratorily (‘Libation for Soludo’). Right-leaning The Nation emphasizes Soludo’s critique of IPOB’s sit-at-home orders’ heavy costs on the southeast, omitting direct focus on reopenings to highlight separatist disruptions.

Story gist: Oyetola’s aide accused Osun State Governor Adeleke of neglecting governance for foreign trips. Adeleke’s aide replied by challenging Oyetola’s performance as governor and minister.

Bias summary: Left-leaning Osun State Official Website emphasizes Adeleke aide’s retort, framing it as a strong counterattack on Oyetola’s ‘sordid’ record while downplaying the neglect accusation. Center outlet (The Guardian) neutrally reports Oyetola aide’s claim of Adeleke’s neglect for overseas trips. Right-leaning The Nation focuses solely on the accusation against Adeleke, omitting the rebuttal for a critical tone toward him.

Story gist: Nigerian President Bola Tinubu commended the Bank of Industry for disbursing a record N636 billion in loans to businesses in 2025.

Bias summary: Left-leaning outlets provide no coverage, absenting critical or alternative perspectives. Center (Channels Television) and right-leaning (The Nation Newspaper) outlets frame identically with positive tones, emphasizing presidential praise and record loan disbursement without omissions or contrasts; minor phrasing differences like ‘disbursement’ vs. ‘loans to businesses’ lack substantive variance.

Story gist: The U.S. plans to deploy 200 troops to Nigeria. The deployment aims to assist Nigerian forces against Islamist insurgents.

Bias summary: Left-leaning outlets absent, omitting critiques of U.S. foreign intervention. Center source The Conversation questions U.S. effectiveness, framing deployment as able to destroy terrorist camps but not terrorism per security scholar. Right-leaning WSJ reports factually as exclusive U.S. aid to Nigeria fighting Islamist insurgents, emphasizing support without skepticism.

Story gist: The Nigerian Federal Government partnered with Ericsson for a hackathon initiative targeting 50,000 youths in technology training.

Bias summary: Left-leaning outlets are absent, leaving no progressive perspective on tech education equity or youth empowerment. Center outlets like Vanguard use enthusiastic framing (‘forge 50,000 tech stars,’ ‘hackathon blitz’) to emphasize innovation excitement. Right-leaning The Nation adopts neutral tone, highlighting government action (‘Govt targets 50,000 youths’) via straightforward partnership without hype.