Nigeria

Story gist: Police deployed officers across JAMB centres in Ogun State for the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME).

Bias summary: Center outlets like Punch Newspapers frame the deployment neutrally as ensuring safe UTME, emphasizing security measures without criticism. Left-leaning outlets omitted coverage, absenting potential concerns over police militarization or civil liberties. Right-leaning outlets also absent, missing emphasis on law enforcement support or crime prevention.

Story gist: British High Commission officials attended the ADC national convention in Nigeria. The commission issued a statement explaining their presence as the ADC caretaker committee rejected the convention amid party crisis.

Bias summary: Left-leaning outlets provided no coverage, omitting any perspective. Center outlet Premium Times Nigeria neutrally highlighted the British High Commission’s explanatory statement on officials’ attendance. Right-leaning The Nation emphasized deepening ADC crisis and caretaker committee’s rejection of the convention, stressing internal conflict and instability.

Story gist: Residents of Ekiti State rallied support for Governor Oyebanji’s re-election bid. A state commissioner stated Oyebanji’s continuity agenda is best for Ekiti.

Bias summary: Left-leaning outlets provided no coverage, omitting progressive perspectives. Center-leaning Punch Newspapers framed the story positively, emphasizing residents’ rally as a ‘significant boost’ and a commissioner’s endorsement of Oyebanji’s ‘continuity agenda’ as optimal for Ekiti. Right-leaning outlets absent, leaving conservative viewpoints unrepresented.

Story gist: A brigadier-general and soldiers killed by terrorists were laid to rest in Borno. Photos of the burial ceremony appeared in media reports.

Bias summary: Left- and right-leaning outlets provided no coverage, omitting any framing from those perspectives. Center outlet TheCable used a neutral headline emphasizing the funeral photos of the brigadier-general and soldiers killed by terrorists in Borno, with straightforward tone and no added emphasis or omissions noted.

Story gist: The African Democratic Congress (ADC) expelled Nafiu Bala, Leke Abejide, and others for anti-party activities.

Bias summary: No left-leaning outlets covered the story, leaving that perspective absent. Center outlet TheCable emphasizes David Mark’s leadership, full name Leke Abejide, and quoted ‘anti-party activities’ reason for added context. Right-leaning The Nation uses a concise headline matching the story title, omitting leadership details and specific reason for a neutral tone.