Nigeria

Story gist: The US launched a strike against Islamic State militants in northwest Nigeria.

Bias summary: Left-leaning CNN attributes the action to Trump’s statement and labels targets ‘ISIS terrorists,’ emphasizing personal involvement and threat rhetoric. Center Reuters uses neutral phrasing with precise location details. Right-leaning coverage absent, omitting potential emphasis on US military success or intervention critiques.

Story gist: A fire broke out in the 25-storey GNI House on Lagos Island. The fire service explained reasons for the hours-long containment effort, after which Governor Sanwo-Olu ordered the building’s demolition.

Bias summary: Left-leaning Sahara Reporters emphasizes Governor Sanwo-Olu’s demolition order post-inferno, highlighting official action. Center Punch Newspapers focuses on fire service’s explanation for containment delays. Right-leaning coverage absent, leaving conservative perspectives on response or negligence unrepresented.

Story gist: The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) urged Nigerians to reject a tax law it called distorted.

Bias summary: Left- and right-leaning outlets provided no coverage, omitting labor union perspectives and potential pro-business views on tax policy. Center outlet Channels Television reports the story neutrally via the NLC’s direct statement in the headline, focusing on the call to action without added context, analysis, or counterarguments.

Story gist: The Nigerian Army stated a suicide bomber caused a blast at a mosque in Borno State. Northern governors condemned the mosque bombing in Maiduguri.

Bias summary: Left-leaning outlets provided no coverage, omitting that perspective entirely. Center outlets like Channels Television factually relay the Army’s attribution to a suicide bomber using the story title. Right-leaning Daily Trust emphasizes Northern governors’ condemnation, framing it as a ‘bombing’ and highlighting regional solidarity over cause details.

Story gist: President Tinubu and state governors issued Christmas messages urging unity in Nigeria. The Nigeria Labour Congress rejected unfair taxation.

Bias summary: No left- or right-leaning outlets covered the story, omitting progressive critiques of government unity rhetoric or conservative defenses of taxation policies. Center outlet Punch Newspapers neutrally framed the events by equally presenting Tinubu and governors’ unity appeals alongside NLC’s taxation objection, balancing official and labor perspectives without tonal emphasis or omissions.