Nigeria

Story gist: Army officers announced they seized power in Guinea-Bissau. The West African nation recently experienced a coup.

Bias summary: Left-leaning outlets provided no coverage, omitting any progressive framing or emphasis on regional instability. Center outlets like Reuters reported neutrally, focusing on the army officers’ claim of seizing power without added context or speculation. Right-leaning outlets also absent, leaving conservative perspectives on foreign policy or security implications unrepresented. Coverage limited to factual center reporting.

Story gist: Nigerian police ordered personnel assigned to Atiku Abubakar, Nyesom Wike, Aisha Buhari, and 17 other VIPs to return to base. President Tinubu declared a nationwide security emergency, ordering an end to open grazing and recruitment into police, army, and DSS.

Bias summary: Left-leaning outlets provided no coverage, omitting the story entirely. Center outlets like BBC frame it as a proactive nationwide security emergency, emphasizing Tinubu’s orders to end open grazing and bolster forces with recruitment. Right-leaning outlets absent, leaving potential political motivations behind VIP (including opposition figures like Atiku) recalls underexplored.

Story gist: Nigeria’s Senate Leader explained why the National Assembly cannot shut down amid insecurity concerns. The issue involves House of Representatives members, references to terrorists, and South West governors.

Bias summary: Left- and right-leaning outlets omitted coverage, leaving no progressive or conservative framing of lawmakers’ responses or regional contrasts. Center outlet Premium Times Nigeria neutrally emphasized the Senate Leader’s factual rationale for keeping the National Assembly operational despite threats, avoiding sarcasm in the story title like ‘crocodile tears’ or ‘benevolent terrorists.’

Story gist: Wife of Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde urged women and girls to guard against digital violence. Cross River State recorded 800 gender-based violence cases in 11 months.

Bias summary: Left-leaning outlets provided no coverage, leaving that perspective absent. Center outlets like Punch focused on factual statistics of 800 GBV cases in Cross River, emphasizing scale and prevalence without commentary. Right-leaning The Nation highlighted Makinde’s wife’s direct charge to women for self-protection against digital violence, stressing personal vigilance and empowerment.

Story gist: Nigeria’s NESREA sealed six battery recycling facilities in Ogun State over environmental abuse. An investigation cited poor oversight and regulatory failures exposing residents to health risks from recycling processes.

Bias summary: Left- and right-leaning outlets provided no coverage, omitting the story from those perspectives. Center outlet Punch Newspapers framed it as regulatory enforcement action by NESREA sealing facilities for environmental violations, emphasizing official response. Absent are left emphases on systemic failures harming vulnerable populations or right defenses of industry practices.