Nigeria

Story gist: Schoolgirls were abducted from a location in Kebbi state, Nigeria. Authorities rescued them afterward.

Bias summary: Left-leaning outlets like The Guardian frame the story around the successful rescue of the schoolgirls, emphasizing resolution. Center outlets like AP News focus on broader context, explaining frequent schoolchild abductions in Nigeria and identifying usual kidnappers. Right-leaning coverage is absent, omitting potential emphasis on government failures, security lapses, or demands for military action.

Story gist: Nigerian Vice President Kashim Shettima returned to Abuja after attending the G20 summit and AU-EU summits.

Bias summary: Left- and right-leaning outlets provided no coverage of the story. The center outlet, UN News, frames it optimistically, emphasizing Africa and Europe’s potential to shape a fairer global system through cooperation at the summits, with a positive tone on international partnership and no mention of Shettima’s individual role or return.

Story gist: Schoolchildren were abducted in Niger state, Nigeria. A Catholic bishop criticized the Nigerian government’s failure to rescue them.

Bias summary: Left-leaning outlets provided no coverage, omitting progressive views on security or human rights angles. Right-leaning outlets also absent, leaving defenses of government efforts or criticism of bishop unrepresented. Center outlets like BBC frame the story via the bishop’s headline critique of Nigeria’s ‘failure’ to rescue, emphasizing governmental shortcomings and religious authority’s rebuke without counterpoints.

Story gist: African trade unions raised alarm over an upsurge in digital violence against women.

Bias summary: Left-leaning UN Women frames the issue through an educational lens with ‘Online safety 101: What every woman and girl should know,’ emphasizing practical advice for victims. Center outlet Vanguard News reports neutrally via the unions’ direct statement in its headline. Right-leaning outlets offer no coverage, leaving absent any conservative framing on digital violence or related policy responses.

Story gist: Bandits attacked a community in Kwara State, Nigeria, kidnapping 11 people including a pregnant woman and children. President Tinubu ordered a total security cordon on Kwara forests, according to his aide.

Bias summary: Left-leaning outlets omitted coverage entirely, leaving that perspective absent. Center sources like Vanguard News emphasize the bandit ‘fresh attack’ on the community, focusing on the assault. Right-leaning Anadolu Ajansı highlights vulnerable victims—a pregnant woman and children among 11 kidnapped—stressing human cost. The story title centers government response via Tinubu’s security order.