December 19, 2025 – Nigeria Headlines

Story gist: The White House expanded travel restrictions to Nigeria, Burkina Faso, Niger, Mali, and Togo. University of Pennsylvania’s International Students and Scholars Services urged select students to avoid international travel.

Bias summary: Left-leaning Daily Pennsylvanian frames story around Penn ISSS warning students, using ‘travel ban’ term to emphasize academic disruptions. Center BBC reports factually on restrictions naming African countries under Trump, with neutral tone. Right-leaning coverage absent, leaving out perspectives on security benefits or immigration controls.

Story gist: A French court convicted an anaesthetist of killing 12 patients. The court sentenced him to life imprisonment.

Bias summary: Left-leaning Guardian emphasizes the anaesthetist’s ‘twisted’ character in the guilty verdict, using a psychologically charged descriptor. Center BBC frames him as ‘Doctor Death,’ highlighting the poisoning method and life sentence for dramatic impact. Right-leaning outlets offer no coverage, leaving conservative perspectives entirely absent from the cluster.

Story gist: Tinubu led APC leaders to the party’s national caucus meeting at the Villa. Governor Okowa, governors, and others attended.

Bias summary: Left-leaning outlets omitted coverage, absenting any opposition or critical perspective on the APC event. Center (Channels TV) emphasized broad attendance with Okowa (PDP figure), governors, and others, framing inclusively and neutrally. Right (The Nation) highlighted Tinubu leading APC leaders, using positive leadership tone to underscore his prominence without mentioning other attendees.

Story gist: A Nigerian court dismissed former Attorney-General Abubakar Malami’s bail application and upheld the EFCC remand order.

Bias summary: Left-leaning outlets provided no coverage, omitting the story. Center-leaning Premium Times Nigeria reported the court’s rejection of Malami’s bail request neutrally, emphasizing it gave reasons while upholding EFCC order. Right-leaning outlets absent, leaving conservative framing unrepresented. Coverage limited to center, with uniform factual tone focused on judicial action.

Story gist: Nigeria’s Foreign Minister Yusuf Tuggar apologized over an incident involving a Burkina Faso military flight. Burkina Faso released detained Nigerian military personnel and their jet.

Bias summary: No left-leaning outlets covered the story, leaving that perspective absent. Center outlet BBC frames the event around Nigeria’s Foreign Minister’s apology, emphasizing Nigerian responsibility. Right-leaning Daily Trust focuses on Burkina Faso’s release of detained Nigerian personnel and jet, highlighting a favorable outcome for Nigeria.