December 30, 2025 – Nigeria Headlines

Story gist: Nigeria’s national grid collapsed, causing power supply disruption. NISO restored power supply.

Bias summary: Left- and right-leaning outlets omitted coverage, absenting critical or supportive perspectives on government handling. Center outlet Punch Newspapers neutrally framed the event by headlining restoration after collapse, emphasizing NISO’s role without tone on causes, frequency, or accountability.

Story gist: Members of the Joshua team died in a fatal crash. Tributes are being paid to them.

Bias summary: Center outlets like BBC covered the story with a neutral headline emphasizing tributes after the fatal crash. Left-leaning outlets omitted the story entirely, showing no coverage or perspective. Right-leaning outlets also did not report it, leaving that lane’s framing absent and suggesting limited partisan interest across the spectrum.

Story gist: Rabiu Kwankwaso summoned the Kano State House of Assembly Speaker and others over Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf’s defection to the APC.

Bias summary: Left- and right-leaning outlets provided no coverage, leaving those perspectives absent. Center outlet BBC framed the story as a speculative Hausa-language question—’What will happen if Abba returns to APC and leaves Kwankwaso in NNPP?’—emphasizing potential political fallout for Kwankwaso and NNPP ahead of 2027, with a neutral questioning tone focused on implications rather than judgment.

Story gist: George urged Nyesom Wike and Seyi Makinde to end their dispute, stating ‘Enough’ and asking them to sheathe their swords.

Bias summary: Left- and right-leaning outlets omitted coverage of the story entirely. Center outlet Channels Television framed it neutrally via a direct quote in the headline, emphasizing George’s call for de-escalation between Wike and Makinde without added context or spin. Absent left perspective ignores potential PDP angles; right perspective misses any APC ties.

Story gist: US and Nigerian forces conducted strikes targeting the Lakurawa militant group in Nigeria. Residents of a hit village report fear, confusion, and no history of ISIS in the area.

Bias summary: Left-leaning CNN emphasizes locals’ fear, confusion, and denial of ISIS presence, framing strikes sympathetically toward villagers. Center BBC neutrally highlights fear of Lakurawa and notes Trump targeted the group, balancing threat and context. Right-leaning outlets absent, omitting potential emphasis on militant threat or strike justification.