November 25, 2025 – Nigeria Headlines

Story gist: A Nigerian court sentenced Nnamdi Kanu, Biafran separatist leader, to life imprisonment on terrorism charges.

Bias summary: Left-leaning outlets like The Guardian frame the story by identifying Kanu as a ‘Biafran separatist leader’ and focusing on terrorism charges, implying a political persecution tone. Center outlets like Punch emphasize the judge’s ‘firm’ rebuke of the ‘fiery defendant’ Kanu, highlighting senior lawyers’ support for the court. Right-leaning coverage is absent, omitting pro-government or nationalist defenses of the verdict.

Story gist: Freed worshippers from Eruku in Kwara state stated bandits control the Kwara forest. Security sources said President Tinubu coordinated the rescue of 38 kidnapped church members.

Bias summary: Left-leaning outlets absent, omitting that perspective. Center Premium Times emphasized freed worshippers’ claim of bandits controlling Kwara forest, stressing ongoing insecurity. Right-leaning The Nation highlighted President Tinubu’s coordination of the rescue per security sources, focusing on government success and specifics like victim count.

Story gist: Gunmen abducted 315 students from a boarding school in Nigeria.

Bias summary: Left-leaning Al Jazeera questions perpetrators and motives for targeting children, emphasizing vulnerability. Center BBC stresses event scale as one of Nigeria’s worst mass abductions with precise 315 figure. Right-leaning outlets absent, omitting potential focus on government security failures or calls for stronger countermeasures.

Story gist: Nigerian Presidency announced US will provide intelligence and defense support to boost Nigeria’s security. Reuters reported US considering sanctions and Pentagon engagement to protect Christians in Nigeria.

Bias summary: No left- or right-leaning outlets covered the story; those perspectives absent. Center Reuters emphasizes US sanctions considerations and Pentagon role framed as protecting Christians, highlighting religious angle and security aid. Left framing on broader human rights or anti-intervention absent; right on assertive US foreign policy or anti-terror support omitted.

Story gist: European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen delivered the opening speech at the 7th European Union-African Union Summit. The speech addressed moving beyond colonial-era trade patterns between Europe and Africa.

Bias summary: Left- and right-leaning outlets omitted the story entirely, leaving those perspectives absent. Center outlets, via the European Commission, framed it neutrally as an official summit speech, emphasizing forward-looking partnership. No adversarial tone or historical critique appeared; coverage focused solely on the event and speaker without broader geopolitical emphasis.