November 30, 2025 – Nigeria Headlines

Story gist: Nigerian President Bola Tinubu announced a list of ambassadorial nominees including Mahmood Yakubu, Reno Omokri, Oke Ikpeazu, and others. Senator Murray-Bruce praised the selections.

Bias summary: No left-leaning outlets cover the story, omitting potential critiques of Tinubu’s picks or political motivations. Center source Channels Television neutrally lists nominees’ names like Yakubu, Omokri, and Ikpeazu without analysis. Right-leaning The Nation explains Tinubu’s reasons for choosing Oke, Dalhatu, and Are, emphasizing strategic rationale in explanatory, positive tone.

Story gist: Nigerian Vice President Kashim Shettima tasked young Islamic scholars to preserve Sheikh Dahiru Bauchi’s message of tolerance. Sheikh Bauchi’s funeral prayer was led by Sheikh Ibrahim Saleh.

Bias summary: Left-leaning outlets absent, omitting coverage. Center (BBC Hausa) emphasizes identity of funeral prayer leader Sheikh Ibrahim Saleh, neutrally profiling the figure. Right (The Nation) highlights VP Shettima’s positive urging to uphold tolerance legacy, framing it as leadership on unity. Right focuses on inspirational call; center on factual funeral detail.

Story gist: Jonathan claimed a coup in Guinea-Bissau was staged by ousted President Embaló. Premium Times Nigeria reported the statement.

Bias summary: Left- and right-leaning outlets omitted coverage entirely, leaving their perspectives absent. Center outlet Premium Times Nigeria framed the story neutrally in its headline, directly attributing the claim of a staged coup by ousted President Embaló to Jonathan without added tone, emphasis, or speculation. No comparative framing available due to lack of left/right reporting.

Story gist: Gunmen abducted 315 pupils and teachers from a Catholic school in Niger State, Nigeria. A bishop reported no contact with the gunmen yet.

Bias summary: No left- or right-leaning outlets covered the story, omitting potential emphases on humanitarian crises or security policy failures from those perspectives. Center BBC highlights the Catholic bishop ‘hitting out’ at Nigeria’s ‘failure to rescue’ the schoolchildren, framing with critical tone toward government inaction and emphasizing accountability over abduction details.

Story gist: Zamfara State First Lady rallied students against online violence. Cross River State recorded 800 gender-based violence cases in 11 months.

Bias summary: Left-leaning outlets absent, omitting perspective on violence response. Center like Punch emphasizes problem scale via Cross River GBV statistics, highlighting case volume. Right like TVC focuses on action with Zamfara First Lady’s rally headline, portraying leadership initiative against online violence positively.