Pointblank News media bias and reliability
Pointblank News is held by the ratings provider we draw on, and no rater has placed it on the political spectrum. We have seen it on 7 published stories of ours.
The short answers
Is Pointblank News biased?
Pointblank News is held by the ratings provider we draw on, and no rater has placed it on the political spectrum. An outlet rating describes a broad pattern in its output, not every article it publishes.
Is Pointblank News left or right?
Pointblank News is held by the ratings provider we draw on, and no rater has placed it on the political spectrum.
Is Pointblank News reliable?
We do not hold a factual-reliability assessment for Pointblank News. A political-leaning label would not answer that question on its own, so we do not infer reliability from left, centre or right.
What Pointblank News has been covering
Our account of each story, written from every outlet that ran it, with Pointblank News’s own report linked underneath.
Nigeria's Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Chairman, Joash Amupitan, has stated that algorithms must not decide the outcome of the 2027 general election. While acknowledging AI's influence on information and logistics, he stressed that voters alone will determine who governs the country.
Pointblank News reported it asINEC, ECONEC Adopt AI Guidelines for Electoral Processes (opens Pointblank News in a new tab)
August Hanning, former chief of Germany's foreign intelligence service (BND), has been arrested on suspicion of espionage and attempted treason. He is accused of passing nearly 2,000 sensitive documents to his former office manager for financial gain.
Pointblank News reported it asArrest of German ex-spy chief: Nigerians, security agents leaking official secrets panic (opens Pointblank News in a new tab)
A helicopter crashed in Igbokoda, Ondo State, on Monday, October 5, 2026. The exact number of people on board and casualties remain unconfirmed, though many are feared dead. An investigation into the incident is underway.
Pointblank News reported it asMilitary Aircraft With 32 Aboard Crashes in Ondo (opens Pointblank News in a new tab)
Thirty-seven suspected illegal miners died while in the custody of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps in Minna, Niger State. The Federal Government has suspended the state NSCDC commandant and formed a committee to investigate the circumstances surrounding the deaths.
Pointblank News reported it asMeet 10-Man Panel Probing Deaths of 37 Suspected Illegal Miners (opens Pointblank News in a new tab)
At least 82 people have died and dozens are missing following the collapse of an informal gold mine in Sudan's West Kordofan State. Rescue operations are facing significant challenges due to a lack of necessary equipment.
Pointblank News reported it asSudan Mine Collapse: Alake Seeks Regional Rescue Effort (opens Pointblank News in a new tab)
Nigeria's National Drug Law Enforcement Agency arrested Mexican national Arturo Carrera Loaiza at Lagos airport on August 19, 2026, while he was attempting to flee the country. The agency also dismantled an industrial-scale methamphetamine laboratory in Ebonyi State.
Pointblank News reported it asMexican Drug Kingpin Arrested While Fleeing Nigeria (opens Pointblank News in a new tab)
A Nigerian House of Representatives committee investigating the Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council (PFIPC) has uncovered 58 bank accounts linked to its director-general, Adeniyi Adeyemi, and found no legal basis for the council's existence. The panel cleared Chief of Staff Femi Gbajabiamila of involvement.
Pointblank News reported it asPFIPC Scandal: House Panel Clears Gbajabiamila, Uncovers 58 Bank Accounts Linked to Adeyemi (opens Pointblank News in a new tab)
Who says so
No rating organisation we draw on has placed Pointblank News. We asked on 3 October 2026.
How reliably it reports fact
A rating of the newsroom in general, by others, and a different thing from the Trust score we publish on each story, which judges one piece of reporting.
We hold no factual-reliability rating for this outlet.
Who owns it
We hold no ownership record for Pointblank News.
Where it publishes from
- Publishes from
- Nigeria
- Official site
- pointblanknews.com
- Seen publishing on
- pointblanknews.com
- Access
- Free to read
What we have seen ourselves
Counted across the stories this site has published, which is the only denominator a reader can check: every one of them has a page, and every page lists the reports it was written from.
- Stories
- 7
- Reports listed
- 7
- We could read
- 0
- First seen
- 3 September 2026
7 of those reports were paywalled or blocked to us. Our reading of this outlet is built on the 0 we could open, not on everything it published.
A blindspot is measured against one side of the spectrum. Pointblank News has not been placed on the spectrum, so there is no side to count against and we publish no figure here.
Across the 7 stories of ours where at least three of the reports we listed carried a time, another outlet was always ahead of Pointblank News: its report arrived a median of 23 hours after the earliest one we logged.
Measured 18 October 2026. Last seen in a coverage list 17 October 2026. Ratings pulled 3 October 2026.
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