The African Guardian

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The African Guardian
Type Periodical
FormatBroadsheet
PublisherGuardian Magazines Limited
Founded1986 (1986)
Political alignment Pro-democracy
LanguageEnglish
Ceased publication1995;28 years ago (1995)
Headquarters Oshodi
City Lagos
Country Nigeria
ISSN 0794-2788
OCLC number 14628298

The African Guardian was a Nigerian newspaper that began its publication in 1985. [1] [2] It went defunct in 1995 during the military junta of Sani Abacha. [3] [4]

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  2. Ihonvbere, Julius Omozuanvbo (1994). Nigeria: The Politics of Adjustment and Democracy. Transaction Publishers. p. 184. ISBN   9781412829755.
  3. Ahmed, Umar (2019). Gender in Media Discourse: The Discursive Construction of Gender in Nigerian Newspapers. ISBN   9783643910851. ISSN   0938-7285.{{cite book}}: |journal= ignored (help)
  4. Amuwo, 'Kunle (2013). Pius Adesanmi (ed.). Nigeria during the Abacha Years (1993-1998): The Domestic and International Politics of Democratization. p. 395. ISBN   9791092312089.{{cite book}}: |journal= ignored (help)