CULTURETECHLENSThe Guardian Nigeria
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Combined Graph record U-01474 · provenance: canonical master store (CSV), record CTL-O-0028. Master record source: CTL seed 2026-10-16 — UNVERIFIED, verify before public citation.
The Guardian is a Nigerian independent newspaper founded by Alex Uruemu Ibru; it first hit the newsstand on February 27, 1983 as a weekly and its daily edition began on July 4, 1983; it styles itself the 'flagship of the Nigerian press' and is described in the paper's own 39th-anniversary statement as a newspaper of record and influence, published from Rutam House (per The Guardian's anniversary statement distributed by APO Group, July 2022).
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The Guardian is a Nigerian independent newspaper founded by Alex Uruemu Ibru; it first hit the newsstand on February 27, 1983 as a weekly and its daily edition began on July 4, 1983; it styles itself the 'flagship of the Nigerian press' and is described in the paper's own 39th-anniversary statement as a newspaper of record and influence, published from Rutam House (per The Guardian's anniversary statement distributed by APO Group, July 2022).
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- City: Lagos
- Outlet type: newspaper
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- Lagos — located in
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- https://www.africa-newsroom.com/press/printview/the-quest-for-excellence-the-guardian-at-39 (verification source · master store)
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The Guardian is a Nigerian independent newspaper founded by Alex Uruemu Ibru; it first hit the newsstand on February 27, 1983 as a weekly and its daily edition began on July 4, 1983; it styles itself the 'flagship of the Nigerian press' and is described in the paper's own 39th-anniversary statement as a newspaper of record and influence, published from Rutam House (per The Guardian's anniversary statement distributed by APO Group, July 2022).
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