2025-04-15https://repository.covenantuniversity.edu.ng/handle/123456789/49029Editorial cartoons, also regarded as political cartoons, are a potent form of visual communication, often used to comment on and critique socio-political issues. In the context of Nigeria, the 2023 fuel subsidy removal has sparked significant public discourse and media coverage. This study focuses on the socio-semiotic analysis of cartoons in selected Nigerian newspapers, aiming to explore how these visual narratives reflect and critique the socio-political issues surrounding the fuel subsidy removal. This study conducts a socio-semiotic analysis of political cartoons from selected Nigerian newspapers on the 2023 fuel subsidy removal. Employing a descriptive research design with both quantitative and qualitative methods, it analyzes 30 cartoons from six major newspapers between May 2023 and January 2024. Using a socio-semiotic framework, the study examines how cartoons employ iconic, symbolic, and indexical signs to critique government policies. It identifies cohesive devices that enhance narrative coherence and illuminate societal perspectives on corruption, economic hardship, and public disillusionment. This research contributes insights into the socio-political impact of editorial cartoons in Nigerian public discourse.application/pdfH Social Sciences (General), PE EnglishThesis