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The Daily Independent ( Lagos newspaper ) - Wikipedia The Daily Independent ( Lagos newspaper ) Jump to : navigation , search Independent Newspaper Type Daily newspaper Publisher Independent Newspapers Limited Editor Ted Iwere Founded October 2001 Headquarters Lagos Website independentnig.com The Independent is a newspaper published in Nigeria . It is based in Lagos . Independent Newspapers Limited was incorporated on 17 July 2001 and started operations in October 2001 . The company publishes the flagship Independent newspaper , and the Saturday Independent and Sunday Independent . The Independent is a successor to the Diet newspaper established in 1997 by James Ibori , a close friend of the military ruler General Sani Abacha . By 1999 most of the Diet staff had left since they had not been paid for some months . Ibori , who had been elected governor of Delta State in April 1999 , relaunched the paper in a more colorful and attractive format , but without success . In 2001 the Daily Independent , largely owned by the same publisher , took the place of Diet . In June 2006 Rotimi Durojaiye , an Independent reporter , was arrested and charged with sedition after writing a report questioning the cost and airworthiness of Olusegun Obasanjo 's new presidential jet . The charges were dropped later . In October 2009 the Nigerian Union of Journalists forced a closure of the newspaper . Reasons given were that the paper 's management had refused to pay four months ' salary arrears and had sacked 21 workers for no just reason . Owner James Ibori intervened , promising to pay the arrears and re-hire the workers , and the strike was called off . The former managing editor , Ted Iwere , left the paper because of these problems . In January 2010 James Akpadem , the new managing editor , said that Ibori was actively involved in efforts to restructure the paper , which was struggling with debt and unpaid salaries . In March 2010 the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission ( EFCC ) asked that Ibori attend the Abuja headquarters of the Commission on 17 April 2010 `` for interview '' . The Daily Independent published an editorial that indignantly defended Ibori . Ibori was arrested in May 2010 in Dubai , in the United Arab Emirates . He lost an appeal against a ruling that he should be extradited to Britain . By April 2011 the EFCC had Inori on its `` most wanted '' list , saying `` The suspect is wanted in connection with a N9. 2 billion case of Criminal Conspiracy , Theft and Misappriopriation of Public funds belonging to Delta State of Nigeria '' . On 16 April 2011 Ibori appeared in a British court to charged with a various money laundering and fraud offences . References ( edit ) Jump up ^ `` About Us '' . Daily Independent . Retrieved 2011 - 05 - 10 . Jump up ^ Ayo Olukotun ( 2004 ) . Repressive state and resurgent media under Nigeria 's military dictatorship , 1988 - 98 . Nordic Africa Institute . p. 24 . ISBN 91 - 7106 - 524 - 5 . Jump up ^ Andreas Mehler ; Henning Melber ; Klaas Van Walraven ( 2007 ) . Africa yearbook . BRILL . p. 154 . ISBN 90 - 04 - 16263 - 1 . Jump up ^ `` Ibori Resolves Issues at Daily Independent '' . M2 Online . October 21 , 2009 . Retrieved 2011 - 05 - 14 . Jump up ^ Idris Akinbajo ( Oct 15 , 2009 ) . `` Daily Independent newspapers recall 21 sacked workers '' . Next . Retrieved 2011 - 05 - 14 . Jump up ^ Kenneth O Eze & Joseph Ekeng ( January 18 , 2010 ) . `` James Ibori : Governor in the Newsroom '' . M2 Online . Retrieved 2011 - 05 - 14 . Jump up ^ `` EFcc Vs Ibori - The Rule of Law On Trial '' . Daily Independent . 22 April 2010 . Retrieved 2011 - 05 - 14 . ^ Jump up to : `` Ibori Charged for Money Laundering '' . Channels TV . April 16 , 2011 . Retrieved 2011 - 05 - 14 . Jump up ^ `` JAMES ONANEFE IBORI '' . EFCC. 13 April 2011 . 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