The Daily Independent (Lagos newspaper) The Daily Independent (Lagos newspaper) 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
The National Sports Daily sports news that they could find in their local publications, or the nationally-distributed "USA Today" by comparison, for fifty cents or even less. Despite a last-ditch effort to start an online distribution through Compuserve, which was one of the earliest Internet providers, the declining circulation was enough for "The National" to announce it was ceasing publication. On June 13, 1991, "The National" put out its final issue with its front cover reading "We Had A Ball: The fat lady sings our song." The National Sports Daily The National Sports Daily, simply referred to as The National, was a sports-centered newspaper