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
David English (editor) David English (editor) Sir David English (26 May 1931 — 10 June 1998) was a British journalist and newspaper editor, best known for his two-decade editorship of the "Daily Mail". English was born in Oxford, and educated at Bournemouth School. Aged 16, he joined the local "Christchurch Times" and then had a brief period with the "News" in Portsmouth, moving to London before he was 20. English began his national newspaper career at the "Daily Mirror" in 1951, before moving to the "Daily Sketch" firstly as Features Editor and then Editor. He took up the editorship of the "Daily Mail"