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 Hill (newspaper) the Washington bureau of "The New York Times". In 2003, Hugo Gurdon, who was previously a foreign correspondent (New York, Hong Kong, Tokyo, Washington, industrial editor at "The Daily Telegraph" (London) and founding managing editor of the Toronto-based "National Post"), became "The Hill"s editor in chief. Gurdon turned "The Hill" from a weekly paper into a daily during congressional sessions. In 2014, Gurdon left for the "Washington Examiner" and was replaced by his managing editor, Bob Cusack. The newspaper has the largest circulation of any Capitol Hill publication, with more than 24,000 print readers. It also operates a news website