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 Daily Ittefaq was a mouthpiece for Yahya and Tikka Khan, and severely criticised the freedom fighters. After the newspaper "The Daily Sangram" called Serajuddin Hossain, (also transliterated Seraj Uddin Hossain), executive editor "Daily Ittefaq", the editor was abducted December 10, 1971 and never found. During Bangladesh's war crimes trials in 2012, Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojaheed, a Jamaat-e-Islami party member, was charged with Hossain's murder. Ownership was returned to Manik Mia’s sons after nationalization on August 24, 1975. Today, Anwar Hossain is the editor. "Ittefaq" features all the standard sections of a modern daily newspaper like political news, sports, education, entertainment and general