The Chairman and publisher of LEADERSHIP Newspaper, Sam Nda-Isaiah, is dead, aged 58, his family has announced.
Mr Nda-Isaiah’s newspaper, LEADERSHIP, in a report Saturday morning, quoted his family as saying, “We are deeply saddened to announce the news of the passing of the chairman of LEADERSHIP Group/National Economy, Mr. Sam Nda-Isaiah.
“He died in Abuja on Friday night, after a brief illness. Nda-Isaiah was a family man, a serial entrepreneur and visioner, and a passionate politician. He was, above all, a man of faith. Even in this moment of grief, we know he is in a better place.”
Nda-Isaiah was born in Minna, the capital of Niger State on May 1, 1962. He attended the UNA Elementary School before he transferred to the Christ Church School, Kaduna in 1968 to complete his primary school education.
He attended the Federal Government College, Kaduna, from 1974 to 1979. He later studied Pharmacy at the Obafemi Awolowo University and did his National Youth Service Corps programme at the Ekiti State General Hospital in 1984.
As a result of his immense contributions to the media industry, He displayed exceptional courage through his write-ups, a quality that popularised the newspaper and often put him at odds with the Nigerian government.
A very hard-working personality in all he sought to do, he was fully committed to ideals which he believed in.He was a great patriot who believed in the unity and development of Nigeria.
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