The Chairman and Publisher of Leadership Newspaper, Sam Nda Isaiah, has been confirmed dead.
He was 58 years old. He was at last week’s meeting of the Newspaper Proprietors’ Association of Nigeria where there was a change of leadership guard from Thisday Chairman, Nduka Obaigbena, to Chairman of Trust Newspaper Limited, Alhaji Kabiru Yusuf.
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, a pharmacist, founded the Leadership newspaper over 10 years ago.
Leadership is one of the strongest national dailies in the North.