Chairman and founder of Leadership Group Limited, owners of Leadership newspaper, Mr Sam Nda-Isiah, is dead.
The media mogul, writer, politician and serial entrepreneur, died late Friday in Abuja after a brief illness. He was 58.
Confirming his demise, a statement by the family last night said;
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 made his mark as a newspaperman, with three dailies, including the flagship and Nigeria’s most influential newspaper, Leadership.
A chieftain of the ruling All Progressives Congress, he was one of the party’s presidential aspirants for the 2015 election.
Alongside Vice President Atiku Abubakar; former Governor Rochas Okorocha and former Governor Rabiu Kwankwaso among others, he lost the ticket to President Buhari, who later won the election after defeating PDP’s Goodluck Jonathan.
His last major outing was on Thursday, December 10, when he inaugurated the Board of Economists of National Economy Media Limited, a subsidiary of the Leadership Group.
Nda-Isaiah was born in Minna, capital of Niger State on May 1, 1962. He attended the UNA Elementary School before switching over 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.
Nda-Isaiah, fondly called “Sam”, is an alumnus of the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy at the National University of Singapore.
He is survived by family and friends.
May his soul rest in peace.
