Sam Nda-Isaiah

Samuel Ndanusa Isaiiah (born 1 May 1962) is a Nigerian politician, pharmacist, enterprenuer and chairman Leadership Newspaper Group.[1][2][3][4]

Aare Baaroyin

Sam Ndanusa Isaiah
Born
Samuel Isaiiah

(1962-05-01) 1 May 1962
Minna, Nigeria
Alma materObafemi Awolowo University
OccupationJournalist
Politician
Entrepreneur
Known forCofounder of Leadership Group Limited
TitleChairman of Leadership Newspaper Group
Term2013
Political partyAll Progressive Congress

Education

He grew up in Kaduna, Nigeria there he had his educations before gaining admission and studied pharmacy at Obafemi Awolowo University.[5][6]

Career and politics

He worked as a pharmacist at the General Hospital in Kano and later in Ekiti. He became a journalist and businessman started working with the Daily Trust Newspaper as a chief writer before moving to Leadership newspaper.[7] He was member of the founding body of Leadership Newspapers Group and was assistant secretary when the Newswatch Communication was setup in 1984.[8][9]

In 2015 he left the chairmanship position in Leadership Newspaper Group to pursue politics.[10][11] He contesting for president in the APC platform and losses in the primaries but feel the desire to step down for Muhammadu Buhari.[12]He was awarded best media publisher by City People Award.[13]

In 2018, Oba Aladetoyinbo Odundun II, titled him the Aare Baaroyin of Akure Kingdom, a chieftaincy title and received a congratulatory speech by Buhari.[14]

Publications
  • Judgment to Lead: A Conversation with Sam Nda-Isaiah (Kakaki Nupe). Paperback, Uche Odika Junior, Published by Xlibris, United States (2014).ISBN 1-499-08589-3, 9-781-499-08589-1

Notes
  1. Blueprint (2014-03-26). "The presidential agenda of Sam Nda-Isaiah". Blueprint. Retrieved 2020-04-24.
  2. NDa-Isaiah, Sam (2004). Nigeria: Full Disclosure : Selected Writings on Govenance, Democracy and Statecraft, May 1999 - March 2004. Free Press. ISBN 978-978-37218-0-7.
  3. Ciboh, Rodney Saawuan (2007). Mass Media in Nigeria: Perspectives on Growth and Development. Aboki Publishers. ISBN 978-978-8098-65-2.
  4. "2015 Presidential Series: The big ideas to transform Nigeria, by Sam Nda-Isaiah". Vanguard News. 2014-10-12. Retrieved 2020-06-09.
  5. "Nigeria: The Man Sam Nda-Isaiah, by Ebanga Isine". Allafrica. 30 May 2012. Retrieved 12 March 2020.
  6. "The Man Sam Nda-Isaiah". Nigeria A-Z Online. 2012-04-30. Retrieved 2020-06-27.
  7. "StackPath". leadership.ng. May 2019. Retrieved 2020-03-12.
  8. Newswatch. Newswatch Communications Limited. 2007.
  9. Blueprint (2014-11-05). "Jonathan drawing the nation back – Nda-Isaiah". Blueprint. Retrieved 2020-04-24.
  10. "The opposition and Nda-Isaiah's game plan". Vanguard News. 2013-05-07. Retrieved 2020-06-09.
  11. "Nda Isaiah steps down as chairman of Leadership Group". Vanguard News. 2014-04-01. Retrieved 2020-06-09.
  12. "APC President primaries Sam Nda-Isaiah step down for Buhari". Information Nigeria.
  13. "Nigeria: City People Magazine Honours Nda- Isaiah, Ahmed, Dabiri, Others". Allafrica. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
  14. "Buhari Congratulates Sam Nda-Isaiah on Chieftaincy Title | NTA.ng - Breaking News, Nigeria, Africa, Worldwide". Retrieved 2020-03-12.
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