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Atiku reacts to death of Sam Nda-Isaiah, Publisher of Leadership Newspaper
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Atiku, who expressed shock over Nda-Isaiah’s death, said the deceased can-do spirit would be missed.
Nda-Isaiah, a former presidential aspirant and Publisher had died after a brief illness.
Reacting to his death, Atiku, in a series of tweets wrote: “I am shocked and saddened by the death of the publisher and chairman of @LeadershipNGA, Sam Nda- Isaiah. Sam’s can-do spirit, coupled with his boldness and innovativeness embodied the very best of the #NigerianSpirit. He will be sorely missed.
“My condolences to his family and friends, management and staff of Leadership Newspaper Group, Newspapers Proprietors Association of Nigeria and the Nigerian Union of Journalists. May his memory be a blessing.”
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There was no immediate statement from the family but credible sources told our correspondent that Mr Nda-Isaiah, 58, took ill on Thursday and was taken to two different hospitals.
“He developed complications and was first taken to the Nizamiye Hospital in Abuja where he received attention from doctors there,” one of the sources said.
“However, when his condition deteriorated, he was transferred to the University of Abuja Teaching Hospital in Gwagwalada where he died last night,” the source said.
Mr Nda-Isaiah’s last major appearance was at the Tuesday’s Annual General Meeting of Newspaper Proprietors’ Association of Nigeria (NPAN) held in Lagos. He was hale and hearty at the event and fully participated in the election of new leaders of the association.
Buhari mourns Leadership Newspapers Publisher, Nda-Isaiah
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By Johnbosco Agbakwuru
President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed shock and sadness at the death of the Publisher of Leadership Newspapers, Sam Nda-Isaiah, describing him as “a friend and ally.”
The President in a statement issued by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Chief Femi Adesina early hours of Saturday, condoled with the media fraternity, the Nda-Isaiah family, friends and associates of the deceased, saying “the country has lost a man of conviction, a resolute and dogged believer in a better Nigeria.
“He will be sorely missed. This is a massive fish gone out of the media ocean,” President Buhari further said of the pharmacist, renowned columnist, and one-time presidential aspirant on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC).