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Newspaper proprietors mourn Sam Nda-Isaiah

Share Newspaper Proprietors’ Association of Nigeria (NPAN) has described as huge, the devastating death of Leadership Newspaper publisher, Sam Nda-Isaiah. NPAN in a statement signed by the President, Malam Kabir Yusuf and the secretary, Alhaji Mohammed Idris expressed their condolences. The statement reads: “The nation woke up this morning with the startling news of the death of one of the key investors in the Nigerian media, Mr. Sam Nda-Isaiah, the Chairman and Publisher of Leadership Group of Newspapers. ALSO READ:  “His commitment to the values and objectives of the association was unflagging to the very end; he was together with the rest of us only last week in Lagos, when elections into the national executive council of the NPAN were held, and Sam was elected as an ex-officio member.”

Daily Trust - Sam Nda-Isaiah, Leadership publisher, dies at 58

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.

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