How do I write a tribute for Sam Nda-Isaiah? On By IS’HAQ MODIBBO KAWU IT was a short post from Isiaq Ajibola, former COO of Media Trust, on the WhatsApp platform of the Northern Media Forum, that drew attention to the passing of Sam Nda-Isaiah, just a few minutes past midnight, Saturday, December 12, 2020. To say that I was stunned, was to understate my emotions! I placed a call to Ajibola, and he confirmed the story, as well as giving me some background. So much has raced through my mind, about Sam, in the past three hours. That he died from complications of COVID-19, has been reported by some online media outlets. And I couldn’t but recall that Sam and I compared notes, as we planned to write tributes to the late Malam Abba Kyari, when he passed earlier in the year, ironically, as one of the earliest victims of COVID-19, in Nigeria.