Sam Nda-Isaiah
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Aare Baaroyin Sam Ndanusa Isaiah | |
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| Born | Samuel Isaiiah 1 May 1962 Minna, Nigeria |
| Alma mater | Obafemi Awolowo University |
| Occupation(s) | Political columnist Journalist Entrepreneur |
| Title | Chairman of Leadership Newspaper Group |
| Term | 2013 |
| Political party | All Progressive Congress 2015 - 2020 |
Samuel Ndanusa Isaiah (1 May, 1962) is a political columnist, pharmacists, entrepreneur, journalist and he is the founder and publisher of Leadership Newspaper.[1][2][3]
Nda-Isaiah was born in Minna, he began his education before the age of six at UNA Elementary School then Christ Church School, Kaduna in 1968 and finished in 1974 and later went to Government College, Kaduna in 1974 after graduating in 1978 he gained admission to study pharmacy at Obafemi Awolowo University in 1979 and graduated in 1983, before finishing Barewa College he led then in a quiz organized by the Kaduna education board for secondary known as Kaduna State Schools Challenge which he came first leading his school to victory, at the Obafemi Awolowo University he was the national chief editor of the pharmacist students officially all the pharmacy school in Nigeria, he did his NYSC at the Ekiti General Hospital, Ilawe and the Ekiti State Hospital in 1984.[4][5]
Nda-Isaiah a pharmacy field of study at Obafemi Awolowo University and dwarf person ended up as a political columnist ambition.[6]
He started his pharmacist work in Kano Specialist Hospital for a short term and moved to General Hospital, Minna then he later joined Pfizer Products Limited in 1985 to 1989, he resign and began his columnist works with Daily Trust Editorial Board as a board member and as well being a committee member in Kano State Government to revive The Triumph owned by Kano.[5][4]
Establishment of Leadership Newspaper
In 2001 with entrepreneurship spirit he began establishing the Leadership Group, an establishment with lower than 1 million naira for Leadership Confidential, one year later it began weekly publication after successfulness, the book he launched title 'NIGERIA: FULL DISCLOSURE' raised about 17 million naira which helped to his Leadership Group fund.[7][4]
Chaired post
- Leadership Holding Limited
- Lease Praxis Limited
- Oakhouse Forte Limited
- Banana Republic Limited
- Allan Woods Limited (an education company modeled after the Washington Post Company),
- Free Press Limited
- Clayfields and Harrow Limited,
- The Outsource Company Limited,
- Integrat Mobile Aggregation Services Limited
- Grayston 77 Limited,
- PPSG Group
- Robertsham Hotel, Johannesburg, South Africa
- Leadership House Limited
- Director of MAP Plc,
- Empire Securities Limited,
- Health Reform Foundation of Nigeria
- member, Board of Trustees of Nupe Foundation.
Nda-Isaiah monday's column which he started in Daily Trust in a combine title of 'Last Word and Earshot' before he established the Leadership Newspaper was one of the most popular column in Nigeria which he also continued with it in Leadership, in the column he firmly established himself as a pro-good governance exponent.[4]
Educational Honors
- Ph.D, Forestry & Environmental Studies (Social Ecology), Yale University
- M.Philosophy, Forestry & Environmental Studies (Social Ecology), Yale University
- M.S, Natural Resource Management (Environmental Education and Interpretation), University of Wisconsin, Stevens Point
- B.B.A, International Business & French, James Madison University.
Sam Nda-Isaiah who works with Daily Trust was one of their top notch staff, in 2003 he was in charge of Mohammadu Buhari's presidential campaign publicities.[8]
Politics
Nda-Isaiah enrolled in politics in 2015 contesting for presidential position with feathers Sam4Nigeria in All Progressives Congress platform after suspending his columnist ambition as the group director but losses in primaries to Muhammad Buhari.[9][3][10] He was conferred with the chieftaincy title Aare Baaroyin of Akure Kingdom by Oba Aladetoyinbo Ogunlade Aladelusi,Odundun I I.[11]
Bibliography
- Nigeria: Full Disclosure; Selected Writings on Govenance, Democracy and Statecraft, May 1999/March 2004, S. NDa-Isaiah. Free Press 2004, ISBN 9783721801, ISBN 9789783721807
- Judgment to Lead: A Conversation with Sam Nda-Isaiah (Kakaki Nupe), Uche Odika Junior, Xlibris Corporation LLC, 2014. ISBN 1499085893, ISBN 9781499085891, 216 pages
Notes
- ^ 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.
- ^ "2015 Presidential Series: The big ideas to transform Nigeria, by Sam Nda-Isaiah". Vanguard News. 2014-10-12. Retrieved 2020-07-06.
- ^ a b "2015: I'll change Nigeria's history for good, says Nda-Isaiah". Vanguard News. 2014-11-05. Retrieved 2020-07-16.
- ^ a b c d "Sam Nda-Isaiah – Abuja Beijing Consensus". Retrieved 2020-07-06.
- ^ a b Newspapers, Leadership. "The Man Sam Nda-Isaiah | Nigeria A-Z Online". Retrieved 2020-07-06.
- ^ Musa, Simon Reef (2019-05-01). "Sam Nda-Isaiah: Salute To A Prodigious Publisher @ 57". Leadership Newspaper. Retrieved 2020-07-06.
- ^ Andrew Essien (2017-05-05). "Sam Nda-Isaiah@ 55". Leadership Newspaper. Retrieved 2020-07-06.
- ^ Ciboh, Rodney Saawuan (2007). Mass Media in Nigeria: Perspectives on Growth and Development. Aboki Publishers. ISBN 978-978-8098-65-2.
- ^ "Sam Nda-Isaiah: Why I'm stopping my column". TheCable. 2014-09-17. Retrieved 2020-07-06.
- ^ "Nigeria:Nda-Isaiah Declares for 2015 Presidency". All Africa. 9 October 2014. Retrieved 16 July 2020.
{{cite web}}: line feed character in|title=at position 37 (help)CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Buhari congratulates Sam Nda-Isaiah on conferment with Akure title – News Tide 24/7". Retrieved 2020-07-06.
Category:Living people
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Category:Obafemi Awolowo University alumni
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