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| Type | Daily newspaper |
|---|---|
| Owner | Sam Nda-Isaiah |
| Publisher | Leadership Newspaper Group |
| Editor-in-chief | Azubuike Ishiekwene |
| Founded | 2001 (2001) |
| Language | English Hausa (A Yau) |
| Headquarters | Abuja,Nigeria |
| Website | leadership |
Leadership is a Nigerian daily national newspaper. It was established in October 2004 bySam Nda-Isaiah, a pharmacist cum businessman and politician, and is published by Leadership Newspaper Group based inAbuja,Nigeria.[1] On its website, the paper asserts: "We shall stand up forgood governance. We shall defend the interests of the Nigerian state even against its leaders and we shall raise our pen at all times in defence of what is right. These are the values by which we intend to be assessed".[2]
Leadership is better known asLeadership News because of its new offerings which includes Podcast, Fashion Magazine (LeVogue) andNational Economy.
On 9 January 2007 a dozenState Security Service agents stormed theLeadership offices and arrested general manager Abraham Nda-Isaiah, editor Bashir Bello Akko and journalist Abdulazeez Sanni. The cause was an article written by journalist Danladi Ndayebo that discussed the political maneuvers in the rulingPeople's Democratic Party (PDP) party that led to nomination ofUmaru Musa Yar'Adua as presidential candidate.[3]On 6 May 2008 a squad of armed, plain-clothed policemen from theNiger State Command raided theLeadership head office and arrested the deputy editor, Danladi Ndayebo, apparently without any warrant. According to a staff writer, Prince Charles Dickson, the cause was a feature article said to have defamed the character of SenatorIsa Mohammed.[4]
In December 2009, theNigeria Union of Journalists namedLeadership "Newspaper of the Year". The award was accepted by Abraham Nda-Isaiah, its Group Executive Director.[5]In a restructuring effective 1 January 2011,Azubuike Ishiekwene was appointed the first managing director of Leadership Newspapers, while Abraham Nda-Isaiah became managing director of Leadership Holdings.Ishiekwene had formerly been editor ofThe Punch, and then executive director of that newspaper.[6]In the April 2011 elections Golu Timothy, a former editor of the newspaper, was elected to the State House of Assembly in the Kanke Constituency ofPlateau State. He ran on the PDP platform. Golu was reported to be seeking the position of Speaker in the Plateau House of Assembly.[7]
On 17 July 2013 theLeadership reprinted the writer Shai Afsai’s photographs and first-person article "Igbo Jews of Nigeria Strive to Study and Practice" under the title "Igbo-Jews Of Nigeria Study And Practise Judaism," while citing theLeadership's Igho Oyoyo as its author. After being threatened with legal action by theNew English Review's editor, theLeadership issued a corrected byline and an apology for the plagiarism ten days later, on 26 July 2013.[8]
The chairman and publisher of Leadership, Mr. Sam Nda-Isaiah, died suddenly on 12 December 2020.[9] His wife, Zainab, stepped in as chairman in February 2021. A few administrative changes saw Azubuike Ishiekwene, who had left the company previously, coming back as editor-in-chief.
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