He taught English and literature at the
Aminu Kano Commercial College,
Kano, during his
National Youth Service from 1985 to 1986. Between 1987 and 1988 he worked as a reporter-researcher at
Newswatch magazine, He became deputy editor of
Sunday Concord in 1996 after the Concord Newspaper Group was unbanned. Between 1998 and 2006 Sam taught media and journalism at the
Metropolitan State College of Denver. He also taught classes and gave talks at the
University of Colorado and the
University of Denver. He became a technology journalist covering the wireless world in its bursting beginnings with
RCR Wireless News. From 2006 to the present, he has been chairman of the editorial board of The Nation Newspapers. He oversees the opinion section of the newspaper and runs a weekly column, In Touch. He has given talks several times in Nigerian universities, including Obafemi Awolowo University, University of Ibadan, and University of Lagos. Sam was appointed a member of the Governing Council of the Lagos State University. He has also been a frequent commentator on television and radio shows on contemporary Nigerian issues. He hosted a television show, Standpoint, on TVC and currently hosts The Platform, an edgy political programme that airs every Saturday on TVC. == Awards ==