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Tuesday, April 21st, 2015
By Leonard Karshima Shilgba | Yola, Nigeria | April 21, 2015 – First, let me congratulate all Nigerians for making the right choice and voting for General Buhari for the office of President of Nigeria. The choice is right because it is the most appropriate response by the electors to impunity, incompetence and corruption that […]
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Saturday, April 4th, 2015
By Leonard Karshima Shilgba | Yola, Nigeria | April 4, 2015 –Nigeria is presently standing naked before her peers. The love of money in the country is growing too disproportionately against our love of country. As it is widely known, the love of money is the root of all kinds of evil. Prophet Jeremiah said […]
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Friday, February 13th, 2015
By Dr. Leonard Karshima Shilgba | Yola, Nigeria | Feb. 13, 2015 – The temptation to give up on Nigeria is common among Nigerians that have spoken and written a lot about the good that is a possible experience for Nigeria. But there is a greater passion, a nobler one, to expect and envision a […]
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Monday, February 2nd, 2015
By Dr. Leonard Karshima Shilgba | Yola, Nigeria | Feb. 2, 2015 – I am deeply concerned that at this time of political campaign, as it usually happens, the word “Christian” is loosely used in reference to certain candidates for elective offices in Nigeria. The church stands the risk of being used for very indecent […]
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Friday, October 31st, 2014
By Dr. Leonard K. Shilgba | Yola, Nigeria | October 31, 2014 – A new wave of terrorism is blowing away many Nigerians. State-supported raids on Nigerian roads are happening. Drivers and other road users are passing through harrowing experiences on Nigerian roads and there is no evidence that persons that have the constitutional authority […]
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Thursday, June 19th, 2014
By Dr. Leonard K. Shilgba | Yola, Nigeria | June 19, 2014 – Politicians in Nigeria never learn, at least they never learn in time. Nigeria is now divided, not into two parts, but more. Safety of life has become very doubtful. The heart of many Nigerians is becoming calloused with deep-seated anger and hatred […]
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Saturday, April 5th, 2014
By Dr. Leonard K. Shilgba | Yola, Nigeria | April 5, 2014 – Troubling times are here in Nigeria. The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Dr. Akinwunmi Adesina announced on Wednesday, March 25, 2014 a decision of the National Economic Council (NEC) chaired by the Vice-President, Namadi Sambo: Due to incessant clashes between nomadic […]
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Saturday, March 22nd, 2014
By Dr. Leonard K. Shilgba | Yola, Nigeria |March 22, 2014 – My attention has been drawn to a letter sent to President Jonathan by the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders’ Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) on 24 February, 2014, titled, “MR. PRESIDENT, CALL GOVERNOR SUSWAM TO ORDER NOW BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE.” As much as […]
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Sunday, March 9th, 2014
By Dr. Leonard K. Shilgba | Yola, Nigeria | March 09, 2014 – Our Nigerian way of life is the way of plenty of rituals of religion and very little of deeds to match our religious professions. It is public conduct and confessions that are divorced from personal responsibility and rather attached to “faith”. It […]
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Sunday, March 2nd, 2014
By Dr. Leonard K. Shilgba | Yola, Nigeria | March 2, 2014 – President Jonathan has called a national conference to discuss important issues that are connected to the interests of all ethnic nationalities that make up Nigeria. Those interests are many and variegated. I am a Tiv man with a Nigerian nationality. In this […]
