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Sunday, May 20th, 2012

By Dr. Leonard K. Shilgba | Yola, Nigeria | May 20, 2012 – Only a few Nigerians may not be aware that their country is presently engaged with too many problems on her plate. But how do we articulate those problems in a way that facilitates an understanding of both the dimension and probable solutions? […]
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Monday, May 7th, 2012

Presented by Dr. Leonard K. Shilgba | Yola, Nigeria | May 5, 2012 – A Seminar Talk at American University of Nigeria on April 18, 2012. Today, I begin to frame a debate around the intelligence of the black race— What is intelligence? How can we measure intelligence? What role does intelligence play in shaping […]
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Tuesday, March 20th, 2012

By Dr. Leonard Karshima Shilgba | Yola, Nigeria | March 20, 2012 – I am an investor at the Nigeria stock market. I invested all of my gratuity earnings that I received from the Ahmadu Bello University (ABU) about six years after I had left the university in purchasing shares of the Transcorp Company in […]
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Friday, March 16th, 2012

By Dr. Leonard K. Shilgba | Yola, Nigeria | March 16, 2012 – I wish to begin this sequel of my essay with a quote of what Flora Shaw, a former Colonial Editor of the London Times wrote in the newspaper on January 8, 1897: “The name Nigeria, applying to no other part of Africa, […]
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Monday, March 12th, 2012

Dr. Leonard Karshima Shilgba, Yola, Nigeria, March 12, 2012- In the first part of the essay, we discussed two secrets of Nigeria, namely, Secret 1: Nigeria was created by a lie to remain a lie, and Secret 2: Destroy the opposition. In this part of the essay we shall examine two more secrets. Let me […]
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Thursday, March 8th, 2012

By Dr. Leonard Karshima Shilgba, Yola, Nigeria, March 8, 2012 – Nigeria is a secret; and she has seven secrets. For this country to become profitable to the majority of Nigerians the secrets must be exposed in the most lucid manner that not a few Nigerians shall know about these and hopefully catch the necessary […]
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Saturday, February 25th, 2012

By Dr. Leoanrd K. Shilgba, Yola, Nigeria – Feb. 26, 2012 – There are facts that only a few Nigerians can either ignore or dispute. Fact number 1: Not all ethnic nationalities are represented either at the state or national level. And there are some ethnic nationalities that have no elected or selected representatives at […]
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Monday, February 20th, 2012

Dr. Leonard Karshima Shilgba, Yola, Nigeria, Feb. 20, 2012 – There are facts that only a few Nigerians, against the unrelenting witness of their conscience, can either ignore or dispute: Fact number 1: Not all ethnic nationalities are represented either at the state level or national level. And there are some ethnic nationalities that have […]
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Tuesday, February 14th, 2012

Dr. Leonard Karshima Shilgba, Yola, Nigeria, Feb. 14, 2012 – Not much of good can be attached to Nigeria; yet, not yet the worst can be related to her. Let me talk about her people. For whom do I write? I think I write on behalf of the millions of Nigerians without either a voice […]
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Wednesday, January 18th, 2012

By Dr. Leonard Karshima Shilgba, Yola, Nigeria Jan. 18, 2012 – On January 8, 2012, I watched live as Prophet TB Joshua warned President Jonathan to allow Nigerians to talk some more about fuel subsidy rather than go ahead with removal of the subsidy, for which organized labor and civil society had called out […]