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Articles, Columnists, Leonard K. Shilgba, PhD, NNP Columnists, Oil Politics
Sunday, January 15th, 2012
Dr. Leonard Karshima Shilgba, Yola, Nigeria – Jan. 15, 2012 – I urgently appeal to Nigerian labor, organized civil society, national assembly, and indeed all Nigerians to listen to me. I request Nigerians who either have agreed or are considering agreeing with government’s arguments on the benefits of removal of fuel subsidy to please give […]
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Wednesday, January 11th, 2012
By Dr. Leonard K. Shilgba, Yola, Nigeria – Jan. 11, 2012 – About two years ago, I wrote and warned Nigerians in my essay entitled “Nigeria: Interpreting Times and Events” that President Jonathan would disappoint many. I wrote about a vision I had in which I saw a snake coiled around itself on the roadside, […]
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Saturday, November 26th, 2011
By Dr. Leonard K Shiulgba, Yola, Nigeria – Nov. 27, 2011 – On Saturday, November 19, the American University of Nigeria hosted Bishop Mathew Kukah who delivered the keynote address at the 6th Founder’s Day Anniversary. The Bishop spoke to us about the misconception of leadership in Nigeria. His speech was as captivating as anyone […]
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Monday, November 14th, 2011
Dr. Leonard Karshima Shilgba, Yola, Nigeria , Nov. 14, 2011 – Have you heard that the government of President Jonathan plans to spend one hundred billion naira in 2012 to subsidize electricity tariff for “poor and rural dwellers”? According to the Minister of Power, Professor Barth Nnaji, the 3-year subsidy program shall begin in January […]
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Tuesday, November 1st, 2011
Dr. Leonard Karshima Shilgba, Yola, Nigeria – Nov. 1, 2011 – When I was in elementary school, I read a story in our English textbook about a boy who would go out to a nearby bush to his village and cry out, “Leopard, leopard!” The villagers would go out to rescue him only to find out […]
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Thursday, October 13th, 2011
By Dr. Leonard Karshima Shilgba, Yola, Nigeria – October, 13, 2011 – The recent revelation of the avowed intention of the Nigerian federal government to remove fuel subsidy and devalue the national currency (the naira) in 2012 should not surprise Nigerians who have observed the conduct of government in Nigeria in the past twelve years. […]
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Friday, September 30th, 2011
By Dr. .Leonard Karshima Shilgba, Yola, Nigeria – Sept 30, 2011 – I am not satisfied with the Nigeria in which I live today, neither am I proud of it. I want this Nigeria destroyed and another born. There is despair where there should be hope. Groups that should inspire have rather become hindrances of […]
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Tuesday, September 6th, 2011
By Dr. Leonard K. Shilgba, Yola, Nigeria – Sept 6, 2011 – We don’t lack solutions for our myriad problems. The tragedy on our hands is the deaf rulers in power, who have vowed to have mufflers in their ears as long as we the people allow them to. And we Nigerians are often angered […]
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Thursday, June 23rd, 2011
By Leonard Karshima Shilgba, PhD, Yola, Nigeria – June 22, 2011 – A terrorist group in Nigeria, Boko Haram has been engaging in a bombing campaign against the Nigerian state, bombing whatever and whoever they can. The height of this engagement was the bombing of the Nigerian police headquarters at the country’s capital city of […]
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Tuesday, June 14th, 2011
By Dr. Leonard Karshima Shilgba, Yola, Nigeria – June 14, 2011 – What service does Nigeria need from her legislators at this time? At this time, the foundation for national survival, national cohesion, and national development has not been laid yet. Now is not the time for self-deceit; now is not the time for pretence; […]
