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Wednesday, May 25th, 2011

By Dr. Leonard Karshima Shilgba, Yola, Nigeria – May 25, 2011 – Eleven days after Nigeria got her political independence on October 1, 1960, the Sardauna of Sokoto, Sir Ahmadu Bello said, as was carried by the Parrot newspaper on October 12, 1960: “The new nation called Nigeria should be an estate of our great […]
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Thursday, May 19th, 2011
By Dr. Leonard Karshima Shilgba, Yola, Nigeria – May 19, 2011 – May 29th, 2011 signals the end of an era, an era when pre-independence Nigerians dominated affairs in Nigeria; an era of wasted opportunities. Simply put, the pre-independence era is one that Nigerians should not be proud of. Who are the fathers of Nigeria? […]
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Friday, May 13th, 2011
By Dr. Leonard K. Shilgba, Yola, Nigeria – May 13, 2011 – The morning had come after the stormy and thundery preceding night. All was calm save for the chirping of birds echoing in the backyard and the rustling of leaves in the trees outside. “What would you advise me to do?” the new president […]
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Tuesday, April 19th, 2011
By Dr. Leonard K. Shilgba, Yola, Nigria – April 19, 2011 – To those who still believe in the continuance of the mythical North—the One North, One Destiny, I report the demise of the myth and the end of its fruits to the singular beneficiaries. Some have spoken in the past about the impossibility of […]
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Friday, April 15th, 2011
By Dr. Leonard Karshima Shilgba, Yola, Nigeria April 15, 2011 – The overwhelming verdict of people that participated in and observed the Nigerian national assembly election of April, 9, 2011 was that it was generally fair, transparent and credible. Nigerians voted for candidates of their choice. While some of those choices may not have […]
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Books & Magazines, Columnists, Leonard K. Shilgba, PhD, Press Releases
Thursday, April 7th, 2011

Nigerian Professor’s Personal and Scholarly Study of Post-Colonial Africa Spanning the chronological events between 2004 and 2009 which have helped to define Nigeria and Africa, From My Heart raises important socio-political questions at the heart of Post-Colonialism. What leashes have kept Nigeria from fulfilling the expectations of her people? Can a country which spends more […]
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Thursday, April 7th, 2011
By Dr. Leonard K. Shilgba, Yola, Nigeria, April 7, 2011 – The last presidential debate organized by the Nigerian Election Debate Group (NEDG) on March 30, 2011 exposed the petulance and pettiness of some of the presidential candidates seeking the votes of Nigerians. What options does the Nigerian electorate have now? It was reported that […]
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Sunday, April 3rd, 2011
By Dr. Leonard K. Shilgba, Yola, Nigeria – April 3, 2011 – In October, 2010 the Independent National Election Commission (INEC), headed by Professor Attahiru Jega, announced cancellation of its earlier released 2011 election timetable just about two weeks after its release. I responded in an article titled “INEC should stop this distraction.” On April […]
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Wednesday, March 30th, 2011
By Dr. Leonard K. Shilgba, Yola, Nigeria – March 30, 2011 – Are you the Nigerian better off today than you were 12 years ago? As Nigerians go to the polls in April 2011 to choose their representatives in government, this should be the question on their mind. Nigeria has made in the past 12 […]
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Thursday, March 24th, 2011
By Dr. Leonard K. Shilgba, Yola, Nigeria – Mar. 24, 2011 – Now is not the time to train our eyes on the April 2011 national elections in Nigeria. Now is certainly not the time for politicians to indulge in costly assumptions about Nigerians, that they are eternally gullible. But now is the time to […]