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Nigeria and the Middle East Crisis – By Dr. Leonard Karshima Shilgba

Posted by admin Columnists, Leonard K. Shilgba, PhD, NNP Columnists Saturday, March 5th, 2011

By Dr. Leonard Karshima Shilgba, Yola, Nigeria – Mar 5, 2011 – In Tunisia the people said they had had enough of their president, and so they gave him the boot. Egypt saw it and said, “Why can’t we do it? This is our time,” so they poured out in the streets and after a […]

Where Are Our Leaders?

Posted by admin Articles, Columnists, Leonard K. Shilgba, PhD Wednesday, February 9th, 2011

By Dr. Leonard K. Shilgba, Yola, Nigeria – Feb. 9, 2011 – In the wake of several assassinations of black civil rights leaders and children in USA in his day, the indefatigable Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., said, “The unforgivable default of our society has been its failure to apprehend the assassins. It is a […]

2011 Elections: A Panacea to the National Question?

Posted by admin Articles, Columnists, Leonard K. Shilgba, PhD Sunday, January 16th, 2011

By Dr. Leonard K. Shilgba, Yola, Nigeria – Jan. 16, 2011 – It is not confusing to many informed Nigerians that the forging of the more than 250 nations into one country called Nigeria was the idea and making of the British colonial power at the time. Obviously, the decision of subjugation, partition, and then […]

My Problem With Nigerians

Posted by admin Articles, Columnists, Leonard K. Shilgba, PhD Thursday, December 23rd, 2010

By Dr. Leonard K. Shilgba – Yola, Nigeria – Dec 24, 2010 – To what shall I compare this generation? I sang a serenade and they did not dance; I played a dirge and they did not mourn. To an average Nigerian, the greatest problem of Nigeria is corruption. But what is corruption? On many […]

Analyzing Selected Nigerian Presidential Aspirants

Posted by admin Articles, Columnists, Leonard K. Shilgba, PhD Thursday, December 23rd, 2010

By Dr. Leonard Karshima Shilgba, Yola, Nigeria – Dec 24, 2010: I looked into the likely outcome of the 2011 presidential elections; except for any unpredictable determinant circumstances, one of the following shall occupy the highest political office in Nigeria—Goodluck Jonathan, Atiku Abubakar, Nuhu Ribadu, and Muhammadu Buhari. Those four deserve to be taken seriously, […]