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Bob MajiriOghene Etemiku

Bob MajiriOghene Etemiku

Bob MajiriOghene Etemiku, freelance journalist, runs a private media outfit, Bob MajiriOghene Communications, Abuja. He received training in ECOWAS institutions in Accra, Ghana and in environmental journalism by the International Institute for Journalism, IIJ of InWent, Berlin Germany all in 2008. Bob is the author of Deep Sighs, Tears for A Birthday & other poems, Secrets of a Diary, SAT/TOEFL Essays: lesson notes questions & answers, and has concluded the draft of a children's book, Mamud & the Moringa Tree in August 2013. Other manuscripts he is working on include HOLY LIES, (a play), Once upon a Dog and Other Stories, and I WANT TO LICK MY UKODO & OTHER POEMS. He lives in Abuja, Nigeria and is facilitator for the prose fiction module for the monthly writing workshops organised by the Abuja Writers Forum, AWF. His opinion pieces have been published by Nigerian newspapers like Vanguard, ThisDay, Daily Independent, The Guardian of Nigeria, and by international publications like Equatorial Press, YahooVoices and in a German periodical, KULTURAUSTAUSCH. He can be reached on 08156171133  -  majirioghene@yahoo.com. Visit his blog.

  • Nigerians, Leave Trump Alone, Face your Own Leaders

    by Bob MajiriOghene Etemiku March 26, 2025
    by Bob MajiriOghene Etemiku

    In just a few days after becoming president again, President Donald Trump has signed several Executive Orders. Most of those orders have come at a time when the USA appears …

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  • Is Sheriff Oborevwori Also an Ebeano Governor?

    by Bob MajiriOghene Etemiku January 30, 2025
    by Bob MajiriOghene Etemiku

    When he was governor of Enugu State, 1997 – 2007, Dr. Chimaroke Nnamani often promoted a slogan known as Ebeano. Ebeano in the Ibo language means, ‘where we are’.  Part …

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  • When Will Trump Renovate the White House?

    by Bob MajiriOghene Etemiku January 24, 2025
    by Bob MajiriOghene Etemiku

    Shortly after his election as president of Nigeria, Bola Tinubu announced that he had suspended payments on fuel subsidies. Once that announcement was made, cost of living in Nigeria reached …

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  • GMO Foods Can Kill

    by Bob MajiriOghene Etemiku July 7, 2024
    by Bob MajiriOghene Etemiku

    In the Summer of 2008, I was part of a team that visited Germany on a 3-month training on Environmental journalism.  As part of our training, we were taken to …

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  • “Great Nation” Should Be Nigeria’s National Anthem

    by Bob MajiriOghene Etemiku June 6, 2024
    by Bob MajiriOghene Etemiku

    Anybody interested in a prosodic analysis of a poem, a piece of music or an anthem will need to focus on only four elements. Those elements are the sounds, the …

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  • Is Bola Tinubu Really a Master Strategist?

    by Bob MajiriOghene Etemiku June 2, 2024
    by Bob MajiriOghene Etemiku

    In the days and weeks before Bola Tinubu became president, he had many sobriquets. The sobriquets depended on the side of the aisle that the admirers or the traducers stood. …

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  • Where does Customs ‘target’ Money Go?

    by Bob MajiriOghene Etemiku May 26, 2024
    by Bob MajiriOghene Etemiku

    Last week, while discussing an awful experience with being charged an outrageous sum for a tiny parcel, I was to briefly reference a report attributed to the Leadership newspaper wherein the boss …

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  • Why are Customs People this Wealthy and Healthy?

    by Bob MajiriOghene Etemiku May 11, 2024
    by Bob MajiriOghene Etemiku

    On the 7th day of May, 2024, I visited the headquarters of the Nigeria Customs Service in Abuja to try to find out why and how I was charged N174, …

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  • Uzere 2023 Oil Spill, where is NOSDRA Report?

    by Bob MajiriOghene Etemiku May 4, 2024
    by Bob MajiriOghene Etemiku

    Concerning the subject matter above, we will start by stating the facts first of all and avoid any speculations. In June 15, 2023, an oil spill took place in Uzere …

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  • Buhari, Osinbajo, Leave our Books out of your failures

    by Bob MajiriOghene Etemiku January 20, 2024
    by Bob MajiriOghene Etemiku

    A few days ago, I was to run into a video where Prof Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, former vice president of Nigeria was eulogizing General Buhari. From the video, I was …

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  • Will A Good Man in the Tinubu Epoch Please Stand Up?

    by Bob MajiriOghene Etemiku January 13, 2024
    by Bob MajiriOghene Etemiku

    There are very strong indicators that almost 90% of the members of the Tinubu administration came to steal. Or perhaps not. But strong evidence on ground seems to support this …

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  • That we may not die in hospitals abroad

    by Bob MajiriOghene Etemiku January 6, 2024
    by Bob MajiriOghene Etemiku

    Last year 2023, the tragic news of the death of a governor of one of the Southwest states took place. Before he died in Germany, he had been going back …

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  • Will Nigerians Again Win International Literary Prizes?

    by Bob MajiriOghene Etemiku December 23, 2023
    by Bob MajiriOghene Etemiku

    The last time any Nigerian won an international prize for short stories was 2019. That writer was Lesley Nneka Arimah who won the Caine Prize for her story, “Skinned”. Her …

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  • Will Votes Make Any Difference in Edo 2024?

    by Bob MajiriOghene Etemiku December 3, 2023
    by Bob MajiriOghene Etemiku

    Three scenarios make room for the topic of this week’s discussion. One is from a workshop organised by the Malami SAN-led Ministry of Justice late 2022. In that workshop, Chief …

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  • Abandoned National Library Building Abuja May Soon Collapse

    by Bob MajiriOghene Etemiku November 3, 2023
    by Bob MajiriOghene Etemiku

    Seventeen years ago, Nigeria embarked on a very ambitious project, to build the largest library in Africa. Located between the National Mosque and the National Ecumenical centre, the National library …

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  • Who Can Dance Like Gov Ademola Adeleke?

    by Bob MajiriOghene Etemiku October 27, 2023
    by Bob MajiriOghene Etemiku

    There are only four elements you look for in a song. Intellectuals identify them as imagery, diction, sound and the flow or rhythm of the said song. What this easily …

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