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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.

  • Allen Avenue: living it up as the Central Business District

    by Bob MajiriOghene Etemiku March 27, 2007
    by Bob MajiriOghene Etemiku

    What is it that drives Allen Avenue and establishes it as the hub of business activity of Ikeja? What is that special vigour and what is that tonic that makes …

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  • Is Olori-Oko about the Second Coming?

    by Bob MajiriOghene Etemiku March 27, 2007
    by Bob MajiriOghene Etemiku

    I know that when Macarena made its debut sometime around 1994, it took two years later before everyone wanted to dance to its aerobic dance steps. Can ‘Olori-Oko’ be the …

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  • We Must Impeach Obasanjo And Atiku NOW!

    by Bob MajiriOghene Etemiku March 23, 2007
    by Bob MajiriOghene Etemiku

    President Obasanjo has committed every impeachable crime in the book. He has abused his office so many times that we cannot even keep count any more…

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  • If I Have To Teach A Dyslexic

    by Bob MajiriOghene Etemiku March 23, 2007
    by Bob MajiriOghene Etemiku

    Dyslexic children are a little hard to come by in my part of the world and I guess this is why I’ve not run into one yet…

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  • Problem Registering TOEFL Exam in Lagos

    by Bob MajiriOghene Etemiku March 22, 2007
    by Bob MajiriOghene Etemiku

    Our students no longer can register for the TOEFL computer based exam from Lagos, Nigeria. Go to the TOEFL webpage and Nigeria is blacklisted as one country where you cannot register …

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  • Begging For The Life Of Your Twins

    by Bob MajiriOghene Etemiku March 22, 2007
    by Bob MajiriOghene Etemiku

    In today’s Nigeria, twin children are very attractive and somewhat celebrated. The parents of these children usually get some kind of support from neighbours and friends particularly when it seems …

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  • Of Babaism And Election Language

    by Bob MajiriOghene Etemiku March 14, 2007
    by Bob MajiriOghene Etemiku

    A speech by a leader or one who aspires to lead should galvanize: it should inspire confidence in all who listen to it and chart a course of hope in …

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  • Ghana’s Jubilee Celebrations – implications for Nigeria

    by Bob MajiriOghene Etemiku March 7, 2007
    by Bob MajiriOghene Etemiku

    I have never been to Ghana but those of my acquaintances who have, summarize their experience in a sentence made up of only two words: GHANA WORKS…

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  • How To Respond To A 419 Scam Letter From Nigeria

    by Bob MajiriOghene Etemiku March 7, 2007
    by Bob MajiriOghene Etemiku

    I wish you could be here to see these fellows who send you letters of urgent business proposals. They are school drop outs, unemployed graduates, homeless tramps and victims of government insensitivity…

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  • Why I suspect Aliero joined PDP

    by Bob MajiriOghene Etemiku March 6, 2007
    by Bob MajiriOghene Etemiku

    Nigeria’s political history cannot be taken as complete without a reference to its history of political party decamping…

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  • Imperative of Reforms in the Education Sector of the Nigerian Economy

    by Bob MajiriOghene Etemiku February 26, 2007
    by Bob MajiriOghene Etemiku

    Nigeria’s educational position, vis-à-vis countries within the West African sub-region, is an embarrassing one to say the least. Some states in the North are very well known to have the …

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  • Why should we go out and Vote?

    by Bob MajiriOghene Etemiku February 22, 2007
    by Bob MajiriOghene Etemiku

    Why should I go out this time to cast a vote that seem to have already been compromised by people like Adedibu who have registration materials right in their homes? …

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  • Can You Tame A Wild And Crazy Class?

    by Bob MajiriOghene Etemiku February 16, 2007
    by Bob MajiriOghene Etemiku

    This is my story concerning how I managed the wildest and craziest class in my school. I must let you in on it that my methods were a little crazy …

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  • EFCC’s Advisory List Is Appropriate

    by Bob MajiriOghene Etemiku February 14, 2007
    by Bob MajiriOghene Etemiku

    We do not need an EFCC list to know that almost all the major players in the political arena, particularly the governors, in seven years plus did not give a …

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  • We are Asari Dokubo!

    by Bob MajiriOghene Etemiku February 11, 2007
    by Bob MajiriOghene Etemiku

    We from the Niger-Delta should carry this consciousness about and around us: that anytime Asari Dokubo is put in chains and locked up in a Black Maria, it is we …

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  • Ode To Emeka – Poet, Songster And Husband

    by Bob MajiriOghene Etemiku February 5, 2007
    by Bob MajiriOghene Etemiku

    Emeka dead? Emeka? What happened? Why? How? God, Why? These were the initial questions that made my heard swim around and around… This could not be. This na the guy …

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