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.

Refurbishing A Nation’s Nasty Reputation

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The Age of Stupid in Nigeria

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Why The Nigeria Railways May Remain Dead!

With the total collapse of the road network in the entire country, Nigerians who anticipated that the recent interest in the railways would provide an alternative will have to wait a very, very long time...

Homelessness in Nigeria, the Growing Scourge

More than three quarters of Nigerians who sleep outside daily have found themselves in that condition from a variety of factors, but mostly because the government seemingly has no place in its plans for their welfare…

Is Mother Really Supreme In Africa?

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Everyone with an eye on the ground watching the nation’s political landscape knew that November 11 was pregnant. And when the day delivered in the form of a judgment by the appeal court in Benin City, Edo State, it became clear that there was nothing anybody could do anymore...

Nigeria’s Sick Refineries…

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Nigeria’s Sick Refineries…

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