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.

When There is no Toilet…

Most Nigerians, particularly in Lagos, from whatever social class they belong, have no access to toilets and no toilet culture, so they answer nature’s call anywhere they please...

That Controversy Over Dangerous Masts And Towers

The quarrel  between the Lagos State Government and  stakeholders, which  snowballed  into a  court case over the alleged  health  hazards and environmental unfriendliness of masts and towers may be  resolved soon...

‘Don’t expect green cards because of Obama’ – Dele Olojede, Pulitzer Award Winner

Nigerians had already started to think that with Obama in the White House, visa problems don end, aid will come pouring in, and Green Cards will flood our streets...

Interview with Obi Okaku, Nigerian Hotel Consultant in Germany

My ex-German wife did not want children. According to her, she had sterilized herself before we met and her 13-year old cats were better alternatives to having children...

Welcome to Germany?

Some Nigerians who travelled to Europe in the hope of greener pastures are stuck there because the castles they built in the air have come crashing down on them...

Danger of Food Insecurity In Nigeria

Can we give serious-minded rice and cassava farmers the encouragement they need? For many countries of the world today that import only a tiny percentage of their food, that was the initial step they took to ensure food security for their peoples...

Security in the Niger Delta – An Interview with Col. Rabe Abubakar

"The issue of security in the Niger Delta is a collective responsibility for everybody. However, the JTF has been doing a lot to provide that sense of security..." - Rabe Abubakar

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Some Nigerians who are seemingly unqualified to drive but who obtain driving licenses indiscriminately contribute to the rise in motor accidents as well as swell the ranks of those who use the licenses to impersonate and defraud...

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