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.

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Do the dirty looking barracks leave any impression or affect the psyche of the Nigerian Police? Is this dirty feature just one that occurs in the city of Lagos or does it have nationwide implications?

No More Waste!

In a 5-day agribusiness seminar, organised by TELL and ACME consulting, in conjunction with Songhai Centre in the Republic of Benin, participants are exposed to the yet un-harnessed treasures of integrated farming...

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Against the backdrop of the alarming increase in the number of Nigerians contracting HIV,  investigations reveal that a high percentage of the population still hold on to age-old beliefs on contracting the deadly disease…

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Fazed by mounting pressures locally and internationally, British American tobacco, BAT, now somewhat relies on smugglers to continue to flood the market with their wares...

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