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.

The World At A Tipping Point!

Some topics covered at a two-month ‘Environmental Reporting’ training in Berlin, Germany, organised by the International Institute for Journalism, IIJ, of InWent, reveals that the world  is at a’ tipping point’, an irreversible point of climate change...

Apathy For Biofuel

With increased awareness in biofuel production, new players in the business like Indonesia and Malaysia have started a fierce competition with traditional biofuel producers...

Environmental Problems Are Everywhere, Solutions Too

At the opening of the ‘Environmental Reporting’ programme organized by the International Institute of Journalism, IIJ, in Berlin, participants find out that environmental problems may  not be peculiar to Africa and Asia alone...

A Wall Street crash will affect Nigeria – Dele Ashiru

"Because Nigeria is a large market, the US stands to gain a lot from production activities tailored towards Nigeria, whereas Nigeria does not have the same opportunity to trade massively in the American market..." - Dele Ashiru

Interview With Lamidi Adedibu, Formerly Amala Politician…

The setting is in limbo, a GRA  for  both the important and unimportant, those that the cosmic master himself has placed on a waiting list of cases yet to be decided. As the latest entrant to the semi-humid classroom, Adedibu is convinced that he deserves a place with the greats...

Telephone interview with Godwin Oyibo, Math professor, Exponent of God Almighty Grand Unified Theorem, GAGUT

I have not been in the news within the last couple of years because humanity has not yet understood why God sent GAGUT. God revealed GAGUT to usher in a new age called the Age of Intelligence for humanity...

Heritage – Jahdiel

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Rage Of Retirees Over Satellite Town Homes

Retirees of 16 companies, who bought houses under the owner-occupier scheme in 1976 under the General Olusegun Obasanjo regime, battle their former employers over ownership of the housing units in Satellite Town, Lagos...

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