Bob MajiriOghene Etemiku

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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.
Nigeria Matters

Will The Election Tribunals Deliver?

Bob MajiriOghene Etemiku -
What learned people of the law are saying is that all over the world, elections aren't 100% s perfect and if we have ours declared as 80% perfect, why don't we all go to bed and have a good night's sleep?
Nigeria Matters

I Believe Atiku!

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A lot of us hardly took Atiku seriously even when he apologized to the nation for assisting President Obasanjo put us through some very harrowing reformatory experiences...
Education

How to Handle Imagery in a Poem or Passage

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Imagery works by means of analogy. It is a broad term used in describing all the images, figures and pictures of the mind present in a poem or passage...
Nigeria Matters

What’s Your Age Got To Do With Your Participation In Politics?

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A lot of the governorship aspirants fall within the forty or forty something range. I hope you realize what this means in terms of the kind of parentage and the kind of opportunities that these politicians were exposed to as children...

Introspective

How Do Ideas Come To You?

Bob MajiriOghene Etemiku -
The one thing about thoughts in the loo or in the bath is that they are usually very distinct. They are clearer than the ones you have in your sitting room or in your car...
Nigeria Matters

Are Nigerians Actually Poor Losers?

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The experts believe that because many Nigerians cry foul at losing the elections in favour of the dominant political party, then, they really must be poor losers...
Education

How Cole Porter Got My Student Interested In Poetry

Bob MajiriOghene Etemiku -
Most of the students I've taught Literature-in-English in my school come in expressing an aversion to poetry or poems. So, to get them involved and interested, I try to convince them a poem is peculiar kind of language for very important people…
Man & Woman

Can You Cope With A Long-Distance Relationship?

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There are two kinds of relationships we talk about: those who are married, and those who've made a commitment to each other to love and to hold but circumstances make it difficult for them to physically have and hold...
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