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.

Allen Avenue: living it up as the Central Business District

What is it that drives Allen Avenue and establishes it as the hub of business activity of Ikeja? What is that special vigour and what is that tonic that makes Allen, Allen?

Is Olori-Oko about the Second Coming?

I know that when Macarena made its debut sometime around 1994, it took two years later before everyone wanted to dance to its aerobic dance steps. Can 'Olori-Oko' be the Nigerian 'Macarena'?

We Must Impeach Obasanjo And Atiku NOW!

President Obasanjo has committed every impeachable crime in the book. He has abused his office so many times that we cannot even keep count any more...

If I Have To Teach A Dyslexic

Dyslexic children are a little hard to come by in my part of the world and I guess this is why I've not run into one yet...

Problem Registering TOEFL Exam in Lagos

Our students no longer can register for the TOEFL computer based exam from Lagos, Nigeria. Go to the TOEFL webpage and Nigeria is blacklisted as one country where you cannot register for this exam...

Begging For The Life Of Your Twins

In today's Nigeria, twin children are very attractive and somewhat celebrated. The parents of these children usually get some kind of support from neighbours and friends particularly when it seems that it is mostly the abjectly poor that often have twins...

Of Babaism And Election Language

A speech by a leader or one who aspires to lead should galvanize: it should inspire confidence in all who listen to it and chart a course of hope in an otherwise hopeless situation...

Ghana’s Jubilee Celebrations – implications for Nigeria

I have never been to Ghana but those of my acquaintances who have, summarize their experience in a sentence made up of only two words: GHANA WORKS...

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