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.

Between Blood Diamonds and Blood Diamond

I believe that the presence or absence of conflict is a vital element in the determination of the relevance or irrelevance of a work of art...

…And to my sisters too!

You stand a very good chance of getting a lot of things done better and faster if your mother, your wife and your sister are favourably disposed towards you...

How To Survive A Fidel Castro Surgical Operation

There are so many things you should have in mind before you go for a major or minor intestinal surgical operation in a private clinic in my country...

Why Atiku Will Be President In 2007

As the days turn into weeks and as the weeks turn into months, inexorably dragging us all to the semi-evil days of Nigeria's election in April, it is not a hard thing to do to predict the outcome or the result of the elections...

A Basilica Of Thanks To My Brothers…

The one thing I know now is that life is a precious, precious gift from God that we must do all to live, safeguard and treasure. Our life does not belong to us - it is God's and is given us on the understanding that we have the ability to use it, live it...

Prediction on the Trial of Saddam Hussein

The period of gunboat and bazooka diplomacy died a dishonourable death a long, long time ago with Lord Palmerston, Otto Von Bismarck and Adolf Hitler. Today's wars are usually wars of the mind and I hope that nations know today that being the biggest, the richest and the strongest is not an alibi to trample on the less strong, the less rich and the less big...

We Must Adjust This Catheter Life Of Ours…!

One of the reasons that one can safely adduce for the seeming numbness and complacency of the elite, the hoi polloi and the international community against the oppressive tendencies of the Obasanjo government is that we have all been brainwashed to suppose and agree with the dictum that 'even the worst civilian government is better than the best military dictatorship'.

Who Will Teach Our Children?

The sun has arisen daily from the East and has set in the West since the turn of the century bringing with it a lot of changes, but the poor opinion that everyone has of the teacher is still there...

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