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 …
Bob MajiriOghene Etemiku
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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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 …
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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…
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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 …
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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 …
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It does not happen in Lagos everyday like it does in other parts of the world, where it is perfectly normal if a lady makes the first move…
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My father had been diabetic and because he was not particularly a man of some means, the disease wore him out. My father became paralyzed losing the use of most …
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If you successfully pass your A Level exams with three straight As, there should be no school anywhere in the world that should take you for granted…
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I am writing this to shed light on the heavy shadow of ignorance among students who wish to obtain a scholarship to attend university in America and expect to do so …
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It is important that we clarify what we mean when we tell our candidates to be ‘calm’ before a near syllabus-less exam like the SAT or TOEFL…
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There is almost nothing anybody can do now about the imbalance that all the years of oil exploration and exploitation has exacted on the ecosystem of the Niger Delta and …
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No matter who you are as a journalist, you are very, very dispensable. And because of your dispensable status quo, you find that you may have to change jobs every …
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Getting hitched has never solved anybody’s problems. In fact, marriage increases a man’s troubles and problems and frustrations and responsibilities…
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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 …
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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 …
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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…