On 28th October 2019, the Nigeria Television Authority, NTA, on its Good Morning Nigeria show brought in a certain crop of distinguished Nigerians to discuss the management of the resources …
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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From a recent study which we have carried out at the Civil Empowerment & Rule of Law Support Initiative, CERLSI, we have found out that there are about 160 social …
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Sometime in 2014, and prior to the 2015 General elections, most Nigerians were shell-shocked at the sort of language which certain highly-placed politicians flung here and there at Goodluck Jonathan. …
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Some years ago, the Federal government of Nigeria and the UN organized a polio eradication programme across Nigeria. To ensure that the Polio eradication exercise reached as many children in …
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A Benin City High Court, on Tuesday 17th October 2019 gave leave to lawyers representing a Mr. Kehinde Samuel to serve Prof Osayuki Oshodin, former UNIBEN VC, and Faith Osadolor …
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All is not well between Godwin Obaseki, and with some members of the Fourth Estate in Benin City/Edo state. There are many accusations and counter accusations that the governor seems …
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Prior to the wanton killing of Nigerians living in South Africa by South Africans, Nigeria used to have two aliases among Africans: one was big brother and giant of Africa. …
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Benin City, Nigeria…The Africa Network for Environment & Economic Justice, ANEEJ, has called on the Muhammadu Buhari administration to constitute a crack team to apprehend and prosecute perpetrators of crude …
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Last month, March, a self-driving SUV knocked down and killed a pedestrian trying to cross the street in downtown Arizona, USA. That incident came at a time when UBER was …
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A few days ago I was rummaging through some national dailies. One of them, The Guardian of Nigeria, carried a very curious story on its front page. The news item …
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If there are about 20 persons in Nigeria today who should know the deadly impact of the importation of Dirty Fuels to West Africa, I should be among the lot. …
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The Africa Network for Environment and Economic Justice, ANEEJ, is currently implementing the Civil Society Advocacy Support for Anti-Corruption in Nigeria CASAN. As part of activities lined up, ANEEJ has …
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I have been reading former Secretary General of the OPEC Abdalla Salem El-Badri’s interesting piece, Security of energy supplies inextricably linked with demand. That piece, published in the ‘G-7Germany: The …
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In the days before the Climate Change Conference COPP 22, lovers of our home the earth went to town soliciting support for a 50% plan for mother earth. According to …
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In my days in secondary school, one of my best subjects was integrated science. That subject had Biology, Physics and Chemistry all fused in one even though we didn’t know …
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Several Nigerians recently expressed a good measure of outrage at what was perceived to be the laidback disposition of the National Judicial Commission and the Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, with …