Bob MajiriOghene Etemiku

Bob MajiriOghene Etemiku worked with a newsmagazine first as staff, then as senior writer. He is published locally (Daily Independent, ThisDay, Pointer-on-Saturday, TELL Magazine, The Guardian, The Nigerian Observer and Vanguard) and internationally by Associated Content, Equatorial Press, The German Kulturaustausch, Nigeriansinamerica and South Africa’s Urban Green File. Bob has written some literary critiques and was also a SAT/TOEFL/Advanced Level Literature-in-English tutor. Bob runs his own media and publishing agency, Bob MajiriOghene Communications, and has a collection of short stories Deep Sighs, an anthology of poems, Tears for a Birthday& Other Poems, SAT/TOEFL Essays: lesson notes, questions & Answers, and Mamud & the Moringa Tree. His other manuscripts include an anthology, ‘I want to lick my Ukodo & other Poems’. Bob was office manager with the law firm of Jackson, Kargbo & Associates, is on the board of Civil Empowerment & Rule of Law Support Initiative, CERLSI. He analyses public policy relating to volatile areas of the Niger Delta and conflict management and resolution, contributes op-ed articles for many mainstream and online newsmagazines and newspapers. Bob wrote a weekly column with a national newspaper, The Independent, www.independentnig.com, and his article on homelessness in Nigeria was published in the Summer Issue 2016 of the World Policy Institute: HTTPS://MUSE.JHU.EDU/ARTICLE/621199.