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BITS AND PIECES ON THE OCTOBER 12, 2025 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION IN CAMEROON) Friday, October 3, 2025)

Total of 11 Items In This Edition:   History Will Have It, That CABRAL LIBII NGUE, Was The  First Presidential Candidate To  Courageously Make It To Bamenda Town On A Ghost Town Day –  Bello Bouba Says, What Happened In Ebolowa, Cannot Silence The Message Of Hope And Change – Who Was Behind The Plot To […]

PEACE AND JUSTICE BOTH WALK TOGETHER. PEACE CANNOT HOP ON ONE LIMB, AND SO DOES JUSTICE. BOTH FLOW LIKE A STREAM, LIKE AN UNENDING RIVER”

 A Reflection By Rev FONCHAM EZEKIEL, Presbytery Secretary And Parish Pastor  (PCC), “On  The  Profound Sacrifices of Time And Talent By Sir Dr Ntumfor Barrister  NICO HALLE, As National And International Trotter On Mission For Peace And Justice”.    Rev FONCHAM Asserts That NICO HALLE, And Wife, JUSTINE HALLE, Did Not Set Out In Their […]

Politics / Judiciary


BITS AND PIECES ON THE OCTOBER 12, 2025 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION IN CAMEROON) Friday, October 3, 2025)

Total of 11 Items In This Edition:   History Will Have It, That CABRAL LIBII NGUE, Was The  First Presidential Candidate To  Courageously Make It To Bamenda Town On A Ghost Town Day –  Bello Bouba Says, What Happened In Ebolowa, Cannot Silence The Message Of Hope And Change – Who Was Behind The Plot To […]

BITS AND PIECES ON THE OCTOBER 12, 2025 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION IN CAMEROON (Monday, September 29, 2025)

 8 Items Including: Momentum Builds Around The Candidacy Of BELLO BOUBA With The Support Of Two Anglophone Candidates, ATEKI SETA CAXTON And AKERE MUNA – CPDM Minister Tells Chiefs Of West Region To Shut Their Doors To Opposition, But Accompany CPDM – PCRN MP Congratulates MAURICE KAMTO For Not Endorsing Either Endorsing BELLO BOUBA Or […]

THE OCTOBER 12, 2025 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION AND THE PERSISTENT RISE IN HATE SPPECH:

Cameroon Human Rights Commission,  And Others,  Raise Alarm At The Rise In Hate Speech With Attacks On Some Tribes, Personalities, Etc.  But Why The Persistent Rise In Hate Speech?   The Renowned Crusader For Peace And Justice, Sir Dr Ntumfor Barrister NiCO HALLE, Wrote A Few Years Back, He Cautioned That: “If We MUST Fight Hate […]

On The Occasion Of The International Day Of Peace: National President Of Cameroon Front, CHANTAL KAMBIWA, Speaks Out On Disturbing Situations In The Country

Cry Out That Due To Absence Of Peace, Population Of NW /SW Cannot Go About Their Activities Freely, And Children Cannot Attend School – “The Very Foundation Of Development For Any Society” “We Live In A Country Rich In Its Diversity – Diversity Of Cultures, Languages, And Religions – And This Is A Strength, Provided […]

2025 Presidential Election: The POLITICAL MAFIA Called, ‘UNION FOR CHANGE, That Was Created By Two ‘Lecturers’ On How To Win Elections, That Cannot Win Elections

EKANE ANICET And  MANIDEM Legalized In 1995, Have Participated In Elections Only Twice – The 2011 Presidential Election In Which  EKANE Came 13th With A Score Of 0.229 % (11,081 votes),  And The 2020 Municipal Elections Where He Was Crushed  In Douala 1   DJEUKAM And His Party, MDI, Have Participated In Elections Only Once – […]

2025 Presidential Election: KAMTO Is Likely To Declare His Support For Either ISSA THIROMA Or BELLO BOUBA, But Wants To Do So On His Own Terms

KAMTO Hastened His Resignation From MANIDEM, Because EKANE ANICET Was Trying To Exploit His Name As ‘Militant’ Of His YANGO Party, To Give Weight To His  ‘Union For Change’   MAURICE KAMTO Is Very Unlikely To Support A Presidential Candidate In The Southern Part Of The Country Like JOSHUA OSIH, CABRAL LIBII Or PIERRE KWEMO, […]

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PEACE AND JUSTICE BOTH WALK TOGETHER. PEACE CANNOT HOP ON ONE LIMB, AND SO DOES JUSTICE. BOTH FLOW LIKE A STREAM, LIKE AN UNENDING RIVER”

 A Reflection By Rev FONCHAM EZEKIEL, Presbytery Secretary And Parish Pastor  (PCC), “On  The  Profound Sacrifices of Time And Talent By Sir Dr Ntumfor Barrister  NICO HALLE, As National And International Trotter On Mission For Peace And Justice”.    Rev FONCHAM Asserts That NICO HALLE, And Wife, JUSTINE HALLE, Did Not Set Out In Their […]

THE OCTOBER 12, 2025 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION AND THE PERSISTENT RISE IN HATE SPPECH:

Cameroon Human Rights Commission,  And Others,  Raise Alarm At The Rise In Hate Speech With Attacks On Some Tribes, Personalities, Etc.  But Why The Persistent Rise In Hate Speech?   The Renowned Crusader For Peace And Justice, Sir Dr Ntumfor Barrister NiCO HALLE, Wrote A Few Years Back, He Cautioned That: “If We MUST Fight Hate […]

On The Occasion Of The International Day Of Peace: National President Of Cameroon Front, CHANTAL KAMBIWA, Speaks Out On Disturbing Situations In The Country

Cry Out That Due To Absence Of Peace, Population Of NW /SW Cannot Go About Their Activities Freely, And Children Cannot Attend School – “The Very Foundation Of Development For Any Society” “We Live In A Country Rich In Its Diversity – Diversity Of Cultures, Languages, And Religions – And This Is A Strength, Provided […]

October 12, 2025 Presidential Election: One Of The Three Anglophone In The Race, ATEKI SETA CAXTON, May Step Aside This Week

PAL’s President, HM CELESTIN BEDZIGUI, SAYS The Party Has Agreed With Its Presidential Candidate, ATEKI SETA CAXTON, On The Possibility Of Him Stepping Aside “For Any Other Candidate Who, In The Current Context, Would Have A Better Chance Of Defeating The CPDM”     BEDZIGUI Stresses That Only A Consensual Candidacy, Of An Opposition Coalition, Will Give […]

Bishop Dr PIUS INOBUH BAH Profiles The Renowned Crusader For Peace And Justice, Sir Dr Ntumfor Barrister NICO HALLE

Says HALLE “Is A Walking Library, A Scholar, An Epitome Of A Historian, News Maker, Change Maker, And A living Legend”.  Assert That TRUTH, JUSTICE And PEACE Are The Hallmarks Of The Man, NICO HALLE.  Bishop BAH States That HALLE Is A Man Of Calibre, Character, Assiduity, And Integrity. Says HALLE Who Is A Solicitor […]

Grass 2 Grace (G2G) Once More Comes To The Aid Of Over 500 Children In Bonaberi – Douala, At Back – To – School

The Children, Who Are Orphans, And Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) mostly from Northwest And Southwest Regions, Were On Sept. 7 Provided With School Kits By The Humanitarian Organization.  The Head of Grass 2 Grass, THOMAS AYUK FOTANG, aka PA TOM, Reaffirmed His Commitment To The Cause, Stating, That: “Education Is The Only Key That Can […]

Business / Economy / Finance


Why Many Family Businesses In Cameroon Do Not Survive Their Founders (Part 19):

 Drawing Inspiration From SAMSUNG – An Example Of A Small Family Business In Japan, That Has Over The Years Grown To Become A Leading International Brand SAMSUNG, which today has a worldwide reputation for high quality mobile telephone, TV sets among others, is a Family Business that was created in Japan in the 60s. SAMSUNG […]

Why Many Family Businesses In Cameroon, Do No Survive Their Founders (Part 17): The Case Of Business Magnate, JEAN TASSA.

 When JEAN TASSA Who Was Based In Bamenda Passed Away, Some Unscrupulous Lawyers, Magistrates And State Counsels, Schemed To Grab Huge Sums Of Money, And Property, From The Family Business, That The Business Magnate, Left behind   After Losing Huge Sums Of Money To Dishonest Lawyers And Their Accomplices, And Also Realizing That the Matter Was […]

Why Many Family Businesses In Cameroon, Do Not Survive Their Founders (Part 18):

Gov’t Blamed For Being Indifferent When Conflicts Erupt Between Family Members, Over Family Businesses, When The Founders Pass Away Experts Points Out That The State And Some Other Families Are Also Affected, When A Family Business Crumbles   Many experts and observers agree that one of major reasons why Family Businesses in Cameroon, fail to […]

2025 Presidential Election: A New Jargon Enters The Dictionary Of Cameroon Politics – YANGO PARTY

YANGO Is A Political Party That Is’ Hired’ Or ‘Rented’ By Somebody Who Is Not A Real Militant Of The Party, For Use In An Election  Minister of Territorial Administration, PAUL ATANGA NJI, Lashes Out At Party Presidents Of Yango Parties. He Says they Have Deliberately Chosen To Transform Their Parties, Into Vehicles That Are […]

The History Of YANGO Parties In Cameroon: The First Deal To Hire A YANGO Party Was Struck At The 2011 Presidential Election By A Female Presidential Aspirant

YANGO Parties Have Also Been Hired By CPDM Militants For Municipal Elections in Yabassi, Nkam Division (2013) and Banka, Upper Nkam Division (2020)  The 2025 Presidential Election To Hold On October 12, Has Registered The Highest Number of YANGO Parties’ Participation In A Presidential Election    After the rebirth of multiparty politics in Cameroon in […]

Why Many Family Businesses In Cameroon Do Not Survive Their Founders (Part 16): The Interesting Story About The Family Business, FAKOSHIP.

Unlike Most Founders Of Family Businesses In Cameroon, The Founder of FAKOSHIP, Mola CHARLES NAMME MENYOLI, Groomed Some OF His Children In The Management Of The Business Empire  Two Years After The Death Of Pa MENYOLI, The New Management Team Of FAKO SHIP Is Struggling Hard To Ensure The Survival Of The Family Business  But […]

Government / Parliament


BITS AND PIECES ON THE OCTOBER 12, 2025 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION IN CAMEROON (Monday, September 29, 2025)

 8 Items Including: Momentum Builds Around The Candidacy Of BELLO BOUBA With The Support Of Two Anglophone Candidates, ATEKI SETA CAXTON And AKERE MUNA – CPDM Minister Tells Chiefs Of West Region To Shut Their Doors To Opposition, But Accompany CPDM – PCRN MP Congratulates MAURICE KAMTO For Not Endorsing Either Endorsing BELLO BOUBA Or […]

THE OCTOBER 12, 2025 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION AND THE PERSISTENT RISE IN HATE SPPECH:

Cameroon Human Rights Commission,  And Others,  Raise Alarm At The Rise In Hate Speech With Attacks On Some Tribes, Personalities, Etc.  But Why The Persistent Rise In Hate Speech?   The Renowned Crusader For Peace And Justice, Sir Dr Ntumfor Barrister NiCO HALLE, Wrote A Few Years Back, He Cautioned That: “If We MUST Fight Hate […]

Why Many Family Businesses In Cameroon, Do Not Survive Their Founders (Part 18):

Gov’t Blamed For Being Indifferent When Conflicts Erupt Between Family Members, Over Family Businesses, When The Founders Pass Away Experts Points Out That The State And Some Other Families Are Also Affected, When A Family Business Crumbles   Many experts and observers agree that one of major reasons why Family Businesses in Cameroon, fail to […]

October 12, 2025 Presidential Election: BELL JOSEPH ANTOINE And SAMUEL ETO’O FILS, To Campaign For 92 Year Old PAUL BIYA

BELL And ETO’O, Who Both Hail From Ngambe Sub –division, Sanaga – Maritime Division In The Littoral Region, Are Vice Presidents Of The  Ngambe Sub –divisional Campaign Team Observers Think That Despite Their Popularity, It Will Not Be Easy For BELL And ETO’O, To Convince Their Bassa People To Sing,” PAUL BIYA,  Oye’, Because Of […]

October 12, 2025 Presidential Election: CABRAL LIBII Insists That An Opposition Candidate, Can Win The Election, Without Being A Single Or Consensus Candidate

Hon LIBII Criticizes People With Defeatist Mentality, Who Are Propagating Messages That Only A Single Or Consensus Candidate Of The Opposition, Can Win The Election. He says They Are Causing Distraction, And Discouraging Cameroonians From Voting   PCRN Officials, Remain Firm, That Their Party, In The Fight For Change, Cannot Work With President BIYA’S Former […]

October 12 Presidential Election: France Based Historian, ACHILLE MBEMBE, Says KAMTO’S Candidacy Was Rejected Because He Is Bamileke

Prof MAURICE KAMTO And MRC Have So Far Not Reacted To MBEMBE’S Declaration, While Public Opinion Is Divided On The Issue  DIEUDONNE ESSOMBA, Strongly Disagrees With ACHILLE MBEMBE, And Rather Opines That “KAMTO Is A Bad Politician, Who Has Poorly Managed His Political Career” France based Achille Mbembe, a  Cameroonian born historian, who is also […]

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NINI CATHERINE NUH – MBUH, Late Mother Of UDP President And Board Member Of SNH, Bochong El Hadj LAWAN BAKO, To Be Buried On Friday, Sept. 5

NINI CATHERINE (NUH – MBUH), Whose Mother, That is,  Bochong El Hadj LAWAN BAKO’S Grand Mother, Died At The Age Of 102, Passed Away On August 22, 2025 At The Age Of 98  Late NINI CATHERINE NUH – MBUH, Will Be Buried At  Bochong BAKO’S Palace At Kikfuini, Njinikum Sub –division, And The Cry – […]

Gov’t Steps Up Fight Against CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE Commonly Referred To As, The ‘SILENT KILLER’

Public Health Minister, Dr MANAOUDA MALACHIE, Was In Buea On Thursday, August 21, 2025, to launch the National Chronic Kidney Disease Screening Campaign, Known As ‘CKD 30K Lives’. “Those At Risk, Especially People With High Blood Pressure, Diabetes Or Obesity Will Not Only Be Tested, But Also Guided On Healthier Lifestyles, Proper Diets, And Medical […]

Chinese Made, High Quality CHERRY Brand Vehicles, Enter The Cameroon Automobile Market

 TIGGO 2 PRO, TIGGO 4 PRO, TIGGO 7 PRO, and TIGGO 8 PROF MAX models of CHERY brand are now available on the Cameroon market, and are adapted to the situation of roads in Africa   The Chinese brand, CHERY, present in dozens of countries, is internationally reputed for its RELIABILTY, COMFORT, ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY, HIGH […]

The PCRN Affair (Part 2): Last Year, MINAT Boss Addressed A Controversial Correspondence To The Managing Director of ELECAM, Claiming That KONA Robert Was The Proxy Of PCRN

 Last month, there were conflicting signals, creating more confusion. It was Pa KONA Robert that was invited to attend May 20 celebration in Yaounde, as President of PCRN.  But at the same time, the MINAT Boss, unlike in 2023, allowed the PCRN Congress that Hon Cabral LIBII NGUE convened for May 23 – 24, 2025, […]

Kamto Insists That Orange Money Cameroun Must Formally Apologized To MRC, Or Else – – – –

MRC accused Orange Money Cameroun of alleged discrimination and interfering in Cameroon politics, by allegedly delaying to open an account for the party’s campaign funds However in a communiqué, Orange Money Cameroun explained that such a delay is due to necessary procedure and precautionary measures applied, to ensure effective security for such an account But […]

Two Prominent NW Economic Operators, Daniel Nangah of NANGAH COMPANY, And Daniel Che Of CHE & SONS COMPANY, Both Committed One Deadly Mistake

The two close friends, allowed themselves to be manipulated by politicians, to clash in the election for the then powerful post of Mezam CNU Section President  As Barrack Obama said when he was President of the United States, elections have consequences . The consequences of the clash of the titans between Nangah and Che in […]

Meme SDO, Ntou’ou Ndong Chamberlin, Informs Population Of The Outbreak Of An Epidemic In Kumba

 Says “the said disease manifest itself through bloody urine, itchy body, diarrhea etc, after one gets in contact with water from streams and rivers infected by worms responsible for the disease”. SDO calls on population, especially children below 14 which is the most vulnerable age group, to immediately stop swimming, bathing and drinking from streams […]

BANDECA Hints That The Annual Cultural Festival, LELA, May Resume In December 2025

 But for this to happen, BANDECA calls on all sons and daughters of Bali Nyonga “not to relent in joining hands together to build mutual confidence and lasting peace”. The Bali Nyonga Development and Cultural Association, has earmarked a number of rehabilitation projects at the Bali Fon’s Palace, which includes the LELA Stand The Bali […]

Cameroon Medical Council Opens Comprehensive Investigation Into Death Of Three Premature Babies At A Douala Hospital

“The Council is committed to ensuring that such an incident does not recur” The Cameroon Medical Council has embarked on a comprehensive investigation to find out the real cause or causes of the death of three premature neonates, whose mother was rushed to the Logbaba District Hospital in Douala, in the night of Tuesday, January […]

WWF Discloses That 238 New Species Of Wildlife, And Plants, Have Been Discovered in Cameroon’s Section Of Forests Within Congo Basin

A total of 742 new species have been discovered in the six countries within the Congo Basin The new species include plants, invertebrates, fish, mammals, birds, and amphibians   WWF cries out that Congo Basin faces major environmental pressure A total of 238 new species of wildlife and plants have been discovered in Cameroon’s section […]


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