Elections Of PCC Moderator And Synod Clerk Billed For Monday, November 18 In Buea (Part 1):

Truth House Urges Voters To Examine Their Consciences, And Cast Their Votes For The Right Candidates That Will Work For The Interest Of PCC  Truth House Hints on the possibility of taking legal action for the elections to be annulled, if there are evidences of electoral malpractices On Saturday, November 16, the Synod Committee confirmed […]

Elections Of New PCC Moderator And Synod Clerk Billed For Monday, November 18 In Buea (PART 2):

There Are Intimidation And Victimization Of Those That Speak Out Against Bad Governance In The PCC  “But no amount of attacks by hired mercenaries, will scare us”, members of Truth House “We are peace crusaders and don’t want conflict in our Church after the elections. Anybody who is against free, fair and transparent elections in […]

Politics / Judiciary


2025 Presidential Election: Journalists Raise Questions On The Precarious Financial Situation Of Most Media Organs, And Overzealous Of Many Election Officials

Journalists ask anti –corruption crusader, Ntumfor Barrister Nico Halle, what a reporter without money should do, if a politician offers him ‘transport money’ to go to the field for coverage?     Ntumfor Halle minces no words that ‘transport money’ is corruption, and that it is a matter for a journalist to decide whether to maintain […]

Ntumfor Barrister Nico Halle Calls On Journalists To Avoid Being Accomplices In Election Rigging

  Says accomplices in election rigging are accomplices in putting the wrong people into office  Halle advices journalists covering elections to have a mastery of the Electoral Law in particular, avoid corruption and sensationalism, and strive to report the simple truth   The reputed peace crusader and international legal consultant, Ntumfor Barrister Nico Halle, who […]

Prosecution Presents To Oslo District Court, Statements Made By Ayaba Cho, Leader Of ADF / AGoVC, That They Think Incriminates Him As Charged

The Oslo District Court says it is aware that the statements must be interpreted in context, to make a proper assessment of guilt. The Prosecution in the case of Ayaba Cho Lucas, the incarcerated Norway based leader of the Ambazonia Defence Force, ADF / AGoVC, which is one of the separatist groups in the two […]

The Current Pretrial Detention Of Ayaba Cho Will End On Nov. 19, But Prosecution Can Ask For Another Extension

 The incarcerated ADF / AGoVC leader who is known I n Cameroon as AYABA Cho Lucas, is known in Norway as Cho Lucas YABAH  The US based Nsahlai Law Firm, has done a comprehensive translation into English and French, of the official Court Hearing Report from the Oslo District Court, concerning the case of Cho […]

G 27 + – Mayor Of Bafoussam 1, Ngnang Cyrille, Who Was Dismissed From The SDF For Anti – Party Activities, Returns To CPDM With 42 Councilors

 Recalls that CPDM was his first political party, and says he did not formally resign from the party when he left in the 90s The Mayor of Bafoussam 1, Ngnang Cyrille, who was one of the so called G 27 + that were dismissed from the SDF by the National Executive Committee, NEC, of the […]

President Biya’s 42nd Anniversary: Why There Is No Longer Hope That The Anglophone Crisis Will End During Biya‘s Presidency.

A group of NW Fons met a heavy weight of the regime, Prof Jacques Fame Ndongo, to find out if President Biya has another plan on the Anglophone Crisis on the table. The celebration on Wednesday, November 6, 2024 of President Biya’s 42nd anniversary in power by militants, allies and friends of the ruling CPDM […]

Great Minds


Elections Of PCC Moderator And Synod Clerk Billed For Monday, November 18 In Buea (Part 1):

Truth House Urges Voters To Examine Their Consciences, And Cast Their Votes For The Right Candidates That Will Work For The Interest Of PCC  Truth House Hints on the possibility of taking legal action for the elections to be annulled, if there are evidences of electoral malpractices On Saturday, November 16, the Synod Committee confirmed […]

Elections Of New PCC Moderator And Synod Clerk Billed For Monday, November 18 In Buea (PART 2):

There Are Intimidation And Victimization Of Those That Speak Out Against Bad Governance In The PCC  “But no amount of attacks by hired mercenaries, will scare us”, members of Truth House “We are peace crusaders and don’t want conflict in our Church after the elections. Anybody who is against free, fair and transparent elections in […]

2025 Presidential Election: Journalists Raise Questions On The Precarious Financial Situation Of Most Media Organs, And Overzealous Of Many Election Officials

Journalists ask anti –corruption crusader, Ntumfor Barrister Nico Halle, what a reporter without money should do, if a politician offers him ‘transport money’ to go to the field for coverage?     Ntumfor Halle minces no words that ‘transport money’ is corruption, and that it is a matter for a journalist to decide whether to maintain […]

First Major Micro Finance Institution Created By Sons Of The South Region, United Forest Finance, Finally Goes Operational

A big controversy sparked off last year, when a leaked document exposed the names of elites of the South Region that were working to create the micro finance. The controversy came from the fact that some GMs of public corporations and senior civil servants, were at the forefront of the project   A project by an […]

Director General Of AXA Group, Thomas Buberl, Made Honorary Citizen Of Douala, Sawa Notable And Ambassador

The Director General says AXA is determined to continue to contribute to the socio – economic development of Cameroon. In a double and colourful ceremony that took place in   Cameroon’s economic capital, Douala, on Wednesday, October 2, 2024, the Director General of AXA Group, THOMAS BUBERL, who was on a working visit to the country, […]

Cameroon’s Commercial Banking Sector: PART 4 – Gwendoline Abunaw, An Anglophone Lady Standing Strong In The Commercial Banking Sector In The Country.

Mrs Gwendoline Abunaw, the University of Buea and London trained professional banker, has since 2017 being the General Manager of the reputed and popular commercial bank in Cameroon, Ecobank, a Pan-African bank. Not only that, she also doubles as the General Manger of “Cluster CEMAC” of the Ecobank Group, which means that she  oversees the […]

Business / Economy / Finance


Part 4: How Amity Bank Which Was Created By A Group Of Anglophones, Ended Up Becoming A Subsidiary Of An Ivorian Group.

Essimi Menye Lazare, Cameroon’s Minister of Finance from September 7, 2007 to December 9, 2011, was the person that proposed the takeover of Amity Bank, to Atlantic Financial Group Atlantic Financial Group is the mother company of Banque Atlantique of Ivory Coast and a few other Francophone African countries, including Cameroon.    Due to the […]

SDF Asserts That Current Unbearable High Cost Of Living In Cameroon, Is To A large Extent Caused By Bad Governance and Incoherent Gov’t Policies

Demands that 2025 State budget should drastically reduce superfluous and overpriced functioning expenditure, and Gov’t’s luxurious lifestyle  Strongly condemns Gov’t’s inability to properly address the alarming and worsening humanitarian crisis in the Far North Region  National Executive Committee starts laying out plan for party’s effective participation at the next presidential, legislative and municipal elections Cameroon’s […]

First Major Micro Finance Institution Created By Sons Of The South Region, United Forest Finance, Finally Goes Operational

A big controversy sparked off last year, when a leaked document exposed the names of elites of the South Region that were working to create the micro finance. The controversy came from the fact that some GMs of public corporations and senior civil servants, were at the forefront of the project   A project by an […]

The GLENCORE Affair: SNH Steps Up Pressure On Special Criminal Court To Handle The Big Corruption Case As Concerns Cameroon

Cameroonians disappointed with decision by London Court, to push the start of hearing in the second phase of the case, in which Cameroon is involved, to June 2027 The management of the  State owned National Hydrocarbon Corporation commonly known as SNH, has stepped up pressure on the Special Criminal Court in Cameroon’s capital , Yaounde, […]

Part 3: How Amity That Was Created By A Group Of Anglophones, Ended Up The Affiliate Of An Ivorian Bank.

The coming in of a heavyweight of the regime, Prof Joseph Owona, as shareholder of Amity Bank, helped   the Board Chair/General Manager (PDG), Laurence Tasha, to hold on to his juicy position in the bank, as the force that wanted him out, got  weaken.  Prof Owona in fact helped Tahsa to do a number of […]

The GLENCORE Affair: Was The Sacked GM Of TRADEX, Simon PALEY, Involved In The 7 Billion FCFA Bribe- Scandal?

Towards the end of the first week of this month, the picture of the then General Manager of TRADEX, Simon PALEY, appeared on the social media, with  a caption indicating that he was  the first Cameroonian allegedly handed over by GLENCORE. This meant that Paley was the first persons whose name had allegedly been exposed […]

Government / Parliament


Ntumfor Barrister Nico Halle Calls On Journalists To Avoid Being Accomplices In Election Rigging

  Says accomplices in election rigging are accomplices in putting the wrong people into office  Halle advices journalists covering elections to have a mastery of the Electoral Law in particular, avoid corruption and sensationalism, and strive to report the simple truth   The reputed peace crusader and international legal consultant, Ntumfor Barrister Nico Halle, who […]

President Biya’s 42nd Anniversary: Why There Is No Longer Hope That The Anglophone Crisis Will End During Biya‘s Presidency.

A group of NW Fons met a heavy weight of the regime, Prof Jacques Fame Ndongo, to find out if President Biya has another plan on the Anglophone Crisis on the table. The celebration on Wednesday, November 6, 2024 of President Biya’s 42nd anniversary in power by militants, allies and friends of the ruling CPDM […]

CPDM, Jeune Afrique, Disagree With Longue Longue’s Version Of Story On Why He Was Tortured By SEMIL In Douala in 2019

If what Jeune Afrique has reported is true, then the Gov’t will never tell Cameroonians the truth as to why the artist was tortured. One of the major questions that the investigators on the torture of the popular but controversial Cameroonian artist,  Longkana Agno Simon aka Longue Longue, are definitely looking at, is why he […]

Cameroon Customs Seize Large Quantity Of War Ammunitions That Were Being Transported From Maroua To Yaounde

Valiant, vigilant and committed elements of the Cameroon Customs who were on duty at the Customs Post at Tchabal, the entrance into Ngaoundere from the direction of Maroua,  at 3.20 am  in the night of Monday, October 28, 2024, uncovered and  impounded a large quantity of ammunitions in a  public transport bus. The bus left […]

Why Cameroon Human Rights Commission, Wants Result Of Investigation On Torture Of Longue Longue Out, And Sanction Of Torturers Done, Before Nov. 13, 2024

Investigators on the torture of Longue Longue, are also looking at a number of issues linked to the incident Longue Longue designates human rights lawyer, Barrister Alice Nkom, as his lead counsel After the popular Cameroonian musician, Longkana Agno Simon alias Longue Longue, on October 23, 2024 posted on social media the video of the […]

Conflict Sparks Off In France Between Valsero And Longue Longue, Over Latter’s Friendship With Military Officers He Claims Want To Kill Him

Longue Longue criticized by several artists for being inconsistent and unreliable, and that he is somebody who eats from “both sides” Many Cameroonians had expected to see musicians heavily mobilized and be at the forefront of the condemnation of the torture by elements of SEMIL of one of theirs, Longkana Agno Simon alias Longue Longue, […]

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Environment / Health / Science


Northwest Governor Calls On Mayors That Have Abandoned Their Municipalities, To Return And Ensure The Smooth Functioning Of Their Local Health Centers

Workshop’s resolution calls for the reinstatement of credit card system to medical staff employed by local councils   Another resolution demands that mayors be integrated into District Hospital Management Board Committees Health officials warned against malpractices of setting up illegal health facilities in their communities Northwest Governor, Adolph Lele Lafrique, has called on all mayors […]

Minister Atanga Nji Says Gov’t Has Disbursed 1.9 Billion FCFA, Following The Heavy Floods That Hit The Far North Region

The Minister of Territorial Administration, Paul Atanga Nji, has disclosed that President Paul Biya, or better still the Cameroon Government, has so far disbursed the total sum of 1.9 billion FCFA (one billion, nine hundred million francs CFA), to emergency issues related to the devastation caused by the gigantic floods that have hit the Far […]

Public Health Minister And OST / SANTE In War Over Call By Latter For Health Workers To Embark On Strike Action

The battle line has been drawn between the Minister of Public Health, Dr Manaouda Malachie, and OTS / SANTE (‘Organisation Syndicale des Travailleurs de la Sante’), which is the syndicate of public health workers in the country, that has called on workers of all State owned hospitals and other health facilities across the country, to […]

At 10th Special Session Of AMCEN In Abidjan, Ivory Coast:

African Ministers Unite To Combat Land Degradation, Desertification And Plastic Pollution, And Emphasize the Urgent Need To Address The Continent’s Growing Environmental Challenges “By prioritizing the fight against desertification, land degradation, and plastic pollution, African leaders are showing true leadership in addressing these challenges”, WWF Ministers of Environment in the different African countries have demonstrated […]

Public Health Minister Says A Total Of 8, 990 Adolescents And Youths (15 24 years), Tested HIV – Seropositive in Cameroon in 2023

The Minister of Public Health, Dr Manaouda Malachie, who is also the President of the National AIDS, Control Committee, NACC, has disclosed that the 2023 annual report of the Committee, shows that a total of 8,990 adolescents and youths in the age range of 15 – 24 years, tested HIV –Seropositive last year, and that […]

Despite Abundance Of Medicinal Plants, Cameroon Is Still Far Behind In The Production Of Medicines

In the year 2010, billions of francs CFA was invested to set up a pharmaceutical company. Cinpharm, in Douala, which crumbled a few years later, because Gov’t failed to protect it. Despite the fact that Cameroon’s forests are rich in medical plants, the country is still far behind in the production of modern and quality […]

Public Health Minister Says Gov’t Has Been Taking Appropriate Measures To Promote Local Pharmaceutical Companies, in Line With SND 2030.

At the 74th session of the Regional Committee of the World Health Organization, WHO, that held in Brazzaville, Congo Republic throughout last week of August 2024), Cameroon’s Minister of Public Health, Dr Manaouda Malachie, who led the country’s delegation, presented a paper in which he said that the Biya Government has seriously been at work […]

WWF Urges Africa’s Environment Ministers, To Show Strong Commitment To Plastic Pollution Treaty, And Strive To Speak With One Voice In International Negotiations

WWF has urged Ministers in charge of Environment in the different African countries, to manifest strong commitment to developing an AMBITIOUS, EFFECTIVE and JUST GLOBLAL PLASTIC POLLUITION TREATY, as well as try to resolve any internal differences within the African group, so as to ENSURE THAT AFRICA  HAS A STRONG COHESIVE VOICE IN INTERNATIONAL NEGOTIATIONS. […]

Cameroon Medical Council Bans ‘Teleconsultation’, But – – —

The Cameroon Medical Council has in a communiqué signed by its President, Dr Rudolphe Fonkoua, informed members of the medical profession and the public, that the practice termed, “Teleconsultation”, which simply put, is the consultation by a patient of a medical doctor by telephone, has been banned in the country. It should be noted that […]

Population of Bossa Village in Bali Sub-division Rush for Free Meat After Lightning Kills Dozens of Cows

Many Cameroonians have developed the bad habit of rushing to steal when trucks transporting products, or even fuel tankers, are involved in accidents. People do this without considering the health risks or the danger of accidents that might even result in their own deaths. A few days ago, a number of cows owned by a […]


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