2025 Presidential Election: The Questions And Advices That Veteran Journalist, ERIC CHINJE, Has For Media Professionals And Social Media Influencers

“We must ask ourselves difficult questions: Are we serving the public interest, or are we mired in the same dysfunctions we denounce?” “Are we providing necessary depth of analysis, or are we simply relaying the noise of crises without investigating their root causes?” “Have we done enough to foster dialogue and accountability, or have we […]

Presbyterian Church In Cameroon: TRUTH HOUSE Addresses Open Letter To Moderator – “We Are Unapologetic About Standing Up For Our Church”

Question if new Moderator of the PCC, Rt Rev MIKI HANS ABIA, is out “to restore the dignity of our Church, or to do window dressing while fostering the agenda of a gang in black robes” Criticize the staffing done last month by Moderator MIKI as a timid step. “If by these timid steps, you […]

Politics / Judiciary


2025 Presidential Election: The Questions And Advices That Veteran Journalist, ERIC CHINJE, Has For Media Professionals And Social Media Influencers

“We must ask ourselves difficult questions: Are we serving the public interest, or are we mired in the same dysfunctions we denounce?” “Are we providing necessary depth of analysis, or are we simply relaying the noise of crises without investigating their root causes?” “Have we done enough to foster dialogue and accountability, or have we […]

2025 Presidential Election: An Enlarged Meeting Of The Central Committee Of UNDP, To Decide Whether Or Not, The Party Should End Alliance With CPDM

There have been a number of such meetings before, but each ended with a decision for continuity   But this time around, the meeting will be holding within the backdrop of increasing sense of awareness by youths of the Grand North. Many no longer want to see the ruling CPDM  Why many UNDP militants at the […]

2025 Presidential Election: A Proposal By The CAMEROON NEW VISION, CANVI

The proposal is A SOCIAL CONTRACT For Cameroon, with the goal to give Cameroonian citizens keys to understanding the October 2025 presidential election  CANVI is a group of patriotic Cameroonians at home and in the diaspora, striving to ensure that the 2025 presidential election is issue –based, not distracted by subjective considerations.       […]

Member Of The UNDP Central Committee, MAIDADI SEIDOU (former Vice Chair Of SDF), Says He Today Supports An End To The Alliance Between CPDM And UNDP

Says the base of the UNDP is more interested in the legislative and municipal elections, than in the presidential election  But that the base of the UNDP is against their party supporting the candidate of another party at the presidential election, because it affects the party at legislative and municipal elections Since Bello Bouba became […]

2025 Presidential Election: Will MRC Leader, Prof MAURICE KAMTO, Be The Presidential Candidate Of UMS Party Of Hon PIERRE KWEMO?

Despite the insistence by MRC officials that MAURICE KAMTO will run as the party’s candidate at the 2025 presidential election, KAMTO and his men have reportedly since arranged for a Plan B  But then there are genuine reasons why the MRC leader, MAURICE KAMTO, is very worried with the idea of running in the presidential […]

Vice National Chairman Of SDF, LOUIS MARIE KAKDEU, Says The Idea That A Single Opposition Candidate Is An Assured Victory At Presidential Election, Is A Mirage

Bluntly asserts that one of the reasons that the opposition has not been winning presidential elections, is that opposition parties are implanted only in some parts of the country  Says as a result, opposition parties are unable to have polling agents in most areas in Grand North during presidential elections, leaving the CPDM and its […]

Great Minds


2025 Presidential Election: The Questions And Advices That Veteran Journalist, ERIC CHINJE, Has For Media Professionals And Social Media Influencers

“We must ask ourselves difficult questions: Are we serving the public interest, or are we mired in the same dysfunctions we denounce?” “Are we providing necessary depth of analysis, or are we simply relaying the noise of crises without investigating their root causes?” “Have we done enough to foster dialogue and accountability, or have we […]

2025 Presidential Election: A Proposal By The CAMEROON NEW VISION, CANVI

The proposal is A SOCIAL CONTRACT For Cameroon, with the goal to give Cameroonian citizens keys to understanding the October 2025 presidential election  CANVI is a group of patriotic Cameroonians at home and in the diaspora, striving to ensure that the 2025 presidential election is issue –based, not distracted by subjective considerations.       […]

Why Many Family Businesses In Cameroon Do Not Survive Their Founders (Part 11)

 SIR DR NTUMFOR BARRISTER NICO HALLE,  Was Contacted By A Party In A  Case Over The Big  Family Business That PA FRANCIS YONG  Left Behind In The Northwest      But The Reputed International Peace Crusader, NTUMFOR BARRISTER HALLE, Shelved His Personal Interest In The Matter That Would Have Fetched Him Millions Of Francs CFA. Instead, […]

The Book, INK IN MY BLOOD, Written By Veteran Journalist, Charlie NDI CHIA, Will Be Launched On Saturday, May 17, 2025

 The book which is, A Journalist’s Fight for Freedom in Cameroon, will be launched at the Catholic University Institute of Buea, at 2pm prompt  “More than just a personal memoir, this book is a call to action for the next generation of journalists, a reminder that the fight for press freedom is a never –ending […]

“The Press, Be It Public Or Private, Is Surely An Indispensable Stakeholder For The Sociocultural, Economic And Political Evolution Of Any Nation”, SIR DR. NTUNFOR BARRISTER NICO HALLE

  NICO HALLE, the Crusader for Justice, and an Advocate for a Free Press, asserts that access to credible information is cardinal in the execution of the daunting but vital mission of journalists.   However, NICO Halle, the  International Legal Consultant cautions media practitioners that:  “Access to information should not be seen as access to […]

A Picture That Is Worth More Than A Thousand Words

Photo: On the left is POPE FRANCIS (JORGE MARIO BENGOGLIO), while on  the right is CARDINAL TUMI (CHRISTIAN WIYGHAN SHAAGHAN TUMI) POPE FRANCIS (JORGE MARIO BENGOGLIO) hailed from Argentina, South America.  He was the first non – European Pope of the Roam Catholic Church.. CARDINAL TUMI, or better still, CHRISTIAN CARDINAL TUMI (CHRISTIAN WIYGHAN SHAAGHAN […]

Business / Economy / Finance


Why Many Family Businesses In Cameroon Do Not Survive Their Founders (Part 12)

Prominent Cameroonian Businessman Admits That The Issue Of Succession In The Management Of Family Businesses, Remains A Big Problem Says The Issue Is Still A Problem Even In Europe, Though The Situation There Is Much Better Than In Cameron And Other African Countries. In France The Gov’t Is Very Concerned When The Founder Of A […]

Why Many Family Businesses In Cameroon Do Not Survive Their Founders (Part 11)

 SIR DR NTUMFOR BARRISTER NICO HALLE,  Was Contacted By A Party In A  Case Over The Big  Family Business That PA FRANCIS YONG  Left Behind In The Northwest      But The Reputed International Peace Crusader, NTUMFOR BARRISTER HALLE, Shelved His Personal Interest In The Matter That Would Have Fetched Him Millions Of Francs CFA. Instead, […]

Why Many Family Businesses In Cameroon Do Not Survive Their Founders (Part 9)

Chief Dr. HNA ENONCHONG Created A Family Business In The Littoral And Southwest Regions But like most Founders of Family Businesses in Cameroon, Chief Enonchong did not groom any person to eventually succeed him in the management of the Family Business or Estate The wealthy legal luminary, CHIEF DR  HENRY NDIFOR ABI ENONCHONG, who hailed […]

Why Many Family Businesses In Cameroon Do Not Survive Their Founders (Part 10)

What Became Of The Thriving Family Business That Chief Dr HNA ENONCHONG Left Behind in 2008? As mentioned in an earlier article before this, a heated dispute sparked off over the designation of the Administrator of the Estate of Late Chief Dr HNA Enonchong by the family in the village. Some of Late Chief Enonchong’s […]

Why Many Family Businesses In Cameroon Do Not Survive Their Founders (Part 8)

The Case Of Kilo & Bros Company, Bamenda, Whose Founder Was A Cooperative Inspector – Turned- Businessman, Sylvester K. KILO The Wealthy Businessman, S.K.  KILO, Who Was As Well A Member Of The Economic And Social Council, Wisely Diversified His Business, But Unfortunately The Family Business Did Not Survive Him How Business Magnate, S.K KILO, […]

Why Many Family Businesses In Cameroon Do Not Survive Their Founders (Part 6):

First Cameroonian Multibillionaire, Paul SOPPO PRISO, Did Not Groom And Leave Behind A Manager Of His Big Family Business The Sawa Patriarch Neither Left Behind Directives Of How His Huge Assets Should Be Shared, As An Alternative Since Paul Soppo  Priso Passed Away in 1996, His Children And ‘Wives’ Are Still In Court  Following A […]

Government / Parliament


Guinea Conakry – One Of The African Countries Where Soldiers Prefer The Presidency To The Barracks (Part 1)

The Military That Returned To Power in 2021, Promised A New Constitution For The Country, A Democratic Presidential Election, And To Hand Back Power To Civilian Rule In Two Years (2023). But It Is In 2025 That Work Has Started On The New Constitution With A Referendum Scheduled For Sept. 21   And This Only Came […]

Guinea Conakry – One Of The African Countries Where Soldiers Prefer The Presidency To The Barracks (Part 2)

After A Failed Attempt By Captain MOUSSA DADIS CAMARA In 2009, General MAMADI DOUMBOUYA Is Also Allegedly Scheming To Attempt To Hang On To Power By ‘Transforming’ Himself From A Military Leader To A ‘Civilian President’  But Like Happened With DADIS CAMARA, The Politically Conscious People Of Guinea Conakry And The No – Nonsense ECOWAS, […]

2025 Presidential Election: Focus On How The Far North Region In Particular, And Grand North In General, Determines The Results Of Presidential Elections (Part 2)

President Biya Has Since The Beginning Of This Century, Been Depending On The Far North Region In Particular And The Grand North In General, For Victories At Presidential Election All Major Political Parties Of The Grand North Like Minister Bello Bouba’s UNDP, Minister Issa Tchiroma Bakary’s FSNC, and Late Dakale Dassaila’a MDR, Have Been Supporting […]

2025 Presidential Election: Focus On How The Far North Region In Particular, And Grand North In General, Decides The Results Of Presidential Election (Part 1)

 The Biya Biya Regime And Far North CPDM Elite Are Panicking Over Recent Developments And Allegations Concerning The Far North Region And The 2025 Presidential Election. President Biya Has Since The 2004 Presidential Election, Been Depending On The Far North Region In Particular, And The Grand North In General, For Victories In Presidential Elections It […]

U.S Embassy Cautions Cameroonians Against The High Risk Of Illegal Immigration To The United States Of America

In The Last Couple Of Years, There Were Reports Of The Presence Of Over 11 Million Illegal Immigrants In The United States  Donald Trump Administration That Came To Power On January 20, 2025, Had Since Launched A Campaign Promise – A No-Nonsense Crackdown On Illegal Immigration. “People Considering The Dangerous Journey To Enter The United […]

12 Cameroonian Soldiers Of The Multinational Joint Task Force In The Lake Chad Basin, Killed In Nigeria

Over 10 other Cameroonian soldiers that sustained injuries are receiving treatment in a hospital in Djamena, Chad US Embassy in Yaounde condemns “the heinous March 24 terrorist attack against Cameroonian soldiers serving in Nigeria in support of the Multinational Joint Task Force in the Lake Chad Basin” 12 valiant and patriotic Cameroonian soldiers of the […]

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Environment / Health / Science


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 […]

“What Makes The Particularity Of Moloundou, Is That It Is Surrounded By Two National Parks’, Mayor Allo Jean Richard

Leader of civil society organization says the setting up of the Multi – Stakeholders Platform in Moloundou, is a turning point in the development of the locality WWF is accompanying the Moloundou  Council to set up the  platform, just like the organization earlier did  with the Mintom, Ngoyla and Yokadouma Councils   Moloundou which is […]

The Abductors Of The DO Of Idabato, Ewane Roland, Mount Pressure For Huge Ransoms To Be Rapidly Paid For His Release

 Their release of a video in which the DO of Idabato was subjected to severe torture, was a villainous strategy by the hoodlums to mount pressure on the DO’s family and sympathizers Cameroon Gov’t expresses “indignation at the extremely cruel physical abuse, heartless and degrading treatment to which this high – ranking public servant has […]

WWF Accompanies Moloundou Municipal Council In Consultative Talks To Put In Place A Multi – Stakeholders Platform

Participants at the Nov. 14 meeting in Moloundou ended up adopting a decision to immediately set up the Multi –Stakeholders Platform in the area. The platform will among other things ensure the rational and effective management of natural resources for the benefit of indigenous and local communities The Moloundou Municipal Council in Boumba and Ngoko […]

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 […]


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