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Anglophone Armed Conflict: Gunmen Kill University Of Bamenda Student

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By Raymond Dingana Shock and Consternation has gripped the students of the Department of History and Archeology, Faculty of Arts, University of Bamenda (UBa) following the assassination of one of theirs by armed men. Nkwetacha Slantis Leku, a teacher by profession who was in that department on an in-service basis was killed in Mahga, Bamumbu in Wabane, Southwest region of Cameroon. Nkwetacha Slantis Leku, Killed By Gun men Bamumbu A video that has been making rounds on the social media show a lady said to be the wife crying and saying: I was in the kitchen with my aunts who came to assist me prepare for a death celebration. Some undentified gun men dashed in to the house and asked us to walk out.He had just returned from a death celebration and was resting. I heard noise and when I rushed in, they threatened to gun me down. One of them later came and said they have killed him and he was behind the house. I rushed there only to find my husband in the pole of his own blood. They took us

Oral Health: Good News From St.Blaise Hospital Bamenda

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By Raymond Dingana The management of St. Blaise Hospital, Big Mankon Bamenda is organizing a Free Dental Consultation Campaign to boost the Oral Health of the population. The exercise is expected to run from Monday the 28 of March to the 30 of April 2022 at the St Blaise Hospital Big Mankon Bamenda, Northwest Region of Cameroon. This is on the occasion of World Oral Heath Day celebrated every 20 of March. Those who will attend will benefit from services like: Free dental consultation Teeth cleaning Teeth extraction Root canal Treatment Dentures, Teeth alignment,just to name but these. Love your teeth, hate toothache,better teeth, better health, Mouth matters. For further enquiries call 653268462 and get your teeth taken care of for your Oral Health to be guaranteed. Drayinfos.com.

Northwest: Travellers Abducted, Cars Set Ablaze In Ndop

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By Raymond Dingana It was a day described by many as  catastrophic and scary for travellers along the Bamenda-Ndop road as they came face to face with frightful looking young men heavily armed. A day that will remain indelible in the minds of those who set out for Ndop and beyond and met eye-to-eye with gun carrying men suspected to be Ambazonia fighters. These armed men operating on that part of the region interupted their journey in a brutal way, says Anastasia who was journeying to Ndop. Vehicle Transporting Tomatoes To Bamenda Burnt Down By Suspected Amba Fighters The gun men reportedly burnt down a good number of cars including those transporting food stuffs like tomatoes and others. A vehicle belonging to a company envolved in the production of Ndop rice is one of the casualties of the attack. Vehicle Belonging To An Institution Envolved In Rice Production Razed The gun men abducted some passengers and ferried them in to the bush, a source who opted for anonymity told Drayinfos.c

Matazem Border Crossings and Monday Ghost Towns Compared

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Colbert Gwain Nji Ignatius is Bamenda-based journalist working for one of Cameroon's leading weeklies, Eden newspaper.  He just returned from Douala after a business trip. He complains  they arrived the Matazem border at 4a.m and only succeeded in filing past the two security cordons after a four hours delay.  Hyperblically, that's almost the amount of time Africans trying to cross the Mexican border into the United States, take.  Matazem Border Crossing Since the outbreak of the conflict in the two English Speaking Regions, Defense Ministry Officials erected stiff security belts on both sides of the Matazem crossing.  Vehicles arriving from East Cameroon are obliged to wait until 6.30a.m before security officials who are usually not in a hurry, begin screening from one passenger to the other and from one bus to another. Come to think of the fact that of the six accredited travel agencies plying the Bamenda-Yaounde, Bamenda-Douala, and Bamenda-Buea/Limbe roads, each of them lo

Cameroon Cup Finals 2021: Bamenda Stadium Campaingners Vomit Anger In Yaounde

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By Raymond Dingana The finals of the Cameroon Cup that took place Sunday March 13,2022 at the Ahmadou Ahidjo Stadium was a giant opportunity for lovers of football to amplify their cry for pitches to see the light of day in Bamenda. The lack of good football play grounds has been a source of anger especially when fans are forced to watch matches on dusty pitches and also see their darling teams train and play under such appalling condition. PWD Supporters Protesting Against Lack Of Stadiums In Bamenda As the fans danced to the rythems of their, drums the sound vuvuzelas, the beautiful animation amongst others that characterised the day, they did not forget one thing, the lack of Stadiums in Bamenda and its impact on the quality of football produced there. Supporters of PWD of Bamenda say they have cried and cried and it is like no one is listening to them. We have  complained, yet nothing positive has happened. We are angry and we really wanted the Prime Minister to understand our ange

National Assembly's Ekema Emmanuel Shines At Guardian Post Award Ceremony

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By Raymond Dingana The Communication and Public Relations Officer of the National Assembly NA, Ekema Emmanuel Likine has won the Guardian Post Most Pro-Active Institutional Communication Officer's Award in Cameroon for the year 2022. He scored big at the Guardian Post Award Ceremony that held recently in Bafoussam barely two months after he was appointed to man the above mentioned office. Ekema Emmanuel Likine Brandishing His Awards According to Ekema, the award came as a result of hard work and his efforts to ensure that all what happens at the NA is disseminated to the entire nation, One of the innovations i brought was to opened up communication chanels with media organs all over the national triangle where information from the national assembly is share so that it can have a wider coverage, Ekema said and furthered that, it has not been easy as I sometimes resume at 6:am and signed out at midnight just to meet up with the needs of the media organs covering the institution. Pass

The Colbert Factor : Ntumfor Barrister Nico Halle And A Veritable People's Call

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Ntumfor Bar. Nico Halle By Colbert Gwain   When renowned French philosopher and foremost thinker, Victor Hugo posited that the greatest most singular source of positive energy was an idea whose time had come, many thought he was just celebrating the transition from Agrarian to industrial revolution, or better still, signalling the inevitable age of the millenials.  He could've just as well been capturing the spirit of all those who turned out in Douala last February 25, 2022, to impress on Ntumfor Barrister Nico Halle to begin seeing into it that the beliefs, values and principles he has incarnated throughout his life, and especially within the last 30 years, be officially canalized into an institution. It couldn't have been any other person than the equally no-nonesense President of the South West House of Chiefs and speaker of truth to power, Chief Atem Ebako, to birth the idea that by diligently and meticulously moving from humble beginnings to becoming a human resource and

Bamenda: ENEO Ignores Fallen Utility Poles Despite The Dangers

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By Raymond Dingana A ulitity pole that has been lying on the ground for days now at the mile II Junction neighborhood in Nkwen is still to be taken away despite the dangers it poses to the population. This has made many to ask the question as to whether the officials of ENEO in Bamenda are waiting for disaster to strike before they can give the matter the seriousness it deserves We have reported to them but received no positive reply. The cables are lying there just like that and it is not healthy for our kids. I wonder if they want the worse to happen before they will come and open investigations, Tarzenyuy Wirngo said. Fallen Untility Pole At Mile 2 In Nkwen Bamenda, A Danger To The Population The fallen pole has plunged many households around Cowstreet in Nkwen, Ntamulung in Mankon among others in to darkness there by making life very difficult. This has caused electricity users to lash out at ENEO officials in the Northwest region for dragging their feet as far as fixing the proble

8th March In Bamenda: Women Say They Are Tired Of Burying Children

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By Raymond Dingana Women in the Northwest have invited all sides in the war damaging the the Northwest and Southwest regions of Cameroon have been challenged to give peace a chance. The women say they are tired of burying their loved ones and that there is no more tear in their eyes to cry. Mrs Wirba Jeroline Speaking On Behalf Of Women On Women's Day At The Bamenda Commercial Avenue Grandstand The call was made by Mrs Wirba Jeroline who spoke on behalf of women in the region during activities to celebrate the 37th edition of the International Day Of the Woman, March 8,2022. We are tired of burying our children . We are sick and tired of the Bloodshed. We have cried until there is no more tear left to cry again. We can only achieve meaningful development when there is peace. She regreted the number of women that have lost their lives as a result of the war in the two troubled regions of Cameroon and the convid-19 pandemic. Mrs Wirba decried the fact that many women have abandoned

At 37th Edition Of Women's Day, NW Governor Appeals To Diaspora

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By Raymond Dingana  Northwest Governor, Adolph Lele Lafrique has made a clarion call to Cameroonians living abroad to stop intoxicating the masses. Lele Lafrique was speaking Tuesday March 8 2022 after chairing activities to mark the 37th edition of the International Women's Day. I have appealing to those in the Diaspora to stop intoxicating the masses and be agents of peace where ever they are in order to give peace a chance, Lele said. The governor also used the day to appeal to those who are still carrying guns in the bushes to come out and contribute to the development of the nation. Northwest Governor Adolph Lele Lafrique At The Bamenda Commercial Avenue Grand Stand Celebrating Women's Day Governor Lele added that the Head of State, President Paul Biya is committed in accompanying the women in ensuring that long lasting peace returns to the Northwest West region. The 37th edition of the International Women's Day was celebrated with the theme:  Equality Between Women an

Bamenda: After Killing Two Civilians, Population Wants Soldier To Re-Enact Crime Action

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By Raymond Dingana Days have come and gone since a soldier shot and killed two unarmed civilians, Ibrahim Yinju Talla and Che Henry at Ayaba hotel in Bamenda, chief town of the restive Northwest region of Cameroon. What many have been expecting to see happen is yet to take place. They say they expected to see a re-enactment of the crime by the suspect and for him to appear before the courts to answer for his crimes. Prayers Being Said At Old Town In Bamenda Before The Burial Of Ibrahim Talla Not even the communique signed by Northwest Governor Adolph Lele L'Afrique on the incident has been able to calm down tempers. Communique From The Office Of NW Governor, Adolph Lele Lafrique On The Killings Days after one of the victims, Ibrahim Yinju Talla was laid to rest at a public cemetery in Ngomgham Bamenda, the feeling around the old town neighborhood where prayers were said before he was laid to rest and Ntahbessi where he leaved until his death has not been a good one. Mourners At The