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By Raymond Dingana The President of the Nigerian Union in Bamenda, Prince Otobong Ituen has said he has put last month’s attempt on his life behind him and forgiven his attackers. Prince Otobong Ituen is just recovering from his hospital bed after he was attacked on November 18 by unidentified armed men. Recalling the incident recently during a thanksgiving service at the Church of Christ in Bamenda, Prince Otobong said he was saved thanks to the grace of God. He stressed he had long put the incident behind him and asked God to forgive all those who made an attempt on his life. “Christ teaches us to forgive against those that trespass against us. In as much as we live on this earth, people must trespass against us. I have already prayed God to forgive them and not to punish them;” Prince Otobong said as he called on his attackers to repent. Nigerian Union President in Bamenda, Prince Otobong Ituen during thanks given service He also used the occasion to caution his compatriots against

By Raymond Dingana The Mayor of the Bamenda City Council, Paul Achobang has described a journalist working for Abakwa FM Radio as not being  normal  when he sought to know from him why Mayors, Members of parliament and others find it difficult to press for another dialogue to end the war in the two restive regions of the country. This was during one of his campaigns to end ghost town operations in Bamenda that took place recently at the Commercial Avenue Grandstand which he said was also in solidarity with those that have suffered losses as a result of the Anglophone Crisis.  The question came when the mayor said from 2021,ghost town operations will be history and that those that will continue to heed to calls from separatists to respect ghost towns will have themselves to blame. The Journalist who was driving the worries of The population as to what they think should be the best way out asked the Mayor. "Mr City Mayor,the population thinks that,the best way out of this is through

By Raymond Dingana The Cameroon Catholic University-CATUC has produced its first ever PhD holders in Health Economics after four candidates successfully defended their thesis over the weekend.  Mbacham Mercy Akwi Tah, -Monounde , Fomba Louisette, Kinga Bertila Mayin, Promise Aseh Munteh and Rev. Clement Kum Mih successfully defended their PhD thesis on Health Economics and Anthropology in the North West Region of Cameroon much to the jury’s appreciation . On Friday, December 11, Mbacham Mercy kicked off the exercises as she explored the Safety, Anti-proliferative activity and cost evaluation of medicinal plants against breast cancer in the NWR while candidate Fomba Louisette followed suit with the topic; the determinants of health and active aging: Evidence from Bamenda. The next day, Kinga Bertila Mayin conducted an Empirical investigation into the Socioeconomic Risk Factors of Obesity while Promise Aseh Munteh focused on Telemedicine and Human Resources for Health Crisis in

By Raymond Dingana During celebrations to mark the 2020 edition of the International Day of Persons with Disabilities ,Thursday, PWDs otherwise known as persons with special abilities, showcased various talents such as craft, racing, football by Amputees amongst others that took the population spellbound. This gesture of theirs revealed to the population that, no matter their disability, they can practically exhibit any activity they so desire to do with the potentials and skills they have. The Strategic Center for Communication, Peacebuilding and Sustainable Development CESCOMPSUD, joined other CSOs in Bamenda to celebrate the day at the CBC School Field under the theme “Not all Disabilities are Visible.”   According to Fon Dieudonne, CEO of Think Big and also one of the organizers, people with disabilities should be given the chance to do  what they desire. "We want to encourage those with impairments to join us to project their talents and show the world they can do great

By Raymond Dingana Some school children in Bamenda were traumatized in the early hours of Thursday when uniform officers forced them down from a bike at gun point and asked them to trek to school. The children were with their father on a commercial bike when they were intercepted at Sonac Street. Talking to drayinfos,the father to the kids who asked to be identified only as Frank said,he tried in vain to explain: "I did all for the officers to understand that, i was only accompanying my kids to school. I was ignored but their guns were still pointed at my children. They were so frieghtened that, they started cryingout," Frank said.  He added that, the soldiers yelled at the kids and asked them to continue on foot. He further said, the kids had to trek for some distance inhaling dust. He asked if it is a ploy by the authorities to completely destroy what is left of the education sector in the town because according to him, all their efforts are affecting the education of thei

 By Raymond Dingana In an effort to bring the media especially community media to assume its central role in Peace Building and the fight against Hate Speech in Cameroon, #defyhatenow organized a two day workshop for Community Media Broadcasters on Peace Building and the fight against hate speech, Friday and Saturday,November 27 and 28 in Bamenda. Community Media Practitioners And Their Resource Persons During The Capacity Building Come Together As stated by the trainer on Pidgin English Broadcasting and community Radio in Peace Building, Mr. Kolle George K. taking in to consideration the present socio political crisis rocking Cameroon particularly the North West and the South West Regions, there is need to empower journalists on their responsibility to the crisis. “Community journalists are on the ground, they know the terrain,  can say who is doing what and  can better source for resource persons on programs that are trusted by the communities. They have a central role to set the age

By Raymond Dingana The Secretary General of the Central Committee of the Cameroon Peoples Democratic Movement,CPDM has lashed out at members of the party whom he says take the political party to court.Jean Nkuete was speaking in Bamenda Wednesday December 02,2020 at Ayaba Hotel during a visit to encourage councillors ahead of Sunday's Regional Council Election. "I strongly condemned the attitude of some CPDM militants who have the habit of dragging the party to court,thus compromising the stability of the party there by causing the party to encure unnecessary expenses in court procedures, Jean Nkuete said. He warned that,those found guilty will see the heavy hands of the party falling on them as heavy sanctions await them. Jean NKuete And Other CPDM Militants At Ayaba Hotel He also called on the CPDM militants to reinforce their capacity to resist attacks from those he called terrorists by facilitating the process of participation by working in closed collaboration with the ad

November 10, 2020 marked another milestone in the work of the CBC Health Services to persons with disabilities. The day witnessed the official launching of a Scholarship Service for Children and Youths with Disabilities in Cameroon managed by the Services for Persons with Disability (SPD) program of the CBC Health Services. The scholarship is run with funds donated by Organisations and individuals with interest in specific disability areas. The launching took place virtually in respect to COVID-19 preventive measures and brought together potential donors and beneficiaries of the Scholarship from within and out of Cameroon. The Director of the CBC Health Services, Prof. Tih Pius Muffih used the occasion to present background information on the work of the institution with respect to support for children with disabilities in general and education in particular. In his succinct presentation, he highlighted that the Cameroon Baptist Convention (CBC) Health Services is noted for its Promoti

By Rosaline Obah Fellows of the Cohort 3 Africa Fact-checking Fellowship (AFF) Cameroon made up of  journalists and bloggers have been challenged to move out of their comfort zones and be of veritable service towards a Hate-free Cameroon. This was at the end of a two-day “Discovery,” session in Douala November 20 -21, 2020.  While baptizing the 3rd batch  at the end of the session, the Country Director of DefyHateNow, Desmond Ngala, remains hopeful that the media professionals will dare to be different after embracing professional skills  that will enhance their reporting and also ensure a hate-free society.  Desmond Ngala went further to encourage the Fellows to work together on issues around fact- checking, misinformation, disinformation, mal-information and hate speech, concerns  according to him, are timely especially with the effect these have had on the escalating nature of the crisis especially in the two English speaking regions of the country that has affected virtually all ot

By Raymond Dingana Some traders at the Bamenda-food market in the North West Region of Cameroon have been armed with face masks and other anti-Covid-19 kits  to help  protect themselves the against the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic in their communities by the Centre for Strategic Communication, Peace Building and Sustainable Development known as CESCOMSUD.  Pechuqui Laurata, A Volunteer At  CESCOMSUD Distributing Face Mask To 'Buyam Sellams ' At The Bamenda Food Market. Representing  the Executive Director Mrs Rosaline Obah at the event, Pechuqui Laurata ,one of the volunteers at the Center  said, traders are most at risk of being infected with the virus: ''Trader more often render public services to hundreds of customers daily who come to buy food commodity and other household items. In the process of these transactions, they have to deal with communicating with this number or persons and usually will surely have saliva come out of their mouths while in conversation

  By Raymond Dingana   The Chief Executive Officer of the North West Region, Adolph Lele L’afrique has ones again brought to the lamp light the poor situation of the road infrastructure in Bamenda, and the NWR as a whole. This was during the visit to Bamenda of a four man Security Delegation from the Ministries of Defense and Security led by the Minister Delegate at the Presidency in charge of Defense; Joseph Beti Assomo aimed at evaluating the security situation ahead of the Regional Election billed for 06 December and, end of year festivities among others: “We have the problem of infrastructure, you have seen for yourself the poor state of the road between Matazem and Bamenda. You have toured the city and seen how our roads really look like and if it is the case at the main entrance, you can imagine the poor state states of the roads linking the other parts of the region, divisions and sub divisions,” he indicated. He however said there is hope because the Ministry of Public Wo