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By Martial Gnoukapasi.  "This gift will help my mother to be able to send me to school this year now that my father is not here. It will assist me to take notes and gain lessons on all that will be taught us by our teachers...I thank the minister of defence for the gift. It will help us to start the school year "   The above statement, was made by Nji, an 11-year- old pupil who gained admission and will be moving to form one come september 2nd 2019.       The sad part of this new academic journey of his is that, his father who served in the Cameroon military won't be there to accompany him, owing to the hard fact that he was lost to the enemy at the battle front.      At the Friday August 30th 2019 ceremony, organized on the behest of the head of state, for school kits to be handed to kids belonging to families of vigilantic troops and soldiers from the north west region, who died while serving the nation, that took place at the head qua...

By Martial Gnoukapasi.  The over 60 media men and women affiliated to the Cameroon Community Media Network(CCMN) took the commitment to henceforth report the anglophone crisis alongside other conflict sensitive stories in accordance with the moral principles of humanity, at the end of a 3-day workshop on crisis reporting organized by the Peace Journalism and Conflict Transformation Project of the Presbyterian Church in Cameroon(PCC), that took place in Bafoussam west region of Cameroon .     "The anglophone crisis has breed a new atmosphere for  journalists practicing in these regions... and for them to be able to walk this line and survive, they must be able to tell the stories professionally and the way they are supposed to be told, while craving for peace....the various actors involved in this crisis wants the journalists to  tell the stories from their angles...  reason why this workshop on crisis reporting and the project in general seek to inculcate i...

By Martial Gnoukapasi.  The newly elected bureau to coordinate and pilot respectively the people and activities of the Nigerian community in Bamenda, chief town of the north west region of Cameroon has been installed.     Members of the bureau were commission into their functions by the Cunsel general of Nigeria in Buea, his excellency IBRAHIM M. BASHIR with firm instructions for the Nigerian citizens in the town to respect and Commit themselves to the laws and disciplines of their host country.      The diplomat charge with relations between Cameroon and Nigeria in the two English north west and south west regions, at the highly animated and colorful ceremony that took place Sunday July 28th at the Bamenda congress hall, commended the electoral commission for the credible elections conducted on nov. 4th and 11th 2018. He saluted  the union for operating a rotational presidency which makes it possible for member states that form the Bamenda chapter to ...

By Gnoukapasir Martial.     In an in-depth interview   Mnews237 accorded Mr Tachang Pius, Chief executive boss of the road construction firm EDGE Tuesday July 2nd as he and his team cleared one of the garbage heap that had piled up at the entrance to metta quarters, as was the case before along major and minor streets, junctions and markets in the city of Bamenda, he explained that the decision to fit himself in the shoes of Hysacam, the structure contracted by gov't to ensure proper sanitation of the town, was because the stockpile of garbage in the city " ...was fast becoming a real health problem..".  Reason why the enterprise after declaring their intentions via writing to the Bamenda city council, Mezam SDO and mayors of the concerned councils, embarked on the clean up campaign exercise titled:       "Fight Against Epidemic, Bamenda Deserves Better" With objective to save the population from the impending health doom that was looming in the c...

By Gnoukapasir Martial.    At the inaugural ceremony of the ultramodern VIP latrines constructed to benefit visitors of the Bamenda regional hospital some months back, the director Dr kinge Thompson revealed that the facility shall rely on humanitarian donations to ensure proper use while maintaining hygiene and sanitation.     His plea obviously didn't land on deaf ears as host and panelist of one of Ndefcam Radio's most cherished program " Press & Associate" which airs every Saturday morning via the program embarked on a "basket collection" for the above mentioned purpose.    The content of the basket which amounted to FCFA 343,000 was handed to the hospital in a brief ceremony that brought together the Press and the hospital adminstration on Wednesday July 3rd.      Ndefcam radio manager maikem Emmanuela manzie speaking at the ceremony said a house is only comfortable when it's got not just a good but clean and comfortable toilet. Reas...

By Martial Gnoukapasir Cameroon defense minister Joseph Beti Assomo on a working visit to the 5th joint military Region ( The military component of the North West and west regions of Cameroon), has called on soldiers to stop practicing citizen Journalism. "...Soldiers are neither Camera men nor Journalists..neither do they take nor receive orders from social media.." he said.     The call came at a time when there've been massive condemnation of military filming and posting certain contents online with the recent being the case in wum where a soldier filmed angry Mbororo youths on rampage in the subdivision.    The June 6th trip was to appraise the security situation of the North West region deeply affected by what is today known as the  anglophone crisis.    He extended president Biya's message of comfort and courage to wounded soldiers at the Rapid intervention battalion (BIR) dispensary unit and those at the military hospital in Bamenda, follow...

By Martial Gnoukapasir. The dedication/induction rituals of some 17 new elders to serve the PC Nitop congregation as "fishers of men" with mission to win more souls on the side of God Sunday June 2nd 2019, was indeed a special one not just for congregants of PC Nitop mankon and the journalism family in the North West. It was also a defining moment in the spiritual life and growth of Muma Jude Awa, a journalist and one of those caught by the net casted by the Lord to serve as his disciple in proclaiming the gospel as per the scriptures. Christened "the session of rejuvenation" the 17 new session of elders of PC Nitop responded   " I promise  God being my helper",  when the Rev. Namaya Elangwe Samson asked if they were ready to embrace and respect the doctrines and disciplines of the Presbyterian Church, and amongst trials and tribulations prove themselves worthy enough to be the pillars of Christ and ready enough to discharge their mission faithfully and d...