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  Late Dr Bongka Vivian  By Raymond Dingana Bongka Vivian, after a courageous battle for her life, has taken her last breath. She joined the heavenly choir on Monday, October 28, 2024, in Douala. Bongka Vivian was the Head of the Department (HOD) of Bilingual Letters at the Higher Teachers Training College (HTTC) of the University of Bamenda. She was a victim of an acid attack perpetrated by her husband. Her last journey on planet earth began on Saturday, October 12, 2024, when her husband, Ebai Elias, poured acid on her at the Alahlieh neighborhood in Nkwen, Bamenda III council area before taking his own life by drinking some of it, and died on the spot. Vivian had previously taken a break from her marital home due to her husband's abusive behavior. On that fateful Saturday, she called him to see if he was home, as she wanted to collect some personal belongings. He claimed he was away, but when Vivian arrived, she found him there.The circumstances that led to the acid attack ...

  Workshop Resource Persons, And Participants In Family Photo By Raymond Dingana Members of the Bamenda chapter of the Cameroon Association of English Speaking Journalists (CAMASEJ-B) have joined forces with the Cameroon Baptist Convention Health Services CBCHS, and Humanity at Heart International H@H to eliminate Cervical Cancer amidst frightening statistics. Cervical Cancer is ranked fourth most common form of  cancer and fourth leading cause of death amongst women in the world. It is caused by the Human Papillomavirus (HPV), a common sexual transmissible infection, and two types exist, the Low and High Risk types. The high risk type is the one that causes several types of cancer including cervical cancer. In Cameroon, it is ranked second and most common and leading cause of female cancer deaths in the country with 1,878 deaths of the 2,770 diagnosed cases in 2020. However, the good news is that cervical cancer is treatable if captured early enough, advocates for it's elimin...

  The Bus Being Consumed By Fire By Raymond Dingana Passengers who left Yaounde enrout to the South West Region of Cameroon via a VIP bus on the night of Friday November 10 have escaped death through the windows when their bus caught fire around Yasaa on the Yaounde-Douala highway. Many passengers sustained serious wounds as they scrambled to make their way out through the windows given that the doors were locked when the fire erupted. The bus was burnt to ashes including people's valuables. Many have blamed the incident on the negligence of the bus driver whom reports say failed to avoid the disaster by stopping the vehicle when the fire started on the punctured tyres. According to a passenger who spoke to KCBS, he knew the journey was never going to be smooth because departure time was never respected, " The first issue is that we left at 12:am instead of 10pm. When we hit the roads,one of the tyres behind got burst, a passenger shouted that 'driver, the tyre is burst,...

ICT University VC In A Family Photo With Beauty Queens After The Anti- Sexual Abuse Seminar  By Raymond Dingana Students of the ICT University in Yaounde Cameroon have been urged to join the fight against sexual harassment, by denouncing cases of  sexual exploitations and other forms of inappropriate behaviors in the school environment. The call was echoed during a seminar organised by the ICT University to educate students and staff on what sexual abuse is all about and its consequences. The workshop was also an opportunity to inform the public that the phenomenon of sexual misuse is prohibited at ICT University and must be strongly condemned in all its facets. The sensitisation that was to prepare students and staff for a harmless teaching-learning environment, comes ahead of the start of Fall Semester (October 2023) at the ICT University wherein admissions are ongoing to end on September 29, 2023. Discussions during the training seminar that held under the theme:" Sexual Ha...

One Of The Dead Babies Being Laid To Rest In Isangele  By Raymond Dingana Expectant mothers in Isangele Sub Division of the Bakassi Peninsula, South West Region of Cameroon are going through tough times as those recruited and paid to save lives in the Isangele Health Center have not been up to date with their activities. This has had a heavy toll on patients especially pregnant women who have seen their babies die simple because the competent hands are always irregular at work. The most recent case happened on August 23,2023 when life was snuffed out of some new born babies because those to ensure they survive were absent from their duty post at the time their pregnant mothers got to the hospital. The nurse that was present in the health centre at that time confessed she wasn’t fit to handle such situations. As indicated in an audio clip that has gone viral on the social media coming from a Rev. Father in Isangele, the situation is in dire need of attention else it could get out of...

  Benjamin Fru Ndi, SDF Chairman Ni John Fru Ndi, s Son At The Bamenda Commercial Avenue Grandstand By Raymond Dingana Benjamin Fru Ndi, son of the late National Chairman of the Social Democratic Front, Ni John Fru Ndi on July 28 th 2023 activated a sad mood in many at the Commercial Avenue Grandstand when he recounted what their father and other family members went through in the hands of both separatist fighters and government forces. This was at the Final Rally of the States Man attended by hundreds from different political backgrounds, ages and walks of life from home and abroad, Friday July 28,2023. Despite a three day lockdown imposed by separatist fighters operating in Mezam to frustrate the funeral ceremony, the population despite all odds came out in their thousands from Santa to Bamenda town to pay their last respect to the person they consider their hero. Looking at the casket bearing the remains of his father, Ni John Fru Ndi, Benjamin who is also the National Co...

From (L) Prof. Victor Barika, Erick Chinje And Charles Ndongo By Raymond Dingana The Information and Communication Technology (ICT) University has added a new program on its menu. The new baby is the Journalism and Mass Communication Program of the institution poised to take the profession to another level. The launching ceremony of the package coincided with the ICT University Africa Digital Forum with the theme: ‘’The place of ICTs in modern journalism,’’ Wednesday July 26 in Yaounde. Media experts, Erick Nchinje and Charles Ndongo invited the learners to be crucial agents of change as they obtain knowledge at the prestigious institution of learning. Veteran journalist, Eric Chinje told the students that:    “ I have seen what technology can do in countries like Rwanda, Botswana. I tell you Kigali is the second cleanest city in the world thanks its evolution in technology. This generation has the future in their hands and they must take it because they are the sol...

Governor Lele Lafrique At The Scene Where Ten Unarmed Civilians Were Killed By Raymond Dingana It was an emotional atmosphere at the Nacho Junction neighborhood in Bamenda when a convoy of sympathizers led by Governor Adolphe Lele Lafrique of the North West Region arrived to deliver a condolence message from the Presidential Couple, Mr/Mrs Chantal Biya to families of victims of the Nacho massacre.  Present at the scene where gunmen suspected to be separatist fighters sniffed live out of ten unarmed civilians were some family members of the victims, Thursday July 27,2023. Sadness and pain could be seen written all over their faces as they received the condolence message from Mr/Mrs Chantal Biya read by Gov. Lele Lafrique. " Following this tragedy, I extend my heart felt condolence to the family of the victims. To the wounded, i wish you all a speedy recovery and also receive a message of sympathy from my wife,"  an excerpt of the condolence message as read by Lele Lafr...

  By Raymond Dingana Tension, fear and uncertainty are still the order of the day barely days to the burial of the National chairman of the Social Democratic Front SDF Political Party, Ni John Fru Ndi. While all is being put in place to give Ni John Fru Ndi a fitting burial come July 29,2023, security concerns are being raised on a daily basis. None State Armed Groups operating in Mezam Division, North West Region of Cameroon have not hide their antagonism towards the interment of Fru Ndi in the region. This has provoked a barrage of pleas from militants and sympathizers of the party for those opposed to Chairman Fru Ndi's burial to kindheartedly allow them lay him to rest in peace. “We are only begging that Ni john Fru Ndi be buried just the way children should bury their parents. He was not only the chairman of the SDF, he was more like a father to all of us. It is true he had his own political ideas dissimilar to separatists ,nonetheless, it is all for the good of A...

PM Dion Ngute[R], Prof. Victor Mbarika[L] By Raymond Dingana Cameroon’s Prime Minister, Joseph Dion Ngute has urged Prof. Victor Mbarika of the Information and Communication Technology [ICT] University to multiply efforts on beaming the country’s image overseas. The PM made the declaration July 26 th in Yaounde during an audience granted Prof Victor Mbarika at the Star Building after the Professor’s return to the country from London where he won the African Achievers Award. The PM also used the occasion to acknowledge the distinguished professor on his fresh recognition as winner of the African Achievers Award. Prof Mbarika is a celebrated scholar with refined trappings in the promotion of education and ICTs.  The prestigious award was conferred on Prof Mbarika during a ceremony at the British House of Lords on July 14th.  The distinction came on the endorsement of the Advisory Board and under the authorization granted by Board of Trustees. In the spirit of Presiden...