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Internet Scammer Nabbed!

By Ernest Sumelong

The brazen adventures of a supposed Mutengene-based scammer, whose name The Post got as Roland Obi Ayuk, came to an end Saturday, November 22, when he fell into the hands of the Buea Judicial Police.

 

Obi Ayuk:'white female doctor' nabbed for scamming

MP Condemns High Tax Burden In New Budget

By Kini Nsom

The SDF Parliamentary Group Leader, Hon. Joseph Banadzem, has picked holes with the 2009 draft budget, saying that it will inflict a heavier tax burden on Cameroonians.

Employers Who Ignore Minimum Salary Warned

By Robert Tumasang

The East Regional Delegate for Labour and Social Security, David Ndjind Nkoum, has warned that serious sanctions would be meted out on employers who fail to respect government’s minimum salary prescriptions.

510.000 Cameroonians Infected By HIV/AIDS

By Elvis Tah With Online Report

Some 510.000 Cameroonians are infected with the HIV/AIDS virus, the Minister of Public Health, announced recently. Amongst those infected persons, according to the Minister, only 55.000 have been duly registered in government hospitals and are being taken care of by the state.

Letter To Mugabe

By Azore Opio

Dear Bob, I should have written this letter earlier, but thank God it waited. And when I set out to jot it, it was not to please you or anybody.We made every effort, don’t ask who we are, to argue in your favour; to defend your stand.

Dante's Corner

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Obama's Victory Irks Conservatives In Europe

By Mathias Victorien Ntep, University of Frankfurt/Main, Germany 

Klaus Emmerich, a former correspondent of “ORF”, the “Austrian Broadcasting Corporation”, which is a public-service company, in the US, now retired, said on last November 4 and 5 that “Americans “deserve to be currently going through a rough patch, for they impressively elected a Black man with a very beautiful Black woman to the White House”.

It’s Time For NOWEFU To Bring Development To Northwest - Fon. Akam

Interviewed By Ernest Sumelong

Dr. Mac Thomas Akam, Fon of Kai Village, Mbengwi, Momo Division, says time has come for Northwest Fons to bring development to the Region. Dr. Akam, who lectures in the Department of Chemistry, University of Buea, in this interview, talks about his candidacy for the position of Secretary General of the Northwest Fons’ Union, NOWEFU, the Ntumfor/Chafah crisis and the NOWEFU Conference billed for November 29.

Briefs: Alleged Thief Burnt To Death

By Eugene Che

A man was burnt alive at the Sodiko bus stop in Bonaberi, Thursday 20, at 5 a.m. reportedly for nicking away a woman’s handbag. Eyewitnesses say the man was sighted by another man who had been watching, and raised an alarm.

Health School Director Fired

By Francis Tim Mbom

The Director of the Training School for Health Personnel, TSHP, Limbe, Catherine Arrey Takor, has been fired after a protracted row with students over the payment of fees into her private bank account.

Bandits Take Bamenda Hostage

By Chris Mbunwe

“We are informing inhabitants of Bamenda Town from Upstation, Government Residential Area, GRA, to downtown that if you must be out of your residence after 10 pm, be in possession of a phone and FCFA 10,000 or more; and if you are a woman put on a gown or “kaba” without underpants.

Councillors Probe Former Mayor

By Olive Ejang Tebug Ngoh

Councillors of Nguti Council have begun investigating the alleged misappropriation of council funds by the former Mayor, Along Mbome.A five-man commission of inquiry was mandated on May 28, 2008 to investigate the incomplete repairs of their council building.

Nfon Mukete Stops Construction Of Council Building

By Olive Ejang Tebug Ngoh

The Paramount Chief of the Bafaws, Nfon VE Mukete, has ordered the Mayor of Kumba II Council, Ferdinand Asapngu, to stop construction work of their new building in Hausa Quarters, Kumba.

Fishermen Determined To Revitalise Trade

By Eugene Che

Fishermen in Douala have expressed determination to revitalise their trade and save it from crashing.The fishermen, grouped in various associations, met at the Party Hall in  Bonanjo, Douala, Thursday 20, to fete the second edition of what they termed the “Fishers’ Night.”

Cameroon's 2009 Budget

SECTION FIFTEEN: The consolidated budget appropriations of the Republic of Cameroon for 2009 amount to 2,301,400,000 CFA francs, broken down per head as follows:

Stakeholders Pessimistic Of Rumpi’s Success

By Francis Tim Mbom

Various stakeholders of the Rumpi Development Project have expressed fears that the project might not attain its objectives by the end of its six-year period.In spite of these fears, the stakeholders, who met in Limbe recently, also expressed optimism that much could be done within the two remaining years to catch up with the bulk of the uncompleted work of the project.

Dear Ngwa,

After all the hullabaloo and popping of Champagne for the Methuselah reign of your Royal King, what else can your people offer?  We can only go back to our ventilated huts and lick our intestines in quietness. The grapes of this country have become so sour that no amount of pretence or decoration can make them good again.

Investigators Deadlocked In Forjindam Embezzlement Case

By Joe Dinga Pefok

Investigation in the case of alleged embezzlement against the former General Manager of the Cameroon Shipyard and Industrial Engineering Ltd, CNIC, Zaccheus Forjindam, is once more deadlocked.

UB Joins Fight Against Corruption

By Walter Wilson Nana

The University of Buea, UB, has joined the State in its fight against corruption in Cameroon.Recently, the Vice Chancellor of the University of Buea, Professor Vincet Titanji installed members of the sub-committees for the fight against corruption and the promotion of ethics in the University.

 

UB's VC shake hands with Bureau Emploi's Germain Salla after signing partnership agreement

Before The NOWEFU Cookie Crumbles

By Peterkins Manyong

Next Saturday, November 29, the long awaited Northwest Fons Union, NOWEFU, General Assembly will take place.The meeting will take place against a back drop of the Chafah/ Ntumfor standoff - a three-month long controversy that has metaphorically torn the Union to shreds.

Poem: Despised Pearl (August 14, ’08 Relinquish)

By Mathew Takwi

When the Eighties turned Nineties
A gem glimpsed, cat’s droppings
Spited perhaps for Shakespeare’s Saliva

Africanisms

By Al-Yasha Ilhaam

I was at The Post’s satellite office, also known as Robben Island, about to have a drink at the behest of its owner and a few folks from the paper. As I poured a bit of my Guinness on the ground, Elvis Tah asked what I was doing.  “A little something for the ancestors”, I told him.  Looking shocked, he said, “You know about ancestors?”

Anne Marie Ndzie Challenges Artists To Be Responsible

By Victorine Biy Yongka

Seventy eight-year-old Cameroonian musical legend, Anne Marie Ndzie, has called on Cameroonian artists to adopt positive attitudes in the composition and presentation of their artistic works.

 

Anne Marie Ndie and late Tom Yoms

Rotary Clubs Launch Water Projects In NW

By Chris Mbunwe

A delegation of Rotary Club of Gwelph and Wiarton and other rotary clubs of Ontario, Canada, including Rotary Club of Bafoussam, Tuesday, November 25, launched the construction of water points to benefit over 30 villages in the Northwest Region.

 

Rotarians Canada and Officials after Launching