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Kimbi V Muku Jury members of The Eye 2012 Achievement Award met in Bamenda on December 28, 2012 under the chairmanship of Gwain Colbert Fulai (Publisher of the Colbert Report ) to brainstorm and review the various categories that will entertain the 2012 award of Excellence. After brainstorming, jury members agreed that nominations shall be done by the general public for the categories mentioned below. Jury members include (Fai Cassian-The Eye), (Peterkings   Manyong- Independent Observer), (Nji Ignatius-Eden), (Ndi Eugene-News Watch)(Donat Suffo-Le Messager), (George Chifu-Website) and (Aminateh Nkemngu-The Sun), (John Menkefor -Press & Associates), (Nfor Francis-Head of MIDENO Communication unit), and (Barrister Bila Linus). At the end of the meeting, the chairman issued a release calling on the general public to send the names of nominees by sms to 77852476, 77695109 or email dongamantungeye@yahoo.com . Category 1)       Man of the Year...

 Fai Cassian in Kumbo Ngonnso : The Legend There was euphoria and trumpet blast at the Nso Palace Court yard where thousands gathered to commemorate to the uniqueness of being the offshoot of a female legend, Ngonnso who founded the Nso fondom some 700 years ago. The 2012 Ngonnso Cultural Festival that kick-started on December 23 and ended on December 30, 2012 has gone into history as a success story. Even though some detractors wanted to give a dog a bad name in order to hang it, the dynamic people of Nso from far and near stormed Nso land to glorify, dance, sing and pay loyalty to their rich cultural heritage which is being guarded by Paramount ruler of Bui, Fon Sehm Mbinglo. However, we gathered that the few misguided Nso elite (names withheld) maneuvered in the dark for the cultural fiesta to flop but their call for boycott was extremely boycotted by the population who on the contrary showed proof of loyalty to their costumes and tradition. This obnoxious plan to fru...

 Press Release Guibai Gaitama Publisher of l’œil du Sahel: Arrested and Later Released Notre confrère Guibai Gaitama, directeur de publication de l’hebdomadaire régional l’œil du Sahel, enlevé vendredi en fin d’après-midi dans un restaurant de Yaoundé par des hommes en civil se présentant comme des gendarmes, a été libéré quelques heures plus tard. Au secrétariat d’Etat à la Défense (SED) en charge de la gendarmerie, où il avait été conduit, d’autres confrères informés s’y sont précipités et ont mis la pression sur les responsables de cette administration. C’est grâce à cette mobilisation que Guibai Gatama a recouvré la liberté. Une dérive de plus ; une dérive de trop ! Tout en se félicitant de ce dénouement, et en saluant cet élan de solidarité, le Syndicat national des journalistes du Cameroun (SNJC) ne manque pas de s’inquiéter quant à cette autre manœuvre ourdie contre la liberté de presse dans le pays. Il appelle les autorités à s’abstenir, dorénavant, de tout acte ...

PAP National Secretary General, Hon. AYAH Paul Abine, in his traditional end of year address to the nation, enjoined the youth and women to vie for parliamentary and council seats. Here is that speech in its entirety. AYAH PAUL ADDRESSES THE NATION... Fellow Cameroonians, It is rare honour indeed for us to commune with you through this medium. You very well know as we do that 2012 has not been spared the natural law of ups and downs. The successes were many as failures. There were deaths and births; sorrow and joy. We thank the Almighty for everything, and pray that His will be done in the coming year. The Almighty is the highest judge: infallible, incorruptible and most just. That is a stark truism! Therefore are we forbidden to judge – we mere sinful mortals! But it is no less a truism that we have been instructed by the Almighty to be each other’s keepers. We are of opinion then that that window opens unto the realm of appreciation. On that platform are public morals built. I...

Hadiz Ibrahim  The SDF Member of Parliament for Nkambe Central, Hon. Awudu Mbaya has decried that the CDPM in Misaje is registering youths under the ages of twenty. In a Press briefing with journalists in Nkambe on December 27, 2012, Hon Awudu Mbaya disclosed that “ reports from Misaje state that students below voting age who possessed the national Identity Cards for the purpose of examinations, are being registered in the voters’ list. We are as well reliably informed that in some areas, names are being deliberately displaced. We are thus calling on ELECAM officials and the Commission members to be more vigilant than ever before”. He warned that “we are aware of the diabolic schemes by some CPDM elite. They are targeting some voters and taking the numbers on their receipts for some ulterior motives. There are plans to delete some names at the central unit at Yaoundé. We will be following up and ensuring that no one toys with the people’s future ”. However, it should be rec...