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12, October 2025
DRC SYNDROME IN CAMEROON: Bello hopes to be favoured like Tshisekedi, Tchiroma cheated like Fayulu 0
Bello Bouba Maigari is counting on being offered the presidency as a compromise to wedge off Issa Tchiroma Bakary, if the latter wins. “Bello is hoping to be Tshisekedied and Tchiroma Fayulued”, said an authoritative source associated to Bello’s campaign, in a good position to be believed. The source was referring to the outcome of […]
11, October 2025
Paul Biya: Can the world’s oldest president keep his title and woo a nation of young voters? 0
The world’s oldest head of state – 92-year-old Paul Biya – has promised Cameroon’s electorate “the best is still to come” as he seeks his eighth consecutive presidential term on Sunday. The nonagenarian has already been in power since 1982 – another seven-year mandate could see him rule for 50 years until he will be […]
11, October 2025
Battle for Etoudi: Agbor Balla says Tchiroma “would release Anglophone detainees within three months” 0
Barrister Nkongho Felix Agbor Balla who campaigned with Issa Tchiroma Bakary yesterday in Guider and Garoua in the North Region, says the lead candidate in the presidential election told him he would release Anglophone detainees within three months if he were elected president on 12 October. “He assured me that within the next three months […]
10, October 2025
Biya regime closes borders ahead of presidential polling day 0
The Minister of Territorial Administration Paul Atanga Nji on Friday announced the closure of national borders ahead of Sunday’s presidential election. “National borders shall be closed 48 hours to polling day. They will be reopened the following day after voting,” said Atanga Nji in a statement. He said the circulation of goods and persons within […]
10, October 2025
ELECAM: Over 8 million to vote in presidential election 0
Cameroon’s electoral body Elections Cameroon (ELECAM) said Friday that 8,010,464 people have registered to vote in the country’s upcoming presidential election. The voters include 3,716,567 women and 4,293,897 men, ELECAM said in a statement, adding that the vote will take place on Sunday at over 31,000 polling stations nationwide. Twelve candidates, including incumbent President Paul […]
9, October 2025
Due to mammoth crowd disorder, Tchiroma’s Maroua rally annulled 0
NUDP SG, Flambeau Ngayap suggests coalition still possible even this weekend Issa Tchiroma Bakary’s vehicle drove out of the venue of what should have been his final rally in the Far North Region at about 7 :30pm this Thursday, abandoning thousands of supporters at the venue. Party officials say his motorcade left because of crowd […]
9, October 2025
Bafaw Monarch apologizes to Cameroonians 0
The Bafaw paramount leader and CPDM stalwart, Nfon Mukete IV Ekoko, has done the right thing by apologizing to Cameroonians for statements he made during a rally where he told CDC workers to vote for President Paul Biya or be called “thieves.” He made the statement following the government’s disbursement of salary arrears owed to […]
9, October 2025
Queen of the Rosary College, Okoyong Alumni: Happy Feast Day 0
I recently heard on the grapevine that the indefatigable women who graced the paths of the all girls secondary school named after Our Lady of the Holy Rosary raised over one hundred thousand dollars during their AGM to renovate their alma mater. This is an incredible milestone. This is a testament, an eloquent one to […]
9, October 2025
CPDM Crime Syndicate: 42 terrible years for the press, 10 major obstacles to journalism 0
As the presidential election set for 12 October approaches and the possibility of re-election for nonagenarian President Paul Biya is high, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) is publishing its alarming assessment of the press freedom situation in Cameroon, outlining the major obstacles to journalism in ten key points. “Five journalists killed, one arbitrarily detained for nine […]
13, October 2025
Tchiroma now favorite as nation awaits presidential election result 0
by soter • Cameroon, Headline News, Politics
Vote counting is under way in Cameroon following Sunday’s presidential election in which incumbent Paul Biya is seeking to extend his 43 years in power. Biya, who at 92 is the world’s oldest head of state, is being challenged by nine candidates. If he wins, it will be his eighth consecutive term in office, with […]