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THE MILL HILL ‘FORCE’ IN CAMEROON MAGNETS AGAIN: NJINIKOM GETS ANOTHER PRIEST.

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BISHOP GEORGE N REV FR LINUS KANG St Anthony’s parish Njinikom has produced another Mill Hill priest. Rev Fr Linus Kang was ordained Saturday June 15 by Bishop George Nkuo. During the pontifical high mass, Bishop George Nkuo expressed joy that just after two years, he was back at his home parish for another ordination, saying the Mill Hill has found fertile ground for vocations in Njinikom. Christened, priest of the new covenant, Rev Linus Kang was challenged to enforce the universal law of love and to love just every one even those who had blocked the bishop and others like the Mill Hill superior at Baingo for hours, almost thwarting the ordination. He was asked to be ready to suffer and not to fear because the church in Njinikom that has been for over a century shall always pray for him. FR LINUS DURING LITANY OF SAINTS In the presence of the Christian community, Rev Linus vowed to preach the gospel and the catholic faith resolving to be like Jesus Christ founder of Chr
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DEEPENING BOYO IDP CRISIS: SENATOR HONORE NGAM SETS PACE, BOYO POLITICIANS SCRAMBLE

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Politicians from Boyo division have seemingly risen from slumber and are now making frantic efforts to bail out the worsening conditions of some thousands of internally displace persons from Boyo division who have taken up temporal refuge in Bamenda, Yaoundé and other towns. The race to help the IDPs seems to have been fired by Senator Honore Ngam, who recently on may 16,grouped Boyo  IDPs in Bamenda-donating foodstuffs and financially empowering some to set up own businesses. On June 1 st , the 4 mayors of Boyo, themselves IDPs resident in Yaoundé, donated accommodation utilities, foodstuffs and related consumables to the Yaoundé-Boyo IDPs. In a release, published this morning, by Gawain Colbert, it stipulates that the honorable member of parliament for Boyo, Njong Evarestus shall today dish out  FCFA1million through quarter heads in Bamenda to help IDP Press Release Hon Njong Hon Njong Evaristus Empowers Kom Quarter Heads in Bamenda to Cater to the IDPs. The Member of Parli
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SENATOR HONORE NGAM CELEBRATES BIRTHDAY, BREAKS BREAD WITH IDPS

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SENATOR HONORE AND IDPs Some 30 families who have fled the war in Boyo division and are taking refuge in Bamenda have received assistance from Senator Honore Ngam. This was Thursday, may 16 .The IDPs received material assistance in the form of basic food stuffs like rice, groundnut oil, tablets of soap and others. Addressing  his mothers ,fathers ,sisters and brothers who have now become internally displaced in Bamenda, senator Honore reassured them that though the night may be long, the misery they now face shall one day come to passed ”no matter how difficult and long this will be, peace will soon return” he said. It was also an opportunity for some 4 selected beneficiaries who had expressed the need to have startup capital for a small business in Bamenda to receive envelopes with cash amounts ranging from FCFA 50.000-35.000. Brenda one of the beneficiaries who received startup capital said she is hosting 5 IDPs in her house added to her twin children and the money will enable
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New Magazine on Women’s Issues Hits the Stands

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AUTHOR SECOND FROM RIGHT POSE WITH FRIENDS AT LAUNCH The print media landscape in Cameroon has been blessed with yet another publication that treats predominantly women issues. “Women on the Move”, a profile magazine aimed at presenting women who have succeeded in life in other to break myths amongst women and encourage them to venture in all kinds of societal carriers was officially launched in Bamenda on June 3, 2017. The magazine which is an initiative of Linda Ngobessing Neh, journalist and ace crusader for more women in politics, gender issues and the need to bridge the gap between women and men in decision making and white collar jobs, captures women who have made it to the top in areas such as banking, magistracy, judiciary, education and administration. The magazine gives successful women a platform to tell their stories through guided interviews. According to the publisher, it is her intention to motivate other women who are still to come to reality that woman can
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DREAM REFORMATION CHECKS POVERTY WITHIN THE HOME

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OMO TABLETS AWAITING TRANSFORMATION Dream Reformation Association Cameroon, a not for profit making organization in Bamenda has economically empowered some 150 women in the region with knowledge on Omo production, a liquid and solid detergent that plays an important role in home cleaning, in and out laundry of all categories. This follows a one month project that saw Dream reformation team and volunteers training women groups in Bamenda,Ndonga-Mantung and Boyo divisions last April. According to the director of dream reformation, Jam Divine Chiafikeh, empowering a woman with skills and knowledge on how to generate income independently can sustain homes and bring about financial independence to many women, especially those in the divisions who depend daily on stipends from their husbands for their upkeep and in running the home.”we decided to embark on this giant project to train women in the production of Omo because through focused group discursions and a survey our research te
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THE LADY WITH THE ‘TORCH’ BREAKS BREAD WITH 1000 DESTITUDES IN NJINIKOM

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IRIN NJUAKOM SMILES WITH THE BENEFICIARY A torch is an electronic device that helps show the way to the holder at night and in times of blackouts. At times it used by an individual or by a group. In desperate situation when in dire need for someone to lead or  point the torch and show direction in times of poverty, despair, malnutrition and deep rooted emotional debasement, a move in the same vain becomes much more welcoming. Irin Njuakom has found her way into the hearts of the many peasant families in Njinikom simply by her charity works. Year in and out, every December is a special month for the poor. It’s a special month, not because of several marriages and feast; it’s because of IRINA charity day. This year the number hit thousands. VOLUNTEERS ASSIST IN DRESSING THE KIDS History has repeated itself in Njinikom sub division. Some 1000 children selected from poor homes and from single parent homes have been comforted and reminded to be optimistic in their actions an
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BALIKUMATO DOMINATES 2016 NJINIKOM MAYORS CUP

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TEAM CAPTAINS PRESENTS TROPHY The grand finals in Njinikom, marking the close of the over two months of active sports amongst the youth of the area was emotalised in football in female and male categories. Dominated by the Balikumato quarter, the Balikumato ladies defeated their Atuilah counterparts3-0 to lift the trophy, while the same Balikumato boys urged the grave diggers of Bochain to back home the trophy in the male category. speaking at the ceremony, sponsored largely by the Cameroons leading brewery industry, les Brasseries du Cameroun, cup donor, mayor Terence Chah Bam thanked the youths of his municipality for their maturity demonstrated throughout the tournament and enjoined them to uphold virtue and not vice”as you return to school, work hard as you have shown in this tournament and you shall reap the fruits of your labour” he said. The occasion in Njinikom, was an opportunity for Some 700 youths to receive contraceptives in form of condoms and sanitary pads
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