OJ SLIM MEDIA

It was one fateful October month of 1989, while a High School student at St. Bede's College, Ashing-Kom, and hype-manning during 'Socials' (for the 'listening and dancing pleasure' of the whole student body), that news reached me of the death of my lovely father, Jude Thaddeus Fulai Biyong. Immediately, I had to stop everything else that evening, and arranged for exit papers to be off to Fundong, and then, Muteff, for the burial ceremony the very next day. As it was (and is) the tradition in Komland, a vivid symbol of having successfully buried one's parent was the firing of guns after interment.  Knowing just too well that even at that age I had never held (talk less of firing) a gun, my uncles carefully arranged to load the dane gun, fasten it to a coffee tree stem, before encouraging me to pull the trigger into the air. Even then, it still took me more than five minutes to muster courage and turn my face away, before reluctantly pulling out on the trigger. E...

Muslim faithful in Wum have ended fasting with a call for peace and social cohesion so as to foster development in Wum and Menchum.  The call came after praying for peace and development and  for normalcy to return to Wum, Menchum Division and to the North West and south West Regions in particular, and the entire nation as whole. The Ramadan prayer was led by Sheikh Adamu Isiaku, Imam of the Wum Central Mosque. Speaking shortly after the prayer, the Senior Divisional Officer for Menchum Division, Abdoullahi Aliou, told OJ SLIM MEDIA that during this period of festivities, Muslim faithful are challenged to reflect on the plight of their brothers and sisters whose lives have been wrecked by oppression and violence.  I hope that the loss and destruction of lives and livelihoods end immediately, and peace, compassion, mutual respect, and empathy are restored all over the Wum subdivision and Menchum Division at large.  He said  The feast of Ramadan is also an o...

Relative calm has returned to the chief town of Bamenda after traffic was halted for about as security forces engaged in a fight with bike riders. According to eyewitness reports, they were scrambling over the corpse of a bike rider who was killed alongside a woman by an over speeding police vehicle at Fishpond hill on Wednesday April 12. After the accident, colleagues of the biker chose to parade the corpse through the streets demanding for justice. In an attempt to calm the situation and seize the corpse from colleagues of the deceased bike rider, physical violence erupted at Veterinary junction our source intimated. Movement was halted, as business persons around the junction fled for safety. Sources say the bikers intended to get to the Governor's office with the corpse but this mission proved impossible. At press time, we had not gotten the identity of the deceased persons whose remains have been deposited at a morgue. Photo credit: 1. unknown 2. Civiclens.info

The YCPDM , WCPDM  and CPDM S ection   presidents of Menchum I and the militants  celebrated this event on March 24, 2023,  for the first time in public since the advent of the current anglophone crisis, at the Wum ceremonial grandstand .      The c elebration  took place in the presence of Mr. Dighambong Anthony Mvo , official representative of Hon. Nji Fidelis Mu-ziah , head of the permanent d ivisional  delegation of the central committee for Menchum Division , Mr. Abdoullahi Aliou ,  Senior Divisional Officer of Menchum,   Madam Ewi Clementine Mbe and Mr. Sulle Adamu Ali , Member s  of the Northwest Regional  Assembly, Mr Hamza Umaru   1 st  Deputy Mayor of Wum , a cross section of traditional rulers and militants of the CPDM party and  well-wishers .  The highlight s  of this celebration was the recent election of KOBENGE SEKEDI BOMEH  as Senator o f Menchum .  With one voice, the elite thanked the municipal and regional councilors for the vote granted to the list of the CPDM duri...

The senatorial election of March 12, 2023,  in Cameroon has just known its outcome with the end of the electoral dispute.    The ruling Cameroon People ’ s Democratic Movement, (CPDM) has emerged victorious in the just ended senatorial elections in Me nchu m  Division , Northwest Region. All the appeals lodged were rejected, thus confirming the unchallenged victory of the Cameroon People ’ s Democratic Movement, (CPDM ), which obtained all 70 seats of senators.   Photo credit: @CRTVweb This senatorial election was of particular importance, since it was an opportunity for the various political parties to measure their strengths and assert their influence within the upper house of the Cameroonian Parliament. The dominance of the CPDM in this election reflects the pre-eminence of the ruling party on the national political scene.   Despite appeals filed by some opposition parties contesting the results, the electoral authorities ruled in favor of the CPDM, putt...