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BY Sandrine Akeabeh

On Sunday June 16, former Supreme Court Judge Ayah Paul Abine took to the altar and decleared himself the Church Warden of St Charles Lwanga Molyko Parish.

The pronouncement was greeted with applause and acclamations from Christians.

Justice Ayah said he took up the post because there had been much disturbance and unnecessary movements especially of children during Holy Mass, which he said often called for attention.

The 69-year-old also entreated those he called “young men of his age,” to join him maintain order in church during mass. He assumed duty on Sunday June 23 which coincided with the feast of “Corpus Christi,” meaning “the Body of Christ.

The legal luminary cum church warden was seen coordinating christians during the solemn Eucharistic celebration at the St. Charles Lwanga Molyko Parish in Buea.

Justice Ayah, remains the only Church warden for the 10:30 am mass in the said Parish.

Besides being a staunch Catholic and a Christian of St Charles Lwanga Molyko Parish Buea, Mr. Abine is a right activist, traditional ruler, former politician, philanthropist and social critic. He has proven to be grounded in faith and church activities.

The Indomitable Lions of Cameroon will begin their AFCON campaign against Guinea Bissau today at 6pm. This evening’s game has several Stakes as both teams scramble for the three precious points.

In a pre-match conference in Ismaila Saturday, Guinea’s Head Coach, Baciro Cande intimated that Cameroon was a better side but that he was ready for the highly anticipated clash.

Meanwhile the lead trainer of the defending Champions (Cameroon) Clarence Seedorf stressed that Guinea Bissau might be considered as underdogs but would not be undermined, given that both teams have equal opportunities in the tournament.

“We need to be aware that any team in the AFCON can beat the other team”, the Dutch gaffer insisted.

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Coach Seedorf has much work to do at the defense given Fai Collins Ngoran’s absence. The 26-year-old right back will not be part of the squad owing to accumulated cards.

However, the manager may either employ the services of Joyskim Dawa or switch lateral defender Oyongo Bitolo to the right and inject Gaetan Mbong into the left flank.

Meanwhile, Portugal-based striker Joel Tague has been ruled out of the historic 24 team event. According to the team’s medical doctor, William Ngatchou, the 26 year-old FC Maritimo forward can no longer take part in what would have been his first AFCON, due to heart issues.

Today’s encounter at the Ismaila Stadium is a must-win for Tchoupo-Moting and his colleagues, if they want to keep the hopes of topping Pool F alive.

Cameroon’s Indomitable Lionesses are on the verge of harvesting yet another quarterfinal ticket at the FIFA Women’s World Cup today.

The 2015 quarterfinalists rub shoulders with England at 4:30pm later today.

Cameroon qualified to the round of 16 after a hard earned 2-1 victory against New Zealand on match day three.

The head coach of the Lionesses, Alain Djeumfa has acknowledged England is a better side but mentains his girls are set for this evening’s duel.

During a pre-match conference in Valenciennes Saturday, sensational defender Esther Johnson also promised the team would put on a good game.

The Lionesses count on the expertise of Ajara Nchout and Gabrielle Onguene in their fourth outing of the tournament.

The 26-year-old Ajara neted in two goals to qualify Cameroon to this stage of the 2019 Women’s World Cup in France.

 

 

The Queen’s team is a better side tonight given that they have won all their three groups stage games in the ongoing Female Football show piece.

However, they are seemingly a lesser opponent for Cameroon compared to USA and France who have better performances in the competition.

This Sunday’s confrontation between Cameroon and England is reminiscent of the July 1, 1990 controversial
Men’s Quarterfinal World Cup meeting which ended 3-2 in favour of the English side.

Expectations are that, today’s encounter should be void of biased decisions from the referee, as many say was the case 29 years ago with the male teams.

Cameroon’s indomitable Lionesses are at the verge of harvesting yet another quarterfinal ticket at the FIFA Women’s World Cup should they defeat England Today.

Cameroon qualified to the round of 16 after a hard earned 2-1 victory against New Zealand on match day three.

The head coach of the Lionesses, Alain Djeumfa has acknowledged England is a better side but mentains his girls are set for this evening’s duel.
During a pre-match conference in Valenciennes Saturday, sensational defender Esther Johnson also promised the team would put on a good game at 4:30 pm today.

The Lionesses count on the expertise of Ajara Nchout and Gabrielle Onguene in their fourth outing of the tournament.

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The 26-year-old Ajara neted in two goals to qualify Cameroon to this stage of the 2019 Women’s World Cup in France.

The Queen’s team is a better side tonight given that they have won all their three groups stage games in the ongoing Female Football show piece.

However, they are the most preferred opponent for Cameroon compared to USA and France.

This Sunday’s confrontation between Cameroon and England is reminiscence of the July 1, 1990 controversial
Men’s Quarterfinal World Cup meeting which ended 3-2 in favour of the English side.

TWIF News has got reliable information that the renowned Canal 2 English journalist who did the first on-the field report on the Muyuka baby’s killing has been suspended from hosting his Political show “Newsroom.”

A credible source told TWIF News that Dominic Meme Nwakimo was suspended by Canal 2 hierarchy, days after he returned from Muyuka.

His suspension from anchoring “Newsroom” every Saturday was influenced by “pressure from the regime,” says our source.

 

Newsroom Host, Dominic Meme Nwakimo 

Our source revealed that the government expressed its dissatisfaction with the report which indicted state security and defence forces, for the murder of the four month-old Martha Mbuh.

“After watching the report at the ministries of Communication and that of Defence, they called the Director of Canal 2,” the source intimated.

Dominic Meme however, was barred just from hosting “Newsroom,” but has been carrying out other reporting functions, TWIF News has learned. He was first given an indefinite suspension which took effect from Saturday May 25, barely four days after his report.

The suspension was later reduced to a month, but it remains unclear the circumstances behind the reduction.

However, TWIF News’ source also said that the political reporter undertook the Muyuka journey without authorisation from his media organ.

When TWIF News reached out to the Coordinator of Canal 2 English who now anchors the program, Ntaryike Divine Jr. qualified the information as “hearsay” and said “Newsroom” has no permanent anchor.

“Newsroom which I conceived is not a personal belonging. We take turns: Kejang, Ntaryike and Meme,” he declared.

He declined to divulge any further information about the suspension which TWIF News understands is expected to end this Friday June 21 at midnight. Unless there are further changes from the organisation’s hierarchy, Dominic Meme is due to host the program this Saturday, says our source.

 

 

 

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Five days before the biggest continental football Bonanza in Egypt, the first democratically-elected President of the North African Country, Prof. Mohamed Morsi has died.

According the State TV, the 67-year-old Morsi fainted during a court session – rushed to hospital, and later declared dead at 4:50pm, Monday June 17.

Local Media reported that Morsi was in court facing charges of espionage.

President came to power as a Democrat under the Muslim brotherhood on June 17 following the fall of Hosni Mubarak in 2011.

He led for bairly a year and was kicked out by his own defense minister – current Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El Sisi.

However, the demise of the former State’s Man according to football pundits would not obstruct the 2019 Africa Cup of Nation due for Egypt on Friday June 21.

The pharaohs of Egypt are fine-tuning tactics ahead of a crucial opener against the Harambee Stars of Zimbabwe at the Cairo Studium.

The 2008 winners who are expected to fight for their 8 AFCON accolade, would also wrestle with Uganda and DR Congo in pool A.

Paradoxically, late President, born in 1951, became on June 17, and died on June 17.

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By Kesah Princely
June 15, 2019.

The Indomitable lionesses of Cameroon have yet another opportunity to bounce back into the ongoing FIFA Women’s World Cup in France as they take on Holland this Saturday.

After a disappointing 1-0 lost to Canada on Monday, the lead trainer of the lionesses, couch Alain Djumfa is faced with the daunting task of revigorating his foot soldiers with a new chemistry that can solve the Dutch equation when the two pair up in Valeciennes.

The tactician has for four days been investing human resources on mechanisms for accurate passes, shooting at the goal and the delivering of superp set pieces.

It is now clear that team Cameroon needs to defy the odds and crucify their aversaries in order to rejuvenate their hopes of a possible position in the next round of the tournament.

Football lovers in Africa and beyond are upbeat that the 2-nil victory of the Super Falcons of Nigeria over South Korea on Thursday can motivate the lionesses as they set out for expected glory against the Netherlands.

All routes now lead to Stade de Hainaut in the French city of Valeciennes, where the 2015 quarter finalists head to action at 3:00pm today.

Meanwhile, debutant, South Africa have been stripped off a second round ticket, following an unfortunate 1-0 defeat in the hands of a more resilient Chinese outfit at the Parc de Prince.

It is now left for Nigeria and Cameroon to decide whether or not Africa has a place in the next stage of the women football showpiece.

By Kesah Princely
14 June 2019

Bamenda citizens have expressed divergent opinions over the termination of a long standing curfew on movement of persons and property in the region.
The echoes are in reaction to a communique signed Friday June 14 by Northwest Governor Adolphe Lele Lafrique.

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According the NW first Citizen, the November 2018 order modifying the already existing interdict on movement of persons and goods from 9pm to 6am has been averted. “The security restriction placed on the movement of person and property within the North-west region are from the date of signature of the present order lifted” the communique reads in parts.
The Chiefs Executive Officer of the crisis ravaged region equally ordered head of administrative units to enforce this ban with immediacy.
Meanwhile some Bamenda city dwellers have saluted the move stating that it will revamp business activities in the city.
“This order is going to improve business dealing as people will feel free to do their businesses especially at the Busy Bamenda food market” Kelly Bih a Bamenda based business operator said.

In the meantime, some Bamenda residents have castigated the upliftment, describing it a government tactic to prolong the ongoing Anglophone crisis. “As a business man, the curfew remains in my mind because uplifting it is not a solution to the crisis that has paralyse business activities in Bamenda. Authorities are only misusing power” says wine dealer Penn Clerkson.

Botswana High Court Has overturned a colonial-era law criminalizing consensual same-sex relations in a landmark victory for Africa’s Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer (LGBTQ) movements.
Tuesday June 11’s ruling according to the Star Magazine comes barely a month after Kenya’s high court endorsed its laws decriminalizing homosexuality.

Section 164 of Botswana’s penal code state inter alia “carnal knowledge of any person against the order of nature,’’ was considered criminal and was punitive with a seven-year jail term. Two years imprisonment was punishment for defaulters of section 167 which contravened “acts of gross indecency’’.
Local media reports say, in March this year, a student at the University of Botswana, Letsweletse Motshidiemang, presented a case in court arguing that “society had changed and that homosexuality was more widely accepted”.
While homophobic tendencies persist in Botswana, local LGBTQ activists and some supporters have marked some successes for moves in past years.
An Employment Act passed in 2010 made it unlawful for employers to cancel sexual-oriented contracts in the country. This laid modalities for trans people to easily change their gender on official national identification documents.
After last year’s chaotic assault on a transgender woman, the President of Botswana, Mokgweetsi Masisi, intervened and indicated his support for LGBTQ people, stating there were many people in same sex relationships in the country.
To him, these people due to fear of being discriminated, have silently been violated. The President as a result of what he considered violation unequivocally called for a respect of the said people’s rights such as any Botswana national.
June’s ruling is considered a historic victory for pro-homosexual activists and supporters, but religious bodies still emphatically denounce LGBTQ activities claiming they are ungodly.
Recently on social media, a French-speaking [African] military personnel [identified in a video as “commandant”,] was seen vigorously slapping a Member of Parliament for attempting to defend a Gay.
“It is rather unfortunate that several decades after independence, African leaders still pretend not to have learnt from the ills of the colonial rule epoch,” says Pan-Africanist cum journalist, Regis Che.
According to him, the development of the continent can only be a reality if African leaders backtracked from imitating the western culture and built a unique identity for Africa.