The Advocate Cameroon

  By Tanyi Abe A renown pastor and gay rights advocate, John Gabga Fomujang, is reported to have been arrested in his house on September 25 during his regular house fellowship. According to members of the fellowship, security officers stormed his house during the session and accused him of holding an illegal meeting and then promoting gay activities which they consider contrary to the laws of the country. We also gather that, following his arrest and detention, the population of his neighborhood attacked his house on claims that his activities were also against the culture and community standards. According to reports, this is not the first time the Man of God and Gay Rights Advocate has been arrested by security officers for the same reason. We are told that on June 7, while in his church,  some men dressed in civilian attire and claiming to be gays, came to one of his church services to seek counseling and prayers against their sinful and queer sexual orientation. After pray...

  BY TARHYANG ENOWBIKAH TABE 20 years ago, it was just occurring to Defang Agbor Peter that he would be daring it a field which was not very fertile. At a time when real estate and construction companies were not meant for Cameroonians of this part of the country called South West. He braved the challenges of the Bamilekes and others and stormed the region with his engineering company and he decided to call DAP Civil Engeneering Enterprise from 1995 to 2001, thereafter, DAP Inc Ltd, seeming to mean Defang Agbor Peter. Over the years, from 2001 till date the company has been growing from level to level. Last year, the Senior Divisional Officer for Fako, Zang III, lauded the strides by the management and staff of DAP Incorporated Limited. The praises were heaped on the company during the last lap of the Senior Divisional Officer’s tour to some economic Institutions of the Division recently. After visiting the company’s factory and building material shop, the SDO was vis...

  BY TARHYANG ENOWBIKAH TABE The Board Chairman of Credit Foncier, Minister Jules Doret Ndongo has expressed total satisfaction with the level of work done by Options for Homes in Limbe II Subdivision. Canadian Hosing Corporative with a branch in Cameroon has plan to construct over 300 low cost houses in Limbe II and has already signed a contract with the Buea Council for a similar project. To ensure state support and commitment to the project, the Minister Delegate at the Ministry of Territorial Administration and Decentralization in charge of Local Councils, who doubles as Board chairman of Credit Foncier, Jules Doret Ndongo was in Limbe to see for himself what the options For Homes Project is all about. The minister was marveled by what he say on the field; bungalows, semi detached bungalows and several type of houses were already erected by Options for Homes. The Minister went round the project site accompanied by a high powered delegation from Yaounde to see for them...

  BY ABONG CLEXTUS The former Barcelona and Chelsea star has set up the Yellow Whistleblower FC foundation to raise funds and awareness to help people fleeing Nigeria and Cameroon amid a rising tide of attacks from Boko Haram militants. Former Cameroon captain Eto’o, who retired from international football last year, told CNN it was time the world stepped up its response to an ongoing catastrophe. The 34-year-old urged leaders and the media to react as they did to the terror attack on the Charlie Hebdo magazine offices in Paris in January. “It is important for us to talk about it — if we don’t do it, who will?” said the four-time African player of the year. “We all tried to offer our support (after Charlie Hebdo). We saw African head of states coming to Paris to offer their support to France. “Why, when it comes to Africa — when it comes to our continent — don’t we do anything? Maybe because the media are not doing what they should do. “When it comes to Charlie Hebdo,...

BY TARHYANG ENOWBIKAH TABE Five months after the murder of the Norwegian business man, Jan Harald Thogers inBatoke near Limbe, precisely on July 10, his assassins are still at large. The yet to be identified culprits are reported to have broken into the residence of the Norwegian that fateful day at about   7:00 PM Due to the very heavy rains, neighbors were out of the game as the hoodlums successfully made their way into the house. It is believed that after a stiff resistance, the hoodlums killed Jan Harald Thogers in the presence of his Cameroonian girlfriend and took off. The girlfriend is alleged to have been raped and traumatized by the action and taken-off to a nearby forest naked where she was only discovered in the morning by neighbors after being soaked by the heavy rains that fateful night. His body was deposited at the Limbe Hospital Mortuary, his Girlfriend taken in to custody and we were informed that investigation had gone underway. When investigations w...

  By Cassimanda   The change merrymaking lackeys like to talk about how things will keep getting better. But when things happen contrary to what they said, they pull out the "S" word - sacrifice. Yet none of them is ready to sacrifice any of their privileges, positions, and power for others. As the CPDM is in the field reorganizing its basic organs, traveling in and out of Lebialem is not only a nightmare but demands fasting and prayers. I recalled what Rick Gaber said about these politicians in his book “people of the lie”. He said that the politician is a type of creature known for its tendency to lie, make a mountain out of a molehill, exaggerate, and use all kinds of frantic or pretentious attention-getting tactics o lie. There would be no exaggeration if the statement is contextualized to fit the plight of the beloved Lebialem people. I have often heard people say that it is forbidden to make noteworthy judgment psychiatric therapy on the neglect of the roads by the Biya...