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Nigeria’s Jonathan Sworn In After Yar’Adua Dies

Aliyu Adekunle| 6 May 2010| Vanguard|
In line with the Nigerian constitution Acting president Goodluck Jonathan took oath of office and became substantive  President of  the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
In his inaugural speech he assured Nigerians of a better government.
The  President’s oath of office was administered by the Chief Justice, Aloysius Katsina-Alu. The opening prayers were [...]

My Husband Wasn’t HIV Positive – Late Journalist’s Widow

By Clovis Atatah| Tuesday, May 04, 2010| The Post|
Collette Angèle Ngota, the widow of the journalist who died at the Yaounde Central Prison at Kondengui on April 21, has rebutted claims by Communication Minister, Issa Tchiroma, that her husband died of AIDS.
Tchiroma had said in a statement broadcast on CRTV television on Thursday night that [...]

Jailed journalist dies in Cameroon prison

CPJ| Friday, 23 April 2010| CPJ|
New York, April 23, 2010—The Committee to Protect Journalists is outraged by today’s death of newspaper editor Germain S. Ngota Ngota, whose health deteriorated while he was incarcerated in Cameroon. The death certificate for Ngota, editor of the private bimonthly Cameroon Express, determined that the journalist died from a lack [...]

Nigeria: Obasanjo, Atiku, Kupolokun Got U.S.$74 Million – Okiro Report

Daily Independent (Lagos)| 20 April 2010 | Daily Indepedent|
Nigeria’s own internal inquiry shows that those who  include former President Olusegun Obasanjo, the man who trumpeted an anti-corruption hurricane benefited from the Halliburton bribery scandal that swept away the jobs, the integrity, and the reputations of mainly his political opponents when he was the king in [...]

Nigeria: Women March Nude for Ibori

Emma Amaize and Ise-Oluwa Ige| 20 April 2010 | Vanguard|
THE drama of the renewed manhunt for former Delta State Governor, Chief James Onanefe Ibori by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, took a new turn yesterday, as former Federal Minister of Information, Chief Edwin Clark claimed that Ibori was allegedly planning to kill him.
Also [...]

Census Figure Shocks Douala

By Joe Dinga Pefok| Tuesday 20 April 2010 | The Post|

The results of the 3rd Population and Housing Census that put Douala at barely 1.8 million people fell on the city like a bombshell. CPDM diehards like Françoise Foning, Mayor of Douala V, as well as other CPDM council authorities including the Government Delegate to [...]

CPDM Gov’t Is Gov’t For Thieves – SDF District Chairman

By Elvis Tah| Monday19 April 2010 | The Post|
The Buea District Chairman of the Social Democratic Front, SDF, George Likiye  has described the ruling Cameroon People’s Democratic Movement, CPDM, government as a government for thieves. Likiye was addressing SDF militants during an Electoral District Conference at Mile 14, Dibanda on Saturday, April 17.
The District Chairman [...]

Gov’t Releases Sketchy Census Results After 5 Yrs

By Clovis Atatah, Yerima Kini Nsom, Martin A. Nkemngu and Leocadia Bongben| Friday April 16, 2010 |The Post|
Appetites wetted by publicity preceding the release of results of the third general population census Wednesday were scorched when government published sketchy demographic figures.
The Minister Delegate at the Ministry of the Economy, Planning and Regional Development, Yaouba Abdoulaye, [...]

Statement at the Conclusion of an IMF Mission to Cameroon

IMF | Press Release No. 10/135 | April 5, 2010|

An International Monetary Fund (IMF) mission led by Mr. Mauro Mecagni visited Cameroon during March 17–April 1, 2010 to conduct the 2010 Article IV Consultation.1 The mission met with Prime Minister Philemon Yang, State Minister at the Presidency Laurent Esso, several Cabinet members, senior officials, local [...]

Rights Group Sues Yar’Adua’s Doctor over Non-Disclosure of the President’s Health Status

Innocent Anaba| 2 April 2010| Vanguard (Lagos) |

A civil rights organisation, Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, SERAP, has asked a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, to compel the personal physician of ailing President Umaru Yar’Adua, Dr Salisu Banye, to release information on oath on the present medical condition of the President, in order to [...]