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Nkwelle Jacob Esong is the CEO of MUSHFARM Group with head quarter in Tombel, Kupe Muanenguba Division, South West Region. As a retired Agronomist, Nkwele is involved in the transformation and recycling variety of forestry and agricultural wastes into the production of Oyster Mushroom. In this exclusive interview, he talks about the mushroom production value chain, his vision, the health benefits of mushroom as a functional food and much more. Read On… The Ultimate: What is mushroom farming all about? Mushroom farming is a zero emissions farming that looks at the variety of forestry and agricultural wastes in our environment…

Members of Bangem Sub Divisional Chiefs Conference have clamoured for respect from the administration and the population at large.  The chiefs were speaking on January 10, 2025 at the Bangem Council hall during their first General Assembly for 2025. According to HRM Chief Ekenje Theodore of Ndiamin village, chiefs are not usually recognized at Paul Biya’s stadium Bangem during official ceremonies. He said chiefs are not given invitations to important celebrations like the National Day. According to the traditional ruler, it is disgraceful for chiefs to stand in a queue with their subjects holding with plates in their hands for…

The Divisional Officer of Tombel Sub Division, Nyam Leonard has applauded on and off campus projects initiated by Nyassoso Ex-Students Association, NEXSA ahead of the Golden Jubilee of Government High School, GSS/GHS Nyassoso. The jubilee has been scheduled in Nyassoso from January 31 to February 2, 2025 under the theme, “GSS/GHS Nyassoso to celebrate 50 years of excellence in partnership with NEXSA”. Some of the envisaged projects ongoing at the school campus  include; equipping of the school library and laboratory, renovation works on the school toilets, classrooms, refectory and dormitories, the school chapel, erection of a monument on campus as…

HRM Chief Mesumbe Ngabe Simon, Chief of Ekaku village, Bangem, has been laid to rest at his newly built Ekaku palace. He died while planning to move into the newly constructed palace. The traditional ruler who died on November 12, 2024, began his final journey on January 11, 2025 where the corpse was removed from the Nkongsamba Regional Hospital Mortuary, followed by military honours headed by the Central Commissioner, Nkongsamba. In the requiem mass at Ave Maria Parish Bangem, Rev. Father Theodore Itoe from Baseng Parish, Tombel Sub Division preached on the theme “Death is a reality”. After reading from…

Councilors of Bangem Council have adopted the sum of FCFA one billion, one hundred and forty million (1.140.000.000) for 2025 fiscal year, signifying a 4 % (four percent) increase compared to 2024. This took place at the First Ordinary Session for the examination and adoption of the Bangem Council budget for 2025 holding at the council hall on January 7, 2025. In an address presented by the Mayor of Bangem Council, Ekungwe Kang Christopher, he retrospect that as at December 15, 2024, the council realized the sum of FCFA one billion (1.000.000.000) out of the FCFA one billion, one hundred…

Tombel Council, Kupe Muanenguba Division, has voted the sum of FCFA one billion, two hundred and fifty million for the 2025 financial year. Compared to the 2024 budget that stood at FCFA one billion, four hundred and eighty eight million, the 2025 budget witnessed a decrease of two hundred and twenty million, seven hundred and sixty six thousand, four hundred and eighty thousand (220.766.480). In his welcome address, the First Deputy Mayor of the Council, Enongene Bazie Boly on behalf of the Mayor, Rose Ngassa, said the new budget is more realistic. He called on councilors to work in synergy…

The Divisional Delegation of Trade, Kupe Muanenguba, has organized promotional sales of basic commodities in Bangem and Tombel to assist the population during the festive period. In Bangem, the promotional sales were organized on the 17th, 19th and 24th of December 2024 at Street Two and Bangem Market Respectively, in partnership with Pa Ngome, owner of the business centers. Meanwhile in Tombel, the promotional sales were organized in partnership with Ets Belinda at Paul Biya’s Avenue and Mr. Dieudonne at Nyasoso park. At the various promotional centers, The Ultimate discovered that a litre of vegetable oil (Mayor) was sold at…

The Senor Divisional Officer of Kupe Muanenguba, Mungambo Ekema William has inaugurated the Summa Cum Laude (Sango Madiba) Information and Learning Resource Centre, in Ekol-Muebah, Nninong, Bangem Sub Division. The ground breaking inauguration ceremony took place on December 21, 2024 at Muebah-Nninong. In his inaugural speech, Mungambo commended the elite for contributing to the socio economic growth of the nation through the establishment of the Centre. He described the Resource Centre as a solution to societal problems where innovations are nurtured. He said the Centre will help students, researchers and communities in the advancement of knowledge. As representative of the…

Friends, relatives and well-wishers joined the Nnane’s family at home and abroad to celebrate the life of Late Christopher Kamerun McNnane aka Bokilo in a thanksgiving and memorial service in Bangem, December 27 and 28 2024. Late McNnane, eldest son of the Paramount Ruler of Bangem, HRM Chief Nnane Nnoko Emmanuel, who was a resident of Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America, USA, died on the 20th of May 2019 from injuries sustained in a car crash at the age of 52. In his homily at the memorial service at the Ave Maria Parish Bangem, Father Alain Parfait Enyegue of…

December 21, 2024 was a memorable day for over 250 widows in Bangem Sub Division as they danced and celebrated in the  decorated Bangem Council hall saturated with Christmas gifts from  Etake Divine, Country Manager of Agroproduce Management Services, AMS Ltd Cameroon and spouse, Mbole Pamela épse Etake. The yearly rendezvous with widows sparkled as the couple entered the hall to the rhythm and merriment of the widows, “Papa elehhh yayato, Mama elehhh yayato”. Accompanied by the Divisional Officer of Bangem Sub Division, Dairou Saly, the First Assistant Senior Divisional Officer of Kupe Muanenguba, Djaone Mouguim, the Etakes jubilated with…