Abdoulie Sanneh, head of Business Banking at Standard Chartered Bank Gambia Limited, today testified before the Local Government Commission of Inquiry at the Djembe Hotel in Senegambia. In his testimony to the commission, Mr Sanneh said: “We were given a list of council names to check whether we hold accounts[Read More…]
Author: Ali Jaw
NSC Deputy Director Urges Youth To Acquire Skills
The deputy executive director of the National Sports Council, Mahmoud Lamin Jawla, has urged Gambian youth to learn skills to afford themselves decent livelihood and be able to contribute to the development of The Gambia. Addressing a gathering during the opening ceremony for a 5-day training of youths in the[Read More…]
Gambia’s Dr Ceesay Appointed Part-Time Professor At China University
A prominent Gambian expert in politics and African studies and political science lecturer at the University of The Gambia has been appointed to serve as part-time professor at the College of Foreign Languages and International Education at the Zhejiang Normal University in China. Dr Ismaila Ceesay’s appointment takes effect from[Read More…]
Gaye Njorro, Partners Commence Rigorous Training For Creative Artists
Gaye Njorro, a skill centre that offers training to youths in different marketable skills, has kick-started a 5-day training for youths in the creative arts plying their trade in the craft industry. The training is being held on the theme ‘Promoting Investment in Culture, Creative Arts and Traditional Sports to[Read More…]
KMC Mayor To Seek President Barrow’s Helping Hand
The freshly sworn-in Mayor Talib Ahmed Bensouda has said he would reach out to President Adama Barrow on Monday to seek his support in his development plans for Kanifing Municipality (KM). Speaking on the occasion of his swearing-in ceremony at the Kanifing Municipal Council (KMC) at the weekend, Bensouda said:[Read More…]
Mayor Bensouda Sworn In To Take KM Much Higher
The re-elected mayor of the Kanifing Municipality (KM), Talib Ahmed Bensouda, was today sworn into office together with the councillors to officially continue steering the daily affairs of the people of Kanifing Municipality (KM). Delivering his swearing-in speech, the mayor said: “Thank you for your confidence. Thank you for the[Read More…]
Startup Huddle Enlightens Young Entrepreneurs
Startup Huddle, a local organisation of entrepreneurs in The Gambia that seeks to connect entrepreneurship and strengthening the local Gambian ecosystem, on Friday held an entrepreneurship forum at The Hub Ltd on Kairaba Avenue. The forum, which is one of the body’s monthly sessions, rallies together entrepreneurs across sectors to[Read More…]
Gambians In Germany To Protest Planned Deportation
Gambians in Germany will take to the streets of Germany to protest the planned deportation of their undocumented brothers in that country, a source in Berlin has told JollofNews. German police authorities are currently arresting undocumented Gambian migrants for identification and eventual deportation over the past days. Speaking to JollofNews,[Read More…]
What Africa Day Should Have Meant
It is indeed an honour that a special day – the 25th of May – has been specially set aside and named ‘Africa Day’ or ‘Africa Liberation Day’ and that the entire continent and, perhaps, other parts of the world have made it a custom to recognise the day as[Read More…]
Masked Witness Recounts How Alleged Coup Plot Ring Leader Was Arrested
A witness on Tuesday recounted how the ring leader of the alleged coup plot, Sanna Fadera, was arrested by state agents. The witness’s identity was concealed as he stepped into the court in a mask and testified behind curtains around the witness box. Following his testimony that he and Major[Read More…]
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