(JollofNews) – The Gambia’s Foreign minister has rubbished media reports that he had called for the resignation of President Faure Gnassingbe of Togo. Ousainou Darboe was quoted saying in a recent interview with Reuters that President Gnassingbe should resign immediately and the African Union and West African regional bloc ECOWAS[Read More…]
Author: Halimatou Ceesay, Banjul, The Gambia.
Gambia: Commission Probes Jammeh’s Purchase Of Kansala, Aljamdu Ferries
(JollofNews) – The ongoing commission of inquiry into the financial dealings of Gambia’s former long-term ruler Yahya Jammeh, Monday summoned officials of the former regime to explain why millions of taxpayers’ money was used to buy two ferries in 2011 that are yet to hit Gambian waters. Appearing before the[Read More…]
Gambia: Ex-Social Security Boss Sobs As He Defends His Record
(JollofNews) – Edward Graham, former managing director of Gambia’s Social Security and Housing Finance Corporation (SSHFC) Tuesday broke into tears as he rigorously defended his record at the state-owned corporation. SSHFC was established by an Act of Parliament in 1981 to provide adequate social protection for workers, facilitate social shelter[Read More…]
UNFPA Visits Family Planning Community Based Distributors In Foni Kassange
(JollofNews) – The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) in the Gambia last week led a team of reporters from the Network of Journalist on Reproductive Health, Population and Development on a media field visit to their intervention sites. The visit was aim at giving the reporters a chance to see[Read More…]
Gambia: Ex-President Jammeh Took Ownership Of Qatari Grant
(JollofNews) – Gambia’s former president Yahya Jammeh took over control of a grant from Qatar, which he used to purchase and maintain his presidential jet, a commission of inquiry probing his financial activities was told. According to Mambury Njie, who served as Mr Jammeh’s Finance and Economic Affairs from February[Read More…]
Commission: Witnesses Recount How Jammeh Drained Millions From Gambia’s Central Bank
(JollofNews) – The ongoing commission of inquiry into the financial activities of former President Jammeh and his associates Wednesday heard more testimonies on how the country’s former long-term ruler and one of his aide, General Saul Badjie drained millions of different currencies from the Central Bank of the Gambia. Giving[Read More…]
Gambia: Former First Lady Jammeh’s Financial Dealings Revealed
(JollofNews) – The principal banking officer of the Central Bank of the Gambia, Karamo Jawara, Tuesday used his testimony at the commission of inquiry probing numerous allegations of mismanagement of public funds, abuse of office, and wilful violations of public funds by former President Yahya Jammeh and his associates to[Read More…]
Gambia: Ex-Central Bank Governor Carried Out Jammeh’s Orders Out Of Fear
(JollofNews) – A former governor of the Central Bank of the Gambia Tuesday told the commission of inquiry probing numerous allegations of mismanagement of public funds, abuse of office, and wilful violations of public funds by former President Yahya Jammeh and his associates that he executed orders from the former[Read More…]
Gambia: Trust Bank, GNPC Officials Dig Deeper Into Jammeh’s Financial Dealings
(JollofNews) – Officials of Trust Bank and The Gambia National Petroleum Corporation -GNPC- Thursday digged deeper into the country’s former President Yahya Jammeh’s financial dealings with several startling revealations. Officials of both institutions revealed to the three-member Commission of Inquiry on the furnishing of 52 AU Summit villas during Thursday’s[Read More…]
Gambia’s Comm. Of Inquiry: Principal Banking Officer Reveals Jammeh’s Financial Dealings
(JollofNews) – Karamo Jawara, the principal banking officer at the Central Bank of the Gambia yesterday reveals to the Janneh Commission that all the Bank Accounts that were being operated and managed by Jammeh regime are all based on instructions and directives received. He said the Euro denominated account number[Read More…]
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