(JollofNews) – Authorities in the Gambia have sacked 27 government officials including ten permanent secretaries on suspicion of having fraudulently acquired official cars and other items, state television said on Tuesday. The officials are being investigated by the National Intelligence Agency (NIA) for allegedly trying to fraudulently auction some 545[Read More…]
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Tourism: Gambling On Gambia
(JollofNews) – As we shivered in the drab weather, the question in the Nichol house was: ‘Where do we go for some guaranteed sunshine without crossing half the planet?’ A few years ago, the answer may have been Egypt or Tunisia. But due to recent attacks at tourist resorts and[Read More…]
Gambia’s Higher Education Minister Removed
(JollofNews) -President Yahya Jammeh of the Gambia has sacked the country’s minister of Higher Education, Research, Science and Technology, Dr. Aboubacar Senghore. Dr Senghore, 48, was sent packing from his office on Monday afternoon. No reasons were given for his re moval, but a statement from the President’s Office said[Read More…]