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Nigeria Deploys 197 Troops for Peacekeeping Mission in Gambia

Ifeanyi Nwagboso — Fri, 14 Jun 2024 11:00:01 +0000

No fewer than 197 personnel from the Nigerian Armed Forces have been deployed to Gambia for peacekeeping missions. The deployment was announced on Friday by Maj-Gen. Boniface Sinjen, Chief of Operations of the Nigerian Army, during a briefing in Jaji, Kaduna State. The 197 troops began their Pre-Deployment Training (PDT) on May 4, 2024, at [...]

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Gambian Players Cried In The Dressing Room After AFCON Exit – Coach

David Folami — Sun, 30 Jan 2022 19:40:40 +0000

The Gambia coach, Tom Saintfiet has come out to say Cameroon will be champions of AFCON 2021. He recently had his say while speaking with the press, and fans have been reacting. According to him, he is very proud of his players for putting up a fight against a great team, even if they bowed [...]

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Gambia’s Football Future Looks Exciting – Cherno Samba

David Folami — Sun, 30 Jan 2022 19:22:28 +0000

Ex England player, Cherno Samba has come out to hail Gambia players as heroes after their AFCON outing. He recently had his say while speaking with the press, and fans have been reacting. According to him, despite the fact that the country got kicked out against the host nation, the future surely looks promising for [...]

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Gambia Can Be The New Zambia At AFCON 2021 – Cherno Samba

David Folami — Sat, 22 Jan 2022 21:01:56 +0000

Ex Gambian striker, Cherno Samba has come out to say that Gambia can emulate Zambia at AFCON 2021. He recently had his say while speaking with the press, and fans have been reacting. According to him, he believes Gambia players can take inspiration from Zambia’s Africa Cup of Nations heroics and claim a maiden African [...]

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Gambia explores Nigeria to mint currency

Temitope Nlewemchi — Tue, 15 Jun 2021 23:30:31 +0000

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has agreed in principle to mint The Gambian Dalasi. The CBN Governor, Godwin Emefiele, agreed to the currency minting proposal from the Governor of the Central Bank of The Gambia, Buah Saidy, who led a delegation to visit him on Tuesday. Emefiele said Nigeria had a lot of capacity [...]

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Jonathan Updates Buhari On Political Development In The Gambia

Ifeanyi Nwagboso — Wed, 23 Dec 2020 10:06:22 +0000

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Barrow had on December 3 met with Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, where the two leaders engaged in bilateral talks. The 53-year old Gambian leader later told State House correspondents that his country still needed Nigeria’s stabilising support. “Things would have been very difficult for us [...]

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Rumble in the Gambia as Yahya Jammeh stay put

Ade Adewale — Thu, 19 Jan 2017 19:19:19 +0000

The Gambia shouldn’t be at the centre of global attention. But it is. Thanks to the intransigence of a man who has been in power for too long, the tiny African country is in the spotlight. At stake is the future of democracy in the Gambia and the refusal of Yahya Jammeh, one of the [...]

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Ike Ekweremadu Warns Against Military Action In Gambia

David Folami — Wed, 04 Jan 2017 01:30:20 +0000

Deputy President of the Senate, Ike Ekweremadu, has warned against military action in the Gambia following that country’s presidential election, saying such action could threaten the security of the entire sub-region. The warning is in a statement issued by the Senate deputy president’s Special Adviser on Media, Mr Uche Anichukwu on Tuesday in Abuja. Ekweremadu [...]

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Iyanya Visits The Gambia

David Folami — Tue, 20 Dec 2016 18:03:48 +0000

Nigerian singer Iyanya is currently in The Gambia! The crooner was spotted having fun with Jamaican artiste, Beenie Man. Then he hit a popular club where he did a quick performance of his hit song ‘Oreo’. The newly signed Mavin artiste took to the streets of The Gambia playing football with the kids before heading [...]

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Muhammadu Buhari Congratulates Gambia’s President-elect

David Folami — Sun, 04 Dec 2016 23:12:18 +0000

President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated the the President-elect of The Gambia, Mr. Adama Barrow, on his victory. Buhari’s congratulatory message was made known in a statement issued on Saturday, December 3, by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina. The President also commended outgoing President of the country, Alhaji Yahya Jammeh, for [...]

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Stephanie Linus Premiere “Dry” In Gambia

David Folami — Fri, 03 Jun 2016 10:46:05 +0000

Stephanie Linus’ directorial debut “Dry,” which won an award at the 2016 Africa Magic Viewers Choice Award, recently made its Gambia debut. The movie which premiered during the African Youth Summit Banjul Plus 10, was lauded by all, and further opened up the conversation around maternal health care and Fistula in Africa. The audience was [...]

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Gambian Government bans Female Genital Mutilation

AMA — Thu, 26 Nov 2015 11:38:39 +0000

Gambia has become the latest in a string of African nations to ban female genital mutilation (FGM), an ancient tradition of removing external parts of a girl’s vagina that has been widely condemned. The country’s information ministry on Tuesday confirmed the move in a statement that cited President Yahya Jammeh as saying that FGM has [...]

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Kenya, Uganda and Nigeria top the Nominees List for The Future Awards Africa 2015

Wale Adebayo — Tue, 24 Nov 2015 11:37:17 +0000

The Central Working Committee for Africa’s biggest youth event, The Future Awards Africa (TFAA) has unveiled the anticipated list of the 50 young Africans who are the nominees for the 2015 season – with nominees from 11 countries across Africa. This season, superstars Trevor Noah (South Africa) and Yemi Alade (Nigeria) have been shortlisted alongside change makers such as Botswansian Queen Baboloki and [...]

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What Is It Like Being A Journalist In Gambia?

AMA — Tue, 01 Sep 2015 20:05:49 +0000

Unlike some of its West African neighbours, Gambia has enjoyed relative stability, portrayed in tourist brochures as an idyllic holiday destination. But it’s also a country whose government is well known for intolerance to dissent. Gambians have been imprisoned, exiled and even allegedly disappeared for being critical of President Yahya Jammeh and his government. Our [...]

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