The Daily IIJ

President Goodluck Jonathan, Senate President David Mark, House of Representatives Speaker Aminu Tambuwal and Chief Justice of the Federation Dahiru Musdapher should publicly declare their assets, a rights group has said. Human Rights Writers’ Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) said this yesterday in a statement signed by its national coordinator, Comrade Emmanuel Onwubiko and its national [...]

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Moses warning could remain the status quo The Scorpions of the Gambia will continue bid to make a debut in Africa’s highest soccer competition, the Africa Cup of Nations on Wednesday, February 29, 2012. The team will host the Desert Foxes of Algeria in Banjul in the 1st leg of the preliminary rounds for AFCON [...]

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By Nuruddeen M. Abdallah The Freedom of Information (FOI) Act can’t make the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB) to release assets declaration details of President Goodluck Jonathan, as a provision of the Nigerian constitution has “precluded the bureau the liberty” to do so. The bureau said this in a letter dated February 20, 2012 and [...]

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Despite key reforms enforced by the civilian government in Burma, a European Union official said it may take time before all 27 member states can agree on lifting sanctions imposed since the iron-fisted reign of the military junta. “I can’t predict when exactly the restrictive measures will be lifted. I understand that we need to [...]

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The Global Youth Innovation Network (GYIN)-Gambia planned executive led by Mamadou Edrisa Njie, GYIN Gambia Ambassador had a meeting with the Country Programme Manager, International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), Moses Abukari on the operational of GYIN-Gambia as well as to introduce the planned executive.

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United Nations Under-Secretary-General, Michel Sidibe is calling on the African continent to seriously open debate on the need to support and sustain local production of HIV/AIDS commodities. Read more http://www.globalnewsreel.com/2012/02/unaids-boss-charges-african-continent.html

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Ghana is set to join the rest of Africa to declare a resounding statement calling for Africa’s commitment to end violence against women and girls. The declaration takes place in March at the peak of Mount Kilimanjaro in commemoration of International Women’s Day, which falls on March 8. Read more http://www.globalnewsreel.com/2012/02/press-release-ghana-celebrates.html

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Basirou Bah was on Thursday 23rd of February remanded in Prison custody by the Banjul Magistrates’ court presided over by Principal Magistrate Alagbe Taiwo Ade for allege murder. According to the particulars of offence the aforesaid person on the 10th of February, at Yorro Jula Village in Lower River Region {LRR} murdered one Gallo Njie [...]

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Global Unification, The Gambia better known as GU is a new nonprofit partner of 1% for the Planet. 1% for planet is an alliance of over 1,380 member companies in 43 countries around the world, that give one percent of their revenues to environmental causes.

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We the members of The Association of Non-Governmental Organizations in the Gambia (TANGO), having conceived the idea of convening the NGO Week in which we brought together all of our members and non-members including other non-state actors to celebrate the successes and contributions of NGOs to the socio-economic and political development of the Gambia from [...]

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