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16/06/2024

Eid Mubarak from The First Family 🙏🏿

29/05/2024

Inna lillahi wa inna ilayhi raji'un

I and my team at Elegance Media will like to join the people of Gambia and the Gambia Armed Forces to mourn the loss of Abdoulie Mboob, a commander at the State Guards Battalion, whose sudden death was announced at the weekend.

He was described as a committed, well-mannered, and trustworthy servant of the Gambia Armed Forces, and he would be greatly missed.

We pray for his soul to rest in perfect peace, and may Allah forgive his shortcomings and grant him Aljannat Firdauz.

May Allah comfort the family he left behind and grant them the fortitude to bear the loss 😢😢

08/05/2024

Rohey Malick Lowe; Banjul Mayoress Speaks to Elegance at The 15th OIC Banjul Summit.

08/05/2024

Hon Fatu Ceesay Speaks to Elegance at The 15th OIC Banjul Summit.

08/05/2024

Chilel Sarr Speaks to Elegance at The 15th OIC Banjul Summit.

08/05/2024

Fatu Camara Speaks to Elegance at The 15th OIC Banjul Summit.

06/05/2024

Sad News:

Gambia Press Union (GPU) Intern, Fatou O. Barrow, daughter of the late Journalist Omar Barrow, passed away this afternoon.

Fatou joined the GPU under the NYSS Internship Programme on 23rd October, 2023.

She was listed among graduates from the UTG SJDM with a BSc in Journalism, however, she couldn’t attend the graduation because she was unwell, and was briefly admitted in hospital at the time.

The GPU is deeply saddened by her demise.

She was very hardworking, pays attention to detail, a good writer, and very respectful.

The burial will be held tomorrow, according to the family, but a specific time has yet to be decided.

Her family lives in Kanifing Estate on the highway towards the market.

Her house is a few metres on the bend towards the market, a brown gate with an unfinished building in sight on the right.

May Allah grant her Jannatul Firdaus. We also pray for Allah to grant the family the fortitude to bear this loss.

Source: Gambia Press Union.

06/05/2024

Nyang Njie's take on the Banjul OIC Summit

Since I left the OIC Secretariat I refused to speak or engage in the preparations of the summit as it would have given a negative connotation on a national effort that needed all the efforts and support of the citizenry. The curtains have been drawn and the OIC summit has come to past and there are few deliverables expected from hosting such a mega event.

The first critical delivery before embarking on the infrastructure works was the enactment of a LOCAL CONTENT LEGISLATION. This law would have empowered indigenous contractors to partner with international firms thereby building capacity for future public infrastructure works.

The second deliverable was to establish a SOVEREIGN WEALTH FUND to manage the assets (Hotel, Conference center and Lounge) realized forhisting the summit.

The third deliverable was to partner with a big name hotel such as Radisson, Marriott or Hilton to sell Gambia as a MICE (Meeting, International Conference and Entertainment) using the conference center, Hotel, Airport and cars and our hospitable weather as leverage. I am not sure if this will be realized going forward because the hotel is not realized. Talks were ongoing to have a hotel called Bin Salman Hotel named after the Saudi King whereby Gambia will provide the land and the Royal family through the assistance of the Saudi Development Fund and Saudi Investment fund.

Water treatment facility was also promised to serve hotels and residence from Sheraton to Cape Point and a new borehole field in Sanyang. 110 vehicles were also solicited from the Saudis to assist in the movement of the delegates as it was the responsibility of the host nation to provide a minimum of3 cars per delegation and all of the cars needed were not necessarily high end vehicles.
I will not say that all is lost but we have a missed opportunity as most of the funds were mobilized in the early days of the project. TRT of Turkey also pledged to assist GRTS through TICAD but these pledges needed aggressive followups to see fruition.

Gambians in all sectors should have registered economic dividends in us hosting the summit but sadly some of these dividends went to foreign nationals who in turn subcontracted local expertise to execute the assigned tasks.

A web portal was to be built to offer a two way service. The first service was to allow delegates to register before coming to Gambia and receive their badges, seat numbers and credentials upon arrival at the airport. Hotels, and apartments were to be posted on the webpage to facilitate bookings thereby eliminating the middlenan in the transaction. At no point did we factor the renting of villas because the hotel complex that was to be built would have catered for the accommodation of the VVIPs. Fast forward to today and most of these things were just a plan because the blueprint wasn't rigorously followed and executed.

God bless the Gambia
NYANG Njie

05/05/2024

End of OIC Banjul Summit. Press Conference

05/05/2024

Closing Remarks by OIC Secretary General Hissein Brahim Taha

05/05/2024

Closing Speech by the OIC Banjul Summit Host President Adama Barrow

05/05/2024

Day 2: Watch the Live Coverage of the 15th OIC Summit in Banjul.. Reported by Majula Joof of Elegance Media .. 5th May 2024

05/05/2024

Speech by The Secretary General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation at the 15th OIC Banjul Summit.

05/05/2024

President Barrow's Speech at the Opening Ceremony 15th OIC Banjul Summit . 4th May 2024

04/05/2024

LIVE COVERAGE OF THE 15TH OIC SUMMIT - BANJUL 4th May 2024

04/05/2024

The Official Group Photo of Heads of State and Heads of Delegation for the OIC Banjul Summit.

04/05/2024

Mayor Rohey Malick Lowe and other political leaders invited to the opening ceremony of the 15th OIC Summit.

04/05/2024

THE 15TH SUMMIT OF THE ORGANIZATION OF ISLAMIC COOPERATION

04/05/2024

Heads of State and Heads of Delegation arrive for the OIC BANJUL SUMMIT

Source: OIC Gambia Facebook

04/05/2024

Secretary-General H.E. extends greetings to Heads of States and Governments, as well as heads of delegations participating in the 15th Islamic Summit Conference in Banjul, Gambia, on May 4-5, 2024.
Source: OIC Facebook

04/05/2024

The Arrival of Heads of State and Heads Of Delegation for the
Photo Credit: OIC Gambia Facebook

04/05/2024

The 15th summit of the organisation of Islamic cooperation, Gambia

02/05/2024

As the OIC Heads of State and Government Summit gets closer, President Barrow received a call from President Tayyip Erdoğan of the Republic of Türkiye. President Erdoğan will not attend the Summit due to critical national engagements, but deemed it important to personally reach out to inform the host of the 15th OIC Summit, President Barrow. They also discussed the geopolitical issues of interest to the Muslim Ummah, increasing the volume of Gambia- Türkiye trade and continuous support for The Gambia’s Security Sector Reform programme.

Source: State house of the Gambia

02/05/2024

The Chief Executive Officer of the OIC Secretariat Mr Yankuba Dibba has announced that the OIC Summit is not open to the public as it is an international governmental meeting for the 57 member states of the OIC.

He disclosed this at a press briefing which was hosted by the Ministry of Information on Monday 29th April in Kanifing at the GRTS complex.

“The OIC international is organizing it and the Gambia is hosting it as part of the 57 member states, I’m stressing this point because a lot of people think this is an open kind of meeting where you give out invitations, this is not open to the public it is an international governmental meeting which is only dedicated to the government agencies and not even all the government agencies,” Dibba said. “However as host country we might accommodate a few invitations for the opening ceremony but throughout the six days, it’s business”.

He clarified the rumor that some of their guests will be lodging outside the country, “even if we are to receive 5000 guests in this country we can comfortably house them even without the five star hotel, we can’t even utilize all the space we have here so I want this to be very clear, we have adequate space here”.

He however stated that the only issue they have is the parking of aircrafts as the Gambia’s airport cannot handle more than 15 aircrafts at the moment so that being the case some aircrafts will land in Senegal.

He added that there are 400 vehicles parked at the GCCI trade fair center, “Gambia Government has bought 100 brand new SUVs and Mercedes Benz that is enough to cater for all our heads of states, in addition, a friendly country has also given us a hundred vehicles they’re all packed at the GCCI trade fair ground, thirdly the Gambia Government has given us over a D100 million to rent vehicles so we do not have any shortage as far as transportation is concerned”.

He further assured the general public that the Gambia is “100 percent prepared to host the OIC summit”.

By Arret Jatta

30/04/2024

PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT

WANTED SUSPECT

Date: April 30, 2024

The Police are seeking the public's assistance and cooperation in locating one Mass Njie, a Senegalese national, who is wanted in connection with a series of burglaries and stealing.
His alleged crimes are as follows:
* On January 27, 2024, he broke and stole huge amounts of money from Ping Money Bureau, located on Kairaba Avenue in the Standard Chartered Building.
* On February 5th 2024, he broke and stole money from Vista Bank in Banjul.
* On February 29th 2024, Mass Njie broke into an APS Bureau in Old Yundum, West Coast Region, where he again stolen money.
Mass Njie, known to be involved in the fishing trade at Tanji, is considered a high-profile criminal specialised in the burglary.
The police urge anyone with information regarding Mass Njie's whereabouts to come forward. The police are dedicated to apprehending him to ensure the security and the safety of the public.

Source: Gambia Police Force

30/04/2024

Espace Motors CEO Muhammed Jah hands over 87 vehicles to the Office of The President

The CEO of Espace Motors Muhammed Jah has today handed over 87 vehicles to the President of the Republic Adama Barrow to support the country's efforts in hosting the 15th Summit of the OIC.

Mr Jah presented the vehicles to the President at State House. The vehicles will increase the fleet of vehicles available to accommodate 57 member states during the OIC Banjul Summit 2024.

30/04/2024

Congratulations to Mariama Ndow N’jie on your appointment as the newest Executive Director!
Your leadership will undoubtedly propel the organization to new heights.
Wishing you all the success in your new role!

27/04/2024

Happy birthday Wally Ballago Seck🎂

20/04/2024

20/04/2024

Senegal's President Bassirou Diomaye Faye arrives in Gambia.

The newly elected President of Senegal HE Bassirou Diomaye Faye has arrived in the Gambia on an official working visit. This is his first official visit since he was elected as President of Senegal on 24th March 2024.

President Diomaye Faye was received at the Banjul International Airport by his counterpart President Adama Barrow. The two heads of State drove to the Coco Ocean Hotel where the Senegalese President was installed before being received at the State House in Banjul.

The Senegalese President is expected to return to Dakar later in the evening today.