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Africell Cables thief Jailed

One AlansanJallow, who was undergoing a criminal trial on a charge of stealing a roll of90 meter tower cable valued at D9, 000 belonging to Africell company, were onMonday jailed for three months with hard labour by Magistrate Pa-Harry Jammehof the Brikama Magistrates’ Court. Narratingthe facts of the case, Inspector Touray said it happened on the 10th November 2008 at Busumbala Kombo North at the Africell branch in Busumbala. He saidit was when the head of the security Momodou Lamin Coker...

Police Award Africell Personalities

The Gambia Police Force (GPF) last Wednesday awardedcertificates of appreciation to two personalities Mr. Serge .C. Khaki, chieftechnical officer and Ebrima Barry director of administration and logisticsfrom Africell one of the leading GSM telecommunication company in The Gambia.The award was meant to cement the already existing cordial relationship betweenthe Gambiapolice and Affricell as a company. The ceremony was held to at the policeheadquarters in Banjul. In his handed over remarks,...

Nigerian gospel star on new album

Olaitan Babatunde, a Nigerian based in The Gambia, is currently working on his second album which he intends to release in November. The album entitled ‘I am 4 wonder’, will comprise nine tracks both on CD and audio cassette. Some of the hit tunes in the upcoming album are ‘What is man’ and ‘Santa-Yalla’. "My debut album was released in 2005 and since then, we’ve been working day in day out to put something on the market. I believed now is the right time to do that," he said in a recent...

2010 qualifiers, Gambia’s position

Editor, Please, allow me space in your widely read newspaper to thank The Gambia football team and their officials for their effort on the just ended football qualifiers for group six. The Gambia took 9th position on the just ended African and World cup qualifiers, runners up in group 6. The Gambia and Uganda were best losers of the group stages; Guinea Conakry took 8th position, best loser at the expense of Gambia’s effort in ending Senegal’s dream. Indeed, Cameroon, Guinea, Benin, Kenya,...

Africell Appreciates Coach Put and Players’ Effort

Africell, the main sponsors of Gambian football is more than appreciative of Coach Paul Put and the players of senior national team. Africell is the company that paid the whole for the services of Coach Paul Put as head coach of the senior national team. The company did not hide its satisfaction and appreciation about the efforts of the coach and the performance of the players for writing history for the Gambia. Speaking to the gathering when the management of Africell hosted the Scorpions and...

Africell’s gesture must not go unnoticed

Africell, one of the leading GSM  operators in the country has to be patted on the back for the titanic role it is playing in the development of Gambian sports, more especially football, the world’s most popular sport. The company’s recent gesture in ferrying over 400 (four hundred) Gambian fans to cheer up the Scorpions against the Terenga Lions in Dakar over the weekend must not go unnoticed. Africell has demonstrated what is expected of any genuine company. To develop sports, football to...

Gambians jubilate Dakar historic draw

The national football team of The Gambia (the Scorpions),last Saturday, broke a long standing jinx, holding on to a one all draw againsttheir longstanding arch rivals, the Lions of Teranga. Watched by millions ofspectators in the sub-region and beyond – the young and old - the match turnedout to serve as another cause for national celebration, as could be seen inareas like Westfield,Bakau, Pipeline, among a long list of places in the country. Even in Senegal itself,Senegalese nationals could...

Gambian fans head for Dakar

At least 300 (three hundred) Gambian football supporters will depart Banjul this morning for Dakar to cheer up The Gambia Scorpions in their World Cup and Nations Cup qualifier match against Terenga Lions of Senegal on Saturday.   The travelling fans will be ferried to Senegal by Africell company, one of the leading GSM operators in the country and the main partner of The Gambia Football Association. The renowned communication company has also offered to shoulder both the transport and ticket...

VP receives WB official

The vice-president, Aja Dr Isatou Njie-Saidy, yesterday, received Mrs Joy Phumaphi, the visiting vice-president of the Human Development Network of the World Bank (WB), in her office at State House. Mrs Phumaphi told reporters, shortly after her audience with the vice-president, that her visit to The Gambia was at the invitation of the secretary of state for Basic and Secondary Education, Fatou Lamin Faye. She said her audience with the vice-president accorded her the opportunity to discuss...

Gambia U-17 Defeat Africell/Saitmatty 4-2

The Gambia U-17 team, yesterday defeated Africell/ Saitmatty, a first division outfit, 4-2 in a friendly match played at the Independence Stadium in Bakau. The team is warming up for their first appearance in the Algeria 2009 U-17 qualifying rounds and first leg game against Sierra Leone on August 30th 2008 in Banjul. Coach Tarik Siagy, speaking to Pointsports at the end of the game, expressed optimism that  the team can surely book their qualification to the continental championship for the...