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MPs need an Obama 101 leadership course

When US President-elect Barack Obama gave a speech at the University of Nairobi in 2006, I was privileged to be in the audience. He gave a good account of himself as a public speaker and honest person. After talking about the high-level corruption and negative ethnicity, our leadership went onto high calibre denial. Which Kenyan leader can give such an inspiring speech?

Art Exhibition to Be Launched at The Alliance Franco Soon

Mr Mohammeh Adobayor Yusufu, alias Yuspalkala, has completed all preparations to launch his art exhibition which will run from the 4th to the 31st of December, 2008 at the Alliance Franco. Mr Adobayor, a Nigerian national is a man with a natural gift for artistic work and entertainment. Yuspalkala, as he is fondly called, was born in MainlandLagosState of Nigeria in 1969. His late father Abdullahi Olajide, who recognised his talents at his tender age, encouraged him to pursue his career in art....

Police beat students at Gaza blockade protest

CAIRO: Baton-wielding riot police clashed with hundreds of students at Cairo University who were protesting on Wednesday against the blockade of the Gaza Strip.About 600 police clashed with 300 students at the downtown campus, an AFP photographer said. At least one demonstrator needed treatment for head wounds.Police entered the campus, the photographer said, despite a court ruling barring them from university grounds.The students were independents or members of different opposition groups,...

In Search of Excellence

The University of The Gambia has just come up with theChancellor Literary Award. It is not only innovative; it is also commendable.We suppose the rationale behind the award is to stimulate the writing culturein the country. Supporting budding writers financially is a sure way ofinducing them to put pen to paper. In this way, the Chancellor Literary Awardshares the same vision as the other prestigious literary awards across theworld - the Caine Prize for African Writing; the Commonwealth...

KENYA: Frederick Wanzere: "I am a mechanic now but one day I will go back to university"

NAIROBI Tuesday, November 11, 2008 (IRIN) - Frederick Wanzere, 25, was lucky enough to go to university, but when his guardian (an uncle) found out he was HIV-positive, he stopped paying the fees. Wanzere has had to become a mechanic to help his younger siblings. He told IRIN/PlusNews his story. "At times life turns out to be what you don't even expect. When I lost my parents while still in secondary school I thought that would be the last misery I would ever have to go through in life. But I...

Focus on Capital College, UK

Mr. Taiwo Salami, the Managing Director of Capital College in the United Kingdom (UK) has called on Gambian students to exploit the opportunity available in order to obtain foreign university education. Mr. Salami made this call yesterday in an interview with The Point. Mr. Salami who is in The Gambia to begin admission process for the year 2009, said that CapitalCollege is here in The Gambia to enhance and make it possible for Gambian students that have the interest of enrolling into United...

Mo Ibrahim Foundation announces next steps to strengthen Ibrahim Index

The Mo Ibrahim Foundation is today announcing the next stepsin strengthening the Ibrahim Index. Starting in 2009, the Foundation will beginthe transfer to African institutions of various aspects of the compilation ofthe Index. The Foundation is seeking to give African institutions theopportunity to ensure that data about the governance of each African country isas robust and comprehensive as possible. As part of this major initiative the majority of the workbehind the Ibrahim Index will...

Boy, 21, Seeking Sponsorship to Attend University

A 21 year-old boy, Kebba Jammeh, from Nema Kunda Village in Kombo North recently completed his university access programme but is financially incapable of attending university. Speaking to The Point, the boy stated that it is his dream to attend university but his family cannot afford to send him. He added that he is seeking sponsorship from NGO’s philanthropists, government and donors to help him meet the cost of fees. The determined young man says it is his dream to attain a qualification and...

The ppp regime at a glance

The Protectorate Peoples Party (Rural Gambia Party) then later renamed Progressive People’s Party (PPP) did not do much in terms of development for the country after the White Colonial Masters departed our shores. The PPP did very little in terms of expanding the Gambian economy and its sectors to be what we all dreamt about and see today in the Gambia. However, I will give the former PPP regime credit for their direct or indirect efforts individually or collectively to get us our independence...

Petroleum students return from Taiwan

A group of 25 Gambian students, who left The Gambia for Taipei four years ago, touched down the tarmac of the Banjul International Airport, yesterday afternoon, after completing a forty-eight months long petroleum elite programme at the National Taipei University of Technology. The graduates were received upon arrival by Mr Ousman Jammeh, the secretary of state for Energy, and Momodou Badjie, the acting mnaging director of the Gambia National Petroleum Company. Shortly after their arrival,...