A weekend street scrub just flipped part of Banjul from trash zone to community flex after locals decided waiting on authorities was not the move.
Community cleanup on Allen Street
Allen Street Dembaa rallied residents for a major cleanup.
Modou N. Savage steered volunteers as chair of the group.
Dawda Samba jumped in, clearing debris along the busy stretch.
Members tackled litter and waste crowding the neighborhood.
Corporate and agency backing
Comium Gambia chipped in with funding and T-shirts.
The National Environment Agency supplied key cleaning materials.
Support from NEA helped the exercise run smoothly.
The backing gave the volunteer an extra boost.
Local leadership and civic push
Alagie Sarr showed up as an elected...
A government audit sweep just rolled through four regions, chasing fake payroll names and tightening the civil service books in real time.
MoPS monitoring tour across regions
The Ministry of Public Service ran a three-day field check.
Sheriff Jallow led the delegation as Permanent Secretary for Reforms.
Musa Cham joined as Deputy Permanent Secretary, PMO.
Alhagie Jallow handled HRMIS oversight during the visit.
Verification drive and field engagement
Officials met supervisors and data collectors on site.
Teams worked across the North Bank, Lower River, Central River, and Upper River.
Verifiers got told to follow procedures without shortcuts.
Exercise targets clean records and ghost worker detection.
Turnout and field feedback
MoPS...
A major regional maritime gathering is about to flood Banjul, turning The Gambia into the nerve center for West and Central Africa’s sea agenda for five straight days.
Assembly and anniversary in Banjul
The Government of The Gambia will host the 19th General Assembly.
Banjul sets the stage from 16 to 20 February.
Sir Dawda Kairaba Jawara Conference Centre handles the sessions.
President Adama Barrow presides over the 50th anniversary event.
Five-day schedule breakdown
Expert-level talks kick things off on 16 February.
Ministerial meetings are lined up for 19 February.
Anniversary festivities land on 20 February.
Daily sessions start at 9:00 a.m. each day.
Maritime agenda and regional goals
Maritime Organization of West and Central...
Performance keeps the Gambian land machine grinding, even when presidents rotate out, because ritual obedience feeds it without anyone needing to believe a word.
Architecture outlives leaders
The Gambia gets framed as a predatory setup.
Presidential power gets wrapped in Mansayaa mystique.
The State Lands Act 1991 masks land grabs.
Leadership swaps happen, yet the setup stays put.
How ritual compliance reproduces control
Fieldwork across Kombo shows ritual obedience keeps it humming.
Over forty percent cannot read English gazettes.
Officials lean on that literacy gap to push notices.
Elders press thumbprints, trusting explanations they cannot verify.
Ceremony over consent
Communities attend handovers without free prior informed...
Legal heat just spiked in a Lagos custody fight after online rants collided with courtroom rules, and Punuka Attorneys & Solicitors basically warned that social media theatrics will not steer a judge.
Custody clash spills online
Punuka Attorneys & Solicitors represents Sophia Momodu in Lagos.
Firm rebuked Davido over posts targeting Ebelechukwu Enedah.
The dispute centers on a pending custody case over Imade.
Lawyers stressed the matter sits before a competent court.
Sub judice warning drops
Punuka Attorneys & Solicitors flagged the case as sub judice.
Public commentary, they argued, risks skewing proceedings.
The statement vowed to counter any intimidation of counsel.
Consequences under Nigerian law were clearly referenced.
Davido...
Family legacy might hang over his name, but the real engine behind Gabriel Afolayan’s acting grind is a gut-level pull he swears would exist even without the famous surname.
Calling over family pressure
Gabriel Afolayan said acting came from an inner pull.
Family pedigree, according to him, was not the decider.
Only six siblings entered the entertainment lane.
Other relatives chased totally different careers.
Growing up around film
Gabriel Afolayan recalled constant movie exposure as a kid.
Watching films fed his instincts and creative leanings.
He insisted the urge would exist in any timeline.
That drive, he framed, feels bigger than a paycheck.
Carrying the Afolayan name
Gabriel Afolayan admitted the legacy brings real pressure...
Creative DNA and budget pressure are steering Nollywood’s grind, and Gabriel Afolayan is basically saying craft and family roots keep the machine from wobbling.
Brotherhood and Nollywood roots
Gabriel Afolayan traced his film bond back to childhood.
Kunle Afolayan once carried him to movie outings.
Their shared upbringing bled straight into Nollywood work.
Anikulapo became one major result of that tight link.
Inside the Anikulapo machine
Gabriel Afolayan described Anikulapo as a heavy lift.
Production demanded freshly built sets and seasoned cinematographers.
Grading crews, costume leads, and art designers had to deliver.
Narrative weight leaned into moral and social tension.
Why Anikulapo keeps evolving
Gabriel Afolayan clarified...
A vibe shift is shaking Afrobeats in Lagos, and the talk onstage framed it as a cleanup that ditches flashy shortcuts and pushes the sound back toward its roots.
Afrobeats reset talk in Lagos
Joeboy told Lagos fans that Afrobeats is recalibrating itself.
During a Valentine’s Day concert, he packed out the venue.
Joeboy said the genre is scrubbing off watered-down elements.
His take framed it as real music reclaiming space.
Pushback on genre mashups
Critics have side-eyed heavy cross-genre blending for a while.
That wave, according to detractors, muddied Afrobeats’ core vibe.
Recent chatter paints the moment as a return to basics.
Supporters read the shift as substance beating stage tricks.
Redirecting her tithe money away from wealthy churches has Toke Makinwa openly questioning how religious cash gets used.
Tithing redirected away from churches
Toke Makinwa said she stopped paying tithes to churches.
During a chat with Chude Jideonwo, she questioned their wealth.
Churches she knows, she claimed, already have serious money.
Passing cash into rich buildings no longer sits right with her.
Support shifted to direct human needs
Toke Makinwa said her funds go to hospitals and maternity wards.
Rent struggles, she argued, deserve priority over church accounts.
Strangers with urgent bills, she noted, get her contributions.
Helping people churches cannot reach drives her new approach.
Critique of church finances and...
