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Banjul

December 23, 2025

NAF C-130 lands safely in Banjul en route Portugal for maintenance

Mr Ejodame assured that personnel onboard were safe and the aircraft was fully serviceable.

NAF C-130
April 24, 2025

ValueJet to begin direct Lagos-Banjul flight May 15

Nigerian private airline ValueJet has announced plans to begin direct flight operations from Lagos to Banjul, The Gambia, starting May 15.

Murtala Muh'd Int'l Airport
June 2, 2024

Latin America hosts 2025 global workshop on nuclear-test ban

Out of 52 African nations that signed the treaty, 50 have ratified it.

Robert Floyd
January 11, 2024

Gambian AFCON 2023 team ‘could have died’ on aborted flight: Coach

“After a few minutes, it was very hot in the plane,” he added.

Gambian Team (Credit: The Athletics)
December 6, 2022

132,090 tramadol, 2,000 bottles of codeine seized in five states: NDLEA

NDLEA says it intercepted no fewer than 132,090 tablets of tramadol and 2,000 bottles of codeine across five states and Abuja in the past week.

A composite of Buba Marwa, tramadol and codeine.
October 16, 2022

SMEDAN tasks West African MSMEs on global competitiveness

SMEDAN says West African countries must create export-ready MSMEs to compete with exports from other countries.

SMEDAN
January 18, 2022

Buhari jets off to Gambia for President Barrow’s inauguration

President Buhari will be special guest of honour at the ceremonies to be attended by other African leaders.

Buhari with jet