By Amie T. Camara

Afrinity Production draw attention to the setting up of Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) by Inspector-General of Police in Nigeria, Mohammed Adamu, to replace the disbanded Special Anti-Robbery Unit (SARS).

Force Spokesperson, Frank Mba, disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday.

According to the statement, prospective members of the new team are expected to undergo a psychological and medical examination to ascertain their fitness and eligibility for the new assignment.

Reliably, the latest development comes 48 hours after the IGP dissolved SARS following nationwide protests.

According to our source, the IGP in Nigeria has also ordered all personnel of the disbanded SARS to report to the Force headquarters in Abuja for debriefing, psychological and medical examination.

While a time-frame for the medical evaluation has not been disclosed, the IGP was quoted to have said that the officers are expected to undergo the process as a prelude to further training and reorientation before being redeployed into mainstream policing duties.

Source___Channels TV

By Amie T. Camara

Afrinity Production unveil the death of at least 12 people in incidents of wall and house collapses amid record rains in southern India, officials and media reports said.

Indian media reports said the dead included a two-month-old infant.

Aljazeera said, three more people, an old couple and their grandson, were killed when their house collapsed during the downpour in a nearby village also on Tuesday night, local media reported.

Daily life has been thrown out of gear across parts of Hyderabad as roads are flooded and vehicles washed away in several neighbourhoods.

Source___Aljazeera

By Amie T. Camara

Afrinity Production discloses the suspension made by Twitter to a number of fake accounts purporting to be owned by black supporters of US President Donald Trump.

The social media giant said the accounts broke its rules on spam and platform manipulation.

According to BBC, many of the accounts used identical language, including the phrase: “YES IM BLACK AND IM VOTING FOR TRUMP!!!”

Twitter has not specified the number of accounts suspended so far or the source of them.

It said it was continuing to investigate the activity and may suspend additional accounts if they were found to be violating its policies.

The investigation was first reported by the Washington Post newspaper.

Darren Linvill, a social media disinformation researcher at Clemson University, found more than two dozen such accounts, which had generated some 265,000 retweets or Twitter mentions.

Source___BBC

Afrinity Production draw attention to one of the self made young stars, the recently awardee of the most influential youth in Africa, Basiru Jaye, a 24 year old young Gambian who was studying at the Islamic University of Technology in the domain of Computer Science and Engineering in Bangladesh. He is also a third year Student at the University of The Gambia Majoring Computer Science and Minor in French. He is a young diplomat who has been representing the Gambia in higher platform Like United Nations and Organization of Islamic Cooperation(OIC) and The Gambia Scout Association(TGSA) both national and international levels. He is a motivational speaker and the Founder of the renowned BJ Academy.

Equally, Basiru Jaye is an athlete and is currently at the national team of the Gambia Cricket.

He was born and brought up in Banjul and he was a French student with no background of English, he entered English education at grade 7 and nailed all his exams. He can speak both English and French fluently.

Basiru received alot of certificates for his overwhelming support for humanity, which includes;
Certificate in Child Rights, Care & Protection Department of Social Welfare and UNICEF in (2012),Certificate in Campaign Planning, Communication, Motivation Skills and Facilitating Idea, Generation (Actionaid and Activista) in 2012,Scholastic Aptitude Test
College Board from the United States of America (October 2016),A distinction in “CompTIA A+” course(Infosoft Valley Training Institute, Bangladesh)(November 2019), Certificate of Achievement in Cisco Certified Network Associate(Infosoft Valley Training
Institute, Bangladesh) (November 2019) and more.

He represented the Gambia in Nigeria, Ghana, South Africa, Dubai, Sharjah and Bangladesh and came back home with lots of laurels. He also visited countries like Qatar, Morocco and Turkey.

The young man was privileged to become the French translator to the King of Sharjah Sheikh Sultan Bin Qasimi in the international Youth gathering (Sharjah for All; All for Sharjah) which gathered 94 countries in Sharjah, UAE.

Basiru have been volunteering for 11 years now. To his own perspective everyone is an activist in his/her own way because as humans we are always confronted with problems and those problems are meant to be solved. So solving those problems at first place you as an activism.

However, being an activist for him is not easy as people think because it has come with the notion of balancing sentiments with the realities of life. “You must be truthfully anchored and bold by having the soul to balance between conflicting needs and priorities.”

“Moreover, as an activist you have to be consistent and specialized in one or two things. You can’t be everywhere as we are seeing now. You have to believe and be truthful in what you are fighting for not for people to praise you. As it is said by Brian Tracy “when you love your job it interests you, fascinates you and and attracts you”.

“Finally, it not easy to be an activist because you are fighting with the opposing side who are called perpetrators to emancipate the oppressed ones. So one should expect all punches and blow figuratively”,he said.

Basiru is indeed a multitasking and multi-talented young man who somehow self employed and works on small contracts.

Jaye worked with Global Education Centre in 2016 to 2017, he worked with different institutions on partly contracts like national Youth Council. He also worked with the Banjul City Council on different Projects. Now, he is studying. Recently, he got a 3 years job mission in South Korea because of his bilingual but he turned it down to complete his current BSc first.

Basiru is much more into humanitarian fighting for the oppressed but what he hate most about it is those you are fighting for at times put you in a funny situation. “For instance the oppressed receiving bribes from the perpetrators etc. I respect humanity to the extent of even account myself for my actions.
At times also, you will want to help someone in need but if I can’t it usually pains me a lot because I am so empathetic,” he briefly said.

The Young man look up to his uncle Sheikh Tijan Bah Deputy Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Environment, his mom the lord Mayor of Banjul Rohey Malick Lowe and his big sister Fatou Jeng who is a very vibrant Youth In the Gambia and equally in the international medium

His professional goal is to have a PhD in Public Policy and Management.

Jaye cannot do without Education and Helping people.

By Amie T. Camara

By Amie T. Camara

Afrinity Production reliably disclose to you the action taken by the Inspector-General of Police in Nigeria, Mohammed Adamu, in dissolving the infamous subunit of the force, the Special Anti-robbery Squad (SARS).

“The Special Anti-Robbery Squad of the Nigerian Police, otherwise known as SARS, is hereby dissolved across all formations, the 36 state police command and the Federal Capital Territory where they currently exist,” the IGP said on Sunday.

“All officers and men currently serving in the unit are to be redeployed with immediate effect.”

According to channel TV, the police authorities will be announcing new policing arrangements to address the offences of armed robbery and other violent crimes that fall within the mandate of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad later.

Adamu’s announcement followed days of widespread protests by Nigerians demanding scrapping of the unit which had gained notoriety for brutality and human rights violations.

Source___Channels TV

By Amie T. Camara

Afrinity Production disclose to you the statement by the Authorities in China’s Qingdao on Monday in their preparation to test the city’s entire population of more than nine million people for COVID-19 during the next five days, after new cases appeared linked to a hospital treating people who had been confirmed with the disease after returning from overseas.

The coastal city, nearly 700km (435 miles) southeast of Beijing, reported six new COVID-19 cases and six asymptomatic cases as of late October 11 with most of the cases linked to the Qingdao Chest Hospital.

The coastal city will test all nine million residents during the next five days with some areas locked down.

Source___Aljazeera

By Amie T. Camara

Afrinity Production unveil to you the battle to get Donald Trump’s nominee to the US Supreme Court, Amy Coney Barrett, is now confirmed by the Senate and it begins today. The shifting ideological balance of the court will have an impact in all areas of American life and across the US – perhaps in no place more than Texas.

BBC said, Susan Lippman, a Democratic activist in Austin, Texas, was sitting in her car when she heard the news that Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg had died.

“I’m not too emotional,” she says. “But I let fly. I was raging and screaming. Pounding the steering wheel.”

Lippman instantly knew the impact that the loss of Ginsburg, a liberal legal icon, would have on the ideological composition of the court. If Donald Trump could successfully replace her with his choice for a justice, it would secure the conservative tilt of the top US judicial body for a generation.

So, a week after Ginsburg’s death, Lippman and her friend, Debbie White, were heading to protest outside the office of Senator John Cornyn, a Texas Republican senator who has pledged to confirm Ms Coney Barrett.

White says a 6-3 conservative majority in the court could directly attack Democratic Party priorities like government-managed healthcare and access to abortion services.

“I’m afraid that it’s going to do away with some very important things like the Affordable Care Act, which would be just awful because that would bother so many lives,” White says. “All the women’s rights and women’s health issues are a goner on a conservative Supreme Court.”

Source___BBC

By Amie T. Camara

Afrinity Production notify you of the expectation in Liverpool City Region to face the tightest restrictions under a new “three-tier” system, which will classify regions as being on “medium”, “high” or “very high” alert.

According to BBC, Steve Rotheram, the city region’s mayor, says negotiations have taken place through the night but “no deal” has been agreed yet.

Meanwhile, the negotiation between local leaders in England and Westminster continue.

Liverpool recorded 600 cases per 100,000 people in the week ending 6 October. The average for England was 74.

The Liverpool City Region includes the local authority districts of Halton, Knowsley, Sefton, St Helens and Wirral, as well as Liverpool.

Source___BBC

By DT Empire

After pulsating performances at the Independence Stadium last year and the Gambia’s Fashion Awards, DT Empire is back again after their well and highly received hit singles like SUMA BABY, TIKLIS and CARE FOR YOU to name a few.

With DT Empire you always get the full package whenever they perform, good music and amazing dance performances.

So you don’t want to miss the launch of DT Empire’s hotly-anticipated debut E.P Album titled “CHOKOTAAN”.

Get ready for an explosion of feel-good music and spectacular dance moves. Stay updated with their launch by following DT Empire on all social media platform by searching for the handle @dtempireofficial.

DT Empire from Gambia to the World!

Kaddy Samateh is a living example of beauty with brains, not only does she have charming and attractive features but the queen is also a woman Boss. Kaddy also contested in many beauty pageants before auditioning for the 2019 Miss West Africa Gambia 2018 contest wherein she gained fame and caught everyone’s attention.

Afrinity Production draw attention to her numerous achievements and for her overwhelming participation in pageants since 2013.

Coming from an average family of 6 beautiful ladies, her family is her backbone and they are people who love her with everything they have and supports her in anything she is doing, and she love them a lot too.

For her being a beauty queen in The Gambia is very challenging and is not easy at all compared to other countries, due to the misconceptions surrounding the industry.

Kaddy contest in pageants because she want to use the platform to support the less privileged people and to also use the platform to advocate for women’s rights, FGM, Child marriage, rape, Sexual and Gender Based Violence (SGBV) and a host of other segments that are dragging women behind, with beauty pageants she believe her voice can be heard.

Kaddy Samateh contested in the following pageants;Miss Red Cross 2013, Face of MJ beauty salon 2014, Miss Bakau 2015, Miss Gunjur ( Pentagon ) 2016, Miss west coast region 2017, Miss Nayconf 2017, Miss West Africa Gambia 2018 and Miss Glam World 2019.

Kaddy’s first international pageant was Miss Glam world which took place in India in April 2019. Which was an opportunity given to her by Buddy’s promotion as a package for her winning the First Runner Up title in the Miss West Africa Gambia pageant. Out of 37 countries she made to the top 15 and won the Miss Personality Award. The journey for her will not have been possible without the support of the First Lady of The Gambia.

She is inspired by risk. Starting something she have no idea how to finish, witnessing people go for something new anything that has the potential for failure (but not total disaster) gets her heart pumping.

Samateh don’t dislike anything about the pageant world because for her pageant is the only platform that can change one’s life for good and help you make an impact in other people’s life as well.

Kaddy look up to the following people; her Mom who is her biggest inspiration, Merci Johnson a Nigerian Actress whom she look up to her personality and the way she interpret her script which is one thing she will want to learn from her and Miss universe Catriona Gray 2018.

Queen Samateh’s goal is to change the narratives and misconceptions surrounding beauty pageants in The Gambia and Africa as a whole.

She is currently preparing for Miss Globe 2020 and we wish her the very best.

By Amie T. Camara