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Why the blog?

Why blogging?

With my great love for journalism and media work; with my passion for law and justice; and with my love to inform people, I deemed it important to create this blog primarily to educate and inform people about our courts.
I will publish court stories here as well as raise issues facing the courts. The stories will be factual and it will be written in the most simpler language for the readers to understand. I will interview lawyers as well as raise important topics for the readers to comment.
I will also publish important stories that are related to the judiciary and the bar. They are the two primary stakeholders of the courts.
I will also publish images and videos here where possible wherein people talk about the courts and judiciary. I will also publish my videos whenever I deem it necessary to do so.
I hope you will find this blog interesting. Please do share the articles for more audience too.
Who is Yankuba Jallow?
He was born in Sibanor – Foni Bintang District in the West Coast Region on the 30th July 1996. He attended Lucia Day Care and Nursery School from September 2001 to June 2003. He proceeded to Somita Lower Basic School from September 2003 to June 2009. He moved to St. Francis Basic Cycle School from September 2009 to May 2012. He got aggregate 13 and he got admission to Nusrat Senior Secondary School where he did pure science from 1st October 2012 to May 2015. He is now pursuing a degree in law at the University of The Gambia starting January 2016 and he is in his final year. Before going to The University of The Gambia, he got a Certified Accounting Technician certificate from Jollof Tutors in 2015.
He now works with Foroyaa Newspaper. He began his career in journalism in 2016. He has always been a court reporter and he has never shifted focus to other journalism fields.
Jallow has a certificate in journalism from the Gambia Press Union School of Journalism in 2017. He also holds a few other certificates as it relates to his engagement in the media. He was certified the best student in the court reporting training organised by the Gambia Press Union in partnership with OSIWA. This is a brief about him.
You can reach him on the following;
yankubajallow64@gmail.com
+2207151985 (WhatsApp) or twitter.com/yjallow30 or https://www.facebook.com/YankubaJallow64
Thank you for your time.

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