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Yankuba Colley
Yankuba is a given name. People with this name include: *Yankuba Badjie, former Director-General of the State Intelligence Services (The Gambia), National Intelligence Agency *Yankuba Ceesay, Gambian former football coach and player *Yankuba Drammeh, Gambian military officer *Yankuba Jarju, Gambian professional footballer *Yankuba Minteh, Gambian professional footballer *Yankuba Sonko, Gambian police officer {{given name Masculine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yankuba Badjie
Yankuba Badjie was Director-General of the State Intelligence Services (The Gambia), National Intelligence Agency under former President Yahya Jammeh from December 2013 to 2016. History He was born in New Jeshwang in Kanifing (Gambia). His father, Arabou Badjie, is ethnically Jola, while his mother, Binta Daffeh, is a Mandinka from Brikama Kabadaa. He went to Kandiba Primary School in New Jeshwang and failed his Common Entrance Exam before proceeding to Crab Island Secondary School in the capital, Banjul. After his second year at Crab Island, he transferred to an Islamic school. After completing high school, he briefly worked in The Gambia before he relocated to the United States as an economic migrant alongside his brother Yusupha Badjie. While in the United States, he lived in Seattle, where he worked in home healthcare, and Ohio, where he worked as a laborer in a warehouse before returning to the Gambia. Due to his father's connections to Yahya Jammeh, he was able to join th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yankuba Ceesay
Yankuba Ceesay (born 26 June 1984), also known as Maal, is a Gambian football coach and former player A midfielder, he made seven appearances for the Gambia national team. Club career When Ceesay joined Alianza Atlético of Peru, he became the first Gambian to play professional football in Latin America. He also had a brief trial with Walsall F.C. in January 2008. In 2008, he joined the Swedish club Degerfors IF, and for the first time he represented the Gambia national team in a match against Senegal. On 7 March 2012, it was announced that he had signed a two-year contract with Estonian Meistriliiga side Nõmme Kalju. He made the league debut for the club on 10 March 2012, in a goalless draw against city rivals FC Levadia Tallinn. He had trials with Charlton Athletic and Leyton Orient in January 2013. On 23 July 2013, he scored Kalju's first ever goal in UEFA Champions League The UEFA Champions League (UCL) is an annual club association football competition organi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yankuba Drammeh
Lieutenant General Yankuba Drammeh is a Gambian military officer who is the current Chief of the Defence Staff of the Gambia. Military career At the time of the 1994 coup d'état, executed by Yahya Jammeh, Drammeh was a Second Lieutenant in the Gambian Army. Like many other officers not involved in the coup, he was detained in the Mile II Central Prison but later released and restored to his previous role. Drammeh was a brigadier general and Deputy Chief of the Defence Staff prior to his dismissal from the army by Yahya Jammeh on 30 November 2009. He was arrested and detained while links to Lang Tombong Tamba's alleged attempted coup were explored. He was cleared of any wrongdoing and was re-instated on 2 December 2009 as a major general in his previous role. In February 2010, he was reassigned from the military to the diplomatic service, first as Deputy Ambassador to Turkey and then as Consul-General in New York New York most commonly refers to: * New York (state), a st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yankuba Jarju
Yankuba Jarju (born 20 August 1996) is a Gambian professional footballer who plays as a forward for club Quevilly-Rouen. Club career Jarju started his career in his native Gambia, with Real Banjul, before spending a season with Génération Foot in Senegal. He arrived in France in the summer of 2018, initially on loan with Pau, but on a permanent contract from the summer of 2019. He was part of the side that gained promotion to Ligue 2 in 2020, but did not establish himself at that level, and moved to Cholet in January 2021. International career Jarju made his debut with the Gambia national team in their 0–0 2018 African Nations Championship The 2018 African Nations Championship, known as the 2018 CHAN for short and for sponsor (commercial), sponsorship purposes as the TotalEnergies, Total African Nations Championship, was the 5th edition of the biennial association football tournam ... qualifying tie with Mali on 15 July 2017. References External links * * {{ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yankuba Minteh
Yankuba Minteh (born 22 July 2004) is a Gambian professional footballer who plays as a right winger for club Brighton & Hove Albion and the Gambia national team. Club career OB Minteh started his career at Steve Biko FC in The Gambia. Minteh's agent Bakary Bojang asked Danish club OB to have a look at Minteh and a fellow Gambian, Dawda Darboe. They were both called in for a try-out in the summer of 2021, playing for OB in their preparation ahead of the 2021–22 season. Minteh didn't leave a good impression, but he got a second chance at a try-out, and that was a way better impression. In the summer of 2022, he signed a two-year contract with OB. First for the U19-team, and later the same year a first-team contract. He made his Danish Superliga debut on 10 September 2022 in a 2–1 win against Copenhagen and scored the winning goal just three minutes after coming on as a substitute for Franco Tongya. Newcastle United On 12 June 2023, Premier League club Newcastle United a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yankuba Sonko
Yankuba Sonko is a Gambian police officer who was the Inspector General of Police in the Gambia from 2010 to 2014, and from 2015 to 2017. Career Sonko joined the Gambia Police Force in 1982 and was promoted to the rank of Corporal in 1984, and to Cadet Officer in 1988. He studied at the Nigerian Police Training School in 1990, and, upon his return in 1991, he helped to found the Police Intervention Unit (PIU) and was posted to Barra Police Station in the North Bank Region. He was appointed as the force's first Public Relations Officer (PRO) in 1993 and was posted to Kanifing Division as second-in-command in 1994. In 1995, he became the officer commanding Kanifing Division. In 1998, Sonko became the officer commanding the Fraud Squad, and the next year he was appointed as Crime Management Coordinator (CMC) at the rank of Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP). In 1999, he was also deployed on a UN mission in East Timor Timor-Leste, also known as East Timor, officia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
