Thursday, March 28, 2024

Leadership Malpractice

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Comment By: Cherno Baba Jallow Going into the 2021 presidential elections, two pertinent questions followed incumbent Adama Barrow on the campaign trail: How competent was he? How...

On the Lambai Chronicles: Letter to my friend (Part 1)

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Sheriff, my brother and good friend, It has been a while since I last penned you an epistle on the happenings in our little town; but as I...

Rise of The Gambian Atheist

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Until recently, it could be said that there’s no Gambian atheist. If there was, he certainly held his unsavoury beliefs close to his chest. There’s the mushrooming...

How much is too much when consulting an attorney?

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The writer When a client seeks legal advice or representation from a legal Practitioner, they establish a special relationship built on trust and confidentiality. In The Gambia,...

Brain Drain and Its Impact on The Gambia’s Health Sector

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FEATURE By Alieu Jallow and Sheikh Manneh The “brain drain complexity continues to cause human capacity deficits in many developing countries, including The Gambia. This exodus of human capital often...

The Death of a Childhood Friend —- Sulayman Jallow

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By: Cherno Baba Jallow After getting off work on Wednesday evening in the US state of Virginia, Sulayman Jallow began the drive home. It would be his...

President Jammeh’s Witch-hunting: Victims’ Accounts and Current Condition 

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By: Dawda Baldeh The former President Yahya Jammeh who is currently on exile in Equatorial Guinea launched a nationwide witch hunt exercise between 2008 and 2009 which has...

17 Abdoulie Touray Way: A Beacon of Gambian Pride in the Bronx, New York

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As you stroll through the bustling streets of the Bronx, New York, your attention is drawn to a sign that reads "17 Abdoulie Touray Way". You pause...

Modern Day Valentine: History, Modernity and Ignorance

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By Amara Thoronka Background "Lupercalia” was a pagan fertility festival celebrated in mid-February and was dedicated to “Faunus,” the Roman god of agriculture as well as to the founders...

Prof. Nyarkotey & Sackey: Can the Police Arrest without a Warrant?

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By Prof. Raphael Nyarkotey Obu & Daniel Sackey There are instances where the public agitates about arrest without a warrant. The question for discussion in this article is...

Fatoumatta Jallow Tambajang: Key facts about the woman as she prepares for AU vice...

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Gambians have been basking in the excellent news of the selection of former vice president Fatoumatta Jallow Tambajang as a candidate in the upcoming AU vice chairperson...

MACKY SALL GOV’T: Senegalese Rejoice as New Multi-Million Dollar Industrial Park Opens

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By Charles Arthur Forty kilometers (24 miles) from the capital, Dakar, a new industrial park has opened. Seven companies, from China, Côte d’Ivoire, France, Tunisia and one from...

From Journalism to Politics: Why NPP’s Seedy Ceesay Abandons the Media for Electioneering

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By: Muhammed Lamin Drammeh The National People’s Party (NPP) candidate for the Brikama Area Council Chairmanship election, Seedy Ceesay, broke his silence and explained why he abandoned journalism...

Yet Another Murder In The Gambia!

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Baboucarr Faal, 24, has handed himself to the Bakau Police Station after allegedly stabbing 28 year old Cherno Jammeh to death. The incident happened Thursday 4th April,...

QNET celebrates 23rd anniversary and kicks off bi-annual flagship convention

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Prominent Asian e-commerce based direct selling company QNET kicked off its 23rd Anniversary on September 8, with a virtual celebration event beamed across QNET’s offices and live-streamed...

Salieu Taal’s tribute to Baa Trawally

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Inna Lillahi Wa inna Lillahi Raji’oon “every old man that dies, it’s a library that burns” Amadou Hampate Bah Another tree has fallen. I did not know Uncle Baa...

President Barrow’s Christmas speech in full

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Fellow Gambians, Ladies and Gentlemen, Tomorrow is Christmas Day, which is an important day on the solar calendar. As we look forward to celebrating it, we must thank the...

Risking his teen life on the perilous journey to Europe, Jibril realises his childhood...

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By: Muhammed Lamin Drammeh In 2015, 16-year-old Jibril Boja (spelt Bojang in Gambia), who at the time lacked fate in actualizing his dreams of a better future and...

Full text of UDP’s statement on Barrow’s rule

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In 2016 the United Democratic Party good faith entered intonegotiations with other parties to form Coalition 2016 toamongst other things select a candidate to contest on the...

Alhaji B.M Tarawale (1930-2021: Gambian Teacher, Nationalist, Crusading Journalist and Lexicographer)

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By: Hassoum Ceesay When  my good friend Alhaji B. M.Tarawalle aka Ba Tarawale died on Monday March 1, The Gambia lost its last surviving journalist of the immediate...