Gambia journalism community thrown into mourning as eloquent Sarjo Barrow dies at 66
By Lamin Njie
Veteran journalist Sarjo Barrow, who dedicated his life to a career in newsreading and translation of news from English to Mandinka, has died. He was...
Breaking News: President Barrow orders army to be on stand-by over crime and criminality
President Adama Barrow ordered the national guard unit of the army to be on stand-by over the upsurge in crime in the country.
“I hereby order the national...
Measuring President Barrow’s first 100 days
Written by Gibril Saine, LONDON
Today marks one 100 days since the coalition government took over the reign of power in Banjul. In assessing the significance of that,...
Interior Ministry announces Minister to meet new online media periodically
The Office of the Minister of the Interior has announced that the Minister of the Interior will periodically be meeting with new/online media to discuss issues pertaining...
BREAKING: Musa Suso Bounces Back
By Lamin Njie
President Adama Barrow has appointed Musa Suso as the new
deputy governor of West Coast Region.
Suso was appointed to the post on Monday after the tapping...
Breaking news: Imams shout ‘Allahu Akbar’ as Sheikh Essa Foday Darboe gets elected new...
Sheikh Essa Foday Darboe has been elected new president of the Supreme Islamic Council.
Imams shouted 'Allahu Akbar' as Sheikh Darboe is declared winner after polling 89 votes...
40 people infected with coronavirus escape or refuse isolation as health ministry vows to...
Forty people have either refused isolation or have absconded from treatment centres, the ministry of health said in a statement on Tuesday.
According to the ministry, it has...
GAMTEL MD Detained, SSHFC & GNPC Managing Directors Removed
Shortly after his removal from office as The Managing Director of The Gambia Telecommunications Company, Baboucarr Sanyang is currently detained at the Police Headquarters in Banjul.
Sources say...
Breaking: Coronavirus kills sixth person as staggering 46 new cases take total to 216
A sixth person has died from coronavirus as the nation's cases jumped to 216 following the discovery of 46 new cases.
The ministry of health said in its...
Breaking news: Vice President Dr Touray tests positive for coronavirus
The Vice President has tested positive for coronavirus, State House confirmed on Wednesday, a day after reports the country's No. 2 has gone on self-isolation after she...
SeneGambia final in Egypt: Gambia U20 edges out Nigeria in a historic victory
By: Muhammed Lamin Drammeh
A fabulous goal from prolific scorer Adama Bojang in the 7th minute and a brilliant penalty saved by the young scorpions' goalkeeper earned the...
Cannabis Consumption Alters DNA in Sperm – Study Reveals
A recent study from Duke University Medical Center, United
States reveals that exposure to cannabis or Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) by men
in their child-bearing years alters the genetic profile of...
NEW YEAR: First Lady Delivers Cash, Care Items to Gambia First Babies
By Mammy Saidykhan
First Lady Fatoumatta Bah Barrow on Tuesday
visited the Edward Francis Small Teaching Hospital in Banjul where she doled
out money and mother care items to first...
Barrow gov’t to investigate Jammeh’s financial & business activities
President Barrow's government is in the process of establishing a commission to look into the financial and business related activities of the former President Yahya Jammeh.
This was...
Jammeh Should Not be Punished – APRC Leader
By Lamin Njie
Fabakary Tombong Jatta has said that truth commissions anywhere in the world are established out of mass murder and wholesale killing.
The APRC interim leader made...
Gambia Gov’t Reacts to Killing of Saudi Journalist
By Lamin Njie
The Gambia government has reacted to the killing of a Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
Jamal Khashoggi, a Saudi national, went missing after entering Saudi Arabia’s consulate...
Nationwide consultation on proposed TRRC starts
The countrywide consultation on the proposed Truth, Reconciliation and Reparation Commission began on Monday with first meeting in North Bank region's capital, Kerewan.
The purpose of the consultation...
‘No more executive directives to do what is unlawful’- Interior Minister Fatty
Gambia’s Interior Minister has said that there will be no more executive directives asking the police to do what is unlawful.
Mai Ahmed Fatty was speaking on Wednesday...
Gambian-born Standard Chartered Bank Regional CEO re-elected chairman of Kenya Bankers
Members of the Kenya Bankers Association (KBA), the banking industry umbrella body, during the Association’s Annual General Meeting re-elected Mr. Lamin Manjang, Regional CEO of Standard Chartered...
First Lady Launches Child Protection, Nutrition Project
By State House Media
Her Excellency, First Lady Fatoumatta Bah-Barrow on Wednesday 30th January, 2019, presided over the launching of Nsaa Keno: Nutrition and Protection for Children on...
