Antouman Gaye Takes Over NIA 9 Case, Defense Lawyers File Objection
The murder trial of former NIA Director General and eight others failed to proceed when prominent lawyers Antouman Gaye, Lamin S. Camara, Rachel Mendy, Sheriff Tambadou and...
More than 60% of NIAs ‘illiterate’
More than 60 per cent of the personnel of the National Intelligence Agency (NIA) “are functionally illiterate” who can neither read nor understand English language, according to...
Ministry Of Health Fails To Employ Public Health Graduates-Writer Says
Dear Editor,
What's happening at the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare?
Well, is the ministry of Health and Social Welfare in a limbo to absorb the human resources...
155 People Suspected Of Burglary And Related Crimes Arrested, 69 Deported
Information reaching this medium has revealed that 155 people were arrested by the joint security task force last Friday night in Banjul.
According to the Police Spokesperson, ASP...
Deputy Managing Director Jobarteh: Kanilai Family Farms owes GPA over D6 Million
By Fatou Sowe
Ousman Jobarteh the deputy managing director of the Gambia Ports Authority has told the commission of inquiry that an outstanding amount of over D6 Million...
Police Fire Tear Gas at Supporters
By Alieu Ceesay
Gambian police used tear gas to disperse angry football supporters on Tuesday during a quarter final game in the country's most watched local football competition.
The...
Former NIA Director General & Others Slammed With Fresh Charges
The nine former national intelligence officers who are standing murder trial including Yankuba Badjie, former Director General, Louis Gomez, former Deputy Director General, Sheikh Omar Jeng alias...
UK Foreign Secretary to visit The Gambia and Ghana
Press Statement
Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson will meet with President Barrow and President Akufo-Addo on a two-day trip to West Africa.
The Foreign Secretary will visit The Gambia and...
Seedy Njie Receives Landlord Eviction Notice
By Abdou Taal
Sources say Seedy Njie, former information minister and one time nominated Member of the National Assembly under the Jammeh administration has received an eviction notice...
Next: APRC NAMs to Court for Treason!
By Madi Jobarteh - On 16 January 2017 Fabakary Tombong Jatta tabled a motion before the National Assembly led by Speaker Abdoulie Bojang to endorse a...
NOTICE OF EMERGENCY GENERAL MEETING
To: The Members of the Gambia Bar Association
NOTICE OF EMERGENCY GENERAL MEETING
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, of an Emergency General Meeting of The Gambia Bar Association to...
7 former APRC NAMs join UDP
By Lamin Cham, Standard Newspaper: All incumbent National Assembly Members from the seven constituencies in the North Bank Region who were all elected on the APRC ticket...
WHY THE GAMBIA BAR ASSOCIATION CHOSE TO BOYCOTT CERTAIN COURTS
PRESS RELEASE
The Gambia Bar Association has among its primary aims and objectives the following key purposes:
To maintain the standards, integrity, honour and independence of the Bar,...
JATTA RETURNS TO STEVE BIKO
By Lamin Drammeh.
Gambian defender Modou Jatta, has returned to Steve Biko after a brief spell at Teungeuth.
And Biko fans are happy with the prospects of Jatta returning...
Beware of Fair-weather Loyalists….
'Man is a selfish animal.' (Karl Max) This statement of Karl Max perfectly sums up our collective society's outlook of life, in the distant past, the recent...
State House gardener pleads for his job
A 40-year-old State House gardener is in fear of losing his job after being recently denied entry into his work place, the state house grounds.
Kebba Saidy of...
Hajj Commission briefs President on readiness for 2017 Hajj
PRESS RELEASE
Fajara, 28 June 2017–The Barrow administration is to develop a policy to guide the liberalization of Hajj travel arrangements by 2018. This emerged from a meeting...
‘Nine Mixed Farming Centres Rehabilitated’—OJ Jallow
The Minister of Agriculture, Omar A. Jallow alias OJ has said that his Ministry has rehabilitated nine (9) Mixed Farming Centres fully equipped with working facilities including...
ADDRESS BY HIS EXCELLENCY ADAMA BARROW ON THE OCCASION OF THE STATE OPENING...
PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS ON THE OCCASION
OF THE STATE OPENING OF THE NATIONAL
ASSEMBLY – BANJUL, 24THJULY, 2017
Honourable Minister of Women’s Affairs Overseeing
the Office of the Vice President,
Madam Speaker,
His Lord...
HELLO MR PRESIDENT..Gambia Ports Authority: the Worst Service Providers
The Gambia decided to change a government on December 1st 2016 and usher in a new government of which you are the Chief Executive Officer. This change...
