Government declares cement essential commodity, imposes price cap on it and warns anyone found...
The government has declared cement an essential commodity putting it in the same group as rice and other food commodities.
The price of cement has in recent weeks...
Ousman Ceesay who escaped from Jeshwang prison arrested
Ousman Ceesay who escaped from Jeshwang prison in Jeshwang has been re-arrested, according to police.
Police in a statement said Kanifing Region day time patrol team arrested “Ousman...
Police arrest 60 more suspected criminals
Police said Monday night they have arrested 60 people as their Operation Zero Crime campaign intensifies.
Police said: “A total number of 60 people were arrested at various...
Defence ministry clarifies minister’s comments
The Ministry of Defence has issued a statement saying comments made by the Minister of Defence Sheikh Omar Faye on Sunday on The For The People By...
NAWEC puts electricity problem down to ‘mechanical faults’ on engines
NAWEC has issued a statement given reason for the erratic power supply in the Greater Banjul Area.
In a statement, NAWEC said: “NAWEC wishes to inform the general...
PPP leadership row goes on as Touma reiterates she is leader of the party
PPP’s leadership problem has continued to fester as Touma Njai reminded citizens at the weekend she is the interim leader of PPP.
In a statement on her personal...
‘They wrote us off’: CA national mobiliser Raffie Diab aims sly dig at critics...
Citizens’ Alliance’s Raffie Diab aimed a sly dig Sunday at critics following a successful inter-village football tournament in the Kombos.
Madiana United and Tintinto battled it out for...
‘Gambians are tired of half-baked intellectuals’: Alhaji Kurang calls Momodou Sabally ‘so-called’ Gambia’s pen...
Gambian people are tired of half-baked intellectuals posing as scholars, presidential hopeful Alhaji Kurang said on Monday.
Writing on his Facebook page, the former Janneh Commission secretary said:...
President Barrow discloses the only person he spoke with every day
President Adama Barrow revealed on Monday the only person he spoke with every day was the late Inspector General of Police Mamour Jobe.
The president made the revelation...
‘I told him we cannot lose you’: President Barrow shares his final conversation with...
President Adama Barrow said he told the late police chief Mamour Jobe ‘we cannot lose you’ - as he shared his last conversation with the fallen cop.
The...
And police now announce the arrest of Alagie: Police say they have arrested Alagie...
Police have announced the arrest of a man who they say confessed to looting D158,000 from Sanyang fishmeal factory.
Police have been engulfed in a new operation dubbed...
Operation Zero Crime: Police arrest 96 people including three women, 213 people now arrested
Police said on Sunday they have made a latest arrest of 96 people after initially arresting 117.
Police launched a new campaign against crime dubbed ‘Operation Zero Crime’...
Government gives businesspeople specialising in rice, cement and other commodities until May 1 to...
The Ministry of Trade has given businesspeople in rice, cement and other food commodities until May 1 to obtain a license from the ministry.
“In addition to cement,...
Macky Sall announces whopping 80 billion CFA to be used for employment of 65,000...
Senegalese President Macky Sall has announced an 80 billion CFA package for the employment of 65,000 young people in Senegal.
Speaking on the occasion of Senegal’s 61st independence...
Gambians demand explanation for why President Barrow dropped his Dubai trip
Gambians have laid siege to State House’s official Facebook page demanding explanation after it announced the postponement of President Adama Barrow’s trip to Dubai.
State House through its...
President Barrow ‘postpones’ his Dubai trip, State House holds back on the reason
President Adama Barrow’s trip to Dubai has been postponed, according to State House on Saturday evening.
The president was supposed to fly out to Dubai on Saturday in...
Mai Fatty says he is grateful to his critics
GMC leader Mai Ahmad Fatty said on Saturday he sees critics as his partners who help make him a better person.
Fatty writing on his official Facebook page...
US lifts Trump’s sanctions on Fatou Bensouda
The United States on Friday lifted sanctions imposed by former President Donald Trump on officials of the International Criminal Court who are investigating the US and Israel...
Operation Zero Crime: Massive 117 people arrested in just a day
Police have said they have arrested 117 people after their new war on crime dubbed ‘Operation Zero Crime’ got underway on Friday.
In a statement, police said: “The...
Halifa Sallah saluted as respected politician turns 68
Halifa Sallah has been saluted by a raft of Gambians online as the respected politician turned 68 years old on Saturday.
Sallah was born on April 3, 1953.
He...
