River Gambia tragedy: Education ministry breaks its silence
The Ministry of Basic and Secondary Education has reacted to the tragic deaths of three students after their boat capsized near Janjangbureh on Saturday, after Gambians criticized...
Voter registration here finally! IEC appoints date for registration of Gambian voters
The Independent Electoral Commission announced Monday it will start registering Gambian voters on May 29.
In a statement, the commission said the exercise will start on May 29...
Skin bleaching remains illegal in Gambia as MPs massively vote down proposal to reverse...
The nation’s MPs have voted against a proposal for the reversal of a law on skin bleaching.
Skin bleaching is a criminal offence in The Gambia and a...
Malick Jatta fired grenade bomb on wailing man after he fell into well after...
Malick Jatta fired a grenade bomb onto a man crying in pain after falling into a well after being shot, the TRRC has heard.
Soldier Lamin Sillah who...
Lamin Sillah asks Essa Faal to stop insulting him but the lawyer blasts back...
Lamin Sillah asked Essa Faal to stop insulting him after the lawyer told the soldier he was lying as he struggled with distancing.
Sillah struggled to give an...
Congo opposition leader taking part in election catches coronavirus and suddenly dies
Republic of Congo opposition candidate Guy-Brice Parfait Kolelas died of COVID-19 as he was being transferred to France for treatment, his campaign director said on Monday, the...
‘Back Way’: Police in Senegal arrest 16 people
Police in Senegal have arrested 16 people for allegedly boarding a boat and planning travel to Spain, according to local media.
Leral.net reported on Monday police in Saint...
December election: Jaha Dukureh warns PDOIS will win
PDOIS will win the December presidential election, new member Jaha Dukureh has warned.
PDOIS’ performance in past presidential elections has been dismal but according to Jaha Dukureh, this...
TRRC chief says it is his investigation’s ‘firm’ conviction victims of Jammeh’s savagery will...
TRRC chairman Dr Lamin J Sise has said it is the probe’s ‘firm’ conviction all victims of human rights violations that occurred between July 1994 and January...
Holiday-occupied President Barrow speaks as he spends weekend touring URR infrastructure projects
President Adama Barrow said ‘I’m impressed’ as he toured various infrastructure projects in the Upper River Region.
President Barrow who is holidaying in his native Mankamang Kunda visited...
Nuimi and Jokadou are urged to give Darboe a chance by voting for him...
The people of Nuimi and Jokadou have been urged to give UDP leader Ousainou Darboe a chance by voting for him in December.
Darboe will be one of...
A day of leisure turns into tragedy after three students all boys on excursion...
A day of leisure turned into tragedy after three students on excursion drowned after a navy boat they were travelling in capsized in River Gambia.
The students who...
Pandemonium breaks out at Gibril Ceesay’s funeral after mention of President Barrow’s name
Gibril Ceesay’s funeral on Tuesday degenerated into chaos after a delegation told the crowd they were sent by President Adama Barrow.
Ceesay, 30, was allegedly stabbed last Sunday...
Nigeria: 80-year-old man tells court his wife denies him sex
An 80 year-old retired lecturer, Prof. Muritala Haroon, has told a Customary Court sitting in Mapo, that his wife, Afsat, still denies him sex.
At the resumed hearing...
Police arrest ‘10’ people in Sanyang, deploy more officers to town
Police on Friday arrested 10 people in Sanyang, four days after violent protests that saw the youth of Sanyang set the town’s police station on fire.
The stabbing...
A car and D20,000 salary: Njie Manneh makes offer to Momodou Sabally as he...
Njie Manneh has met UDP foot soldier Momodou Sabally and has made an offer of a car and D20,000 monthly salary if he opted to convert to...
Baba Eks: The man much rumoured as being considered by UDP as its candidate...
Popular Ebrima Sanneh commonly known as Baba Eks has died, sources to his family have told The Fatu Network.
Baba Eks died on Saturday in Brikama after a...
Ndeye Khady Ndiaye bites back at Adji Sarr’s claims by swearing on Quran she...
The proprietor of a massage parlour where Adji Sarr worked has bitten back at claims by the woman she asked her to carry out an abortion.
Sarr who...
Samia Suluhu Hassan becomes Tanzania’s first woman president
Samia Suluhu Hassan was sworn in Friday morning as the 6th President of the United Republic of Tanzania.
The ceremony took place at State House in Dar-es-Salaam.
President Hassan...
Jimara MP tells health minister to do his ‘homework’ and condemn President Barrow for...
Jimara lawmaker Alhagie Sowe has issued a statement blasting President Adama Barrow over a ‘mass gathering’ at Sare Bojo lumo (market).
The president who is currently holidaying in...
