14 prisoners escape from Jeshwang prison
By Fatou Camara II
Fourteeen inmates have escaped from the Jeshwang prisoners, the third time prisoners are escaping from the facility since August 2018.
Senior Prison Officer Luck Jatta...
Tamsir Jasseh comes close to crying as he recalls how he went six years...
Former police chief Tamsir Jasseh had a full heart on Monday as he recalled how he got his first cold drink in six years.
Jasseh got 20 years...
Ndure Cham never left The Gambia, TRRC hears
Tamsir Jassey who got 20 years over the March 2006 coup has told the TRRC former head of the army never left the country following his misfiring...
Sport ministry petitioned over Independence Stadium
A group of concern Gambians on Monday presented a dossier containing a petition signed by thousands of Gambians calling for the renaming of the Independence Stadium in...
‘Back Way’: 79 illegal migrants rescued off Libyan coast: IOM
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) on Sunday said that 79 illegal migrants have been rescued and 8 others went missing off the Libyan coast.
“IOM staff are...
Dr Ismaila Ceesay discloses CA is going into December poll thinking ‘confidently’ of winning
CA presidential candidate Dr Ismaila Ceesay has said his party is marching into the December election thinking 'confidently' of victory.
Dr Ceesay made this disclosure during an exclusive...
‘Authorities are hiding something’: Migration group issues statement over deportation of Gambians from Europe
The Gambia Refugees Association -Europe Branch has said it is concerned with the resumption of deportation of its "members, brothers and sisters in Germany in the midst...
‘They’re dealing with criminals to sell Gambia’: President Barrow vows to talk when the...
President Adama Barrow has charged that 'party leaders' are ready to sell off the nation, in extraordinary comments on Sunday.
The president in a meeting in Brufut on...
Senegal prophet explains how his book ‘Jam Jam Padar’ was given to him
Baba Malabé Mbackéroukhou Lahi of Bourouco, Kolda has said the order for them to pray in Fula came last year.
Speaking in a rare interview with Senegalese media,...
Musu Bakoto’s replacement found: TRRC HR chief Mam Nderry Touray handed deputy executive secretary...
Mam Nderry Touray has been appointed new deputy executive secretary of the Truth, Reconciliation and Reparations Commission.
Prior to his appointment as Deputy Executive Secretary, Mr. Touray had...
Son kills dad in Brikama
A Brikama father has died after his mentally distressed son allegedly hit him on his head with a hammer.
Ansumana Konjira died on Sunday after son Malang Konjira...
Ex-MP Borry Colley dismisses any claim his village is not in Gambia amid MC...
Former Member of Parliment Bory S Colley has nudged back at any suggestion Kampasa is not in The Gambia.
GDC national youth president MC Cham Jnr charged this...
UK abolishes ‘tampon tax’ on menstrual products
The United Kingdom has abolished the 5 percent rate of value-added tax (VAT) on menstrual products, known as the tampon tax.
Meaning, from January 1, period products will...
140 million people to be born in 2021 – UNICEF
UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore says that the children who were born on the 1st of January 2021 enter a world far different than even a year...
Has he taken Kombo, then? President Barrow says he believes people of Brikama are...
The president has said he believes the people of Brikama, the most populous town in Kombo are in his bus.
The president made this statement during a meeting...
‘Unless we open our eyes’: Halifa Sallah gives New Year speech where he says...
PDOIS leader Halifa Sallah has said 2021 should be a year to rethink and reinvent The Gambia, joining other political leaders in addressing citizens.
In his New Year...
Police announce driver’s license review programme to combat road traffic accidents
Police have announced there will be a driving standard review programme in 2021 to help curb road traffic accidents.
Police said in a statement: "The office of the...
Army sends soldiers to Janjangbureh river as war breaks out between hippos
Hippos caused panic at Janjangbureh and Laminkoto ferry crossing point on Saturday after they began fighting each other.
Three hippos locked horns in a huge battle that saw...
GAP leader in New Year message calls on government to work on COVID-19 vaccination...
Gambia Action Party secretary general Musa Ousainou Yali Batchilly has called on the government to work towards COVID-19 vaccination for citizens.
The call came in GAP leader's New...
‘We’re responsible for our actions’: President Barrow says Gambians tend to hold God responsible...
President Adama Barrow has stated Gambians are in the happening of apportioning responsibility to God over events, seeking to dispel the long-held thinking.
"In The Gambia, rightly or...
