Saturday, May 18, 2024

‘I will give everyone D3,000’: President Barrow promises Gambians money and more rice

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President Adama Barrow has announced he will give cash handouts and rice to Gambians. While laying the foundation stone for the trans-gambia highway on Thursday, the president said...

Mai Fatty: Gambia government has employed spies to conduct surveillance on me

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Mai Fatty has said the Gambia government has hired spies to conduct 24 hours surveillance on him. "Gambia Government has employed spies to conduct 24 hours surveillance on...

Nation’s former police chief Landing Kinteh gets unveiled in impressive style at new UN...

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By Lamin Njie The nation's former police chief Landing Kinteh got unveiled by the UN Mission in Darfur police component as its new police commissioner. Kinteh left his role...

President Barrow hands Central Bank Governor job to top civil servant Buah Saidy

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President Adama Barrow has appointed Buah Saidy as the new governor of Central Bank of The Gambia. The former permanent secretary at the ministry of finance was appointed...

President Barrow picks Central Bank chief Bakary Jammeh as his new trade minister

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President Adama Barrow has appointed the governor of Central Bank of The Gambia Bakary Jammeh as the country's new minister of trade, regional integration and employment. The president...

CRC boss details how people sent him condolence messages that left him confused –...

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Justice Cherno Sulayman Jallow has detailed how people sent him condolences in the aftermath of the throwing out of the draft constitution by the National Assembly. Members of...

Gambians asked not to consider 116 million dalasis spent on draft constitution as wasted

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The chairman of the Constitutional Review Commission Justice Cherno Sulayman Jallow has charged Gambians not to consider the money spent on the CRC constitution project as wasted. "I...

CRC chief tells nation their integrity and that of reform process prompted them to...

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The chairman of the Constitutional Review Commission Cherno Sulayman Jallow has said their individual and professional integrity as well as that of the constitutional reform process prompted...

Sainey Darboe: Looks like UDP will be in opposition for eternity

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It looks like they will be in opposition for eternity because they don’t want evolve, US-based journalist Sainey Darboe has said. Welcoming President Barrow's tapping of Bakary Badjie...

Man’s plan to smuggle cannabis into police cell crashes as he gets arrested

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A man's attempt to outwit police by delivering cannabis into their cells fell flat on its face after he was arrested. Saiouba Makalo's brazen ploy involved hiding the...

CAN HE? CAN HE NOT? MELVILLE ROBERTSON ROBERTS SAYS HE CAN

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There has been much debate recently on Lawyer Darboe with regards to him being qualified to run for the office of the presidency by virtue of the...

Respected youth leader Bakary Badjie appointed new youth minister following sacking of Hadrammeh Sidibeh

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By Lamin Njie President Adama Barrow has appointed Bakary Badjie as the country's new youth and sport minister following the axing of Hadrammeh Sidibeh. President Barrow on Wednesday gave...

America says Gambia made progress in combating child labour

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The United States Department of Labor (DOL) has released the 2019 edition of its Annual Findings on the Worst Forms of Child Labor Report (TDA Report) and...

UK’s new High Commissioner to Gambia David Belgrove says he is determined to deepen...

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The new High Commissioner of the United Kingdom to The Gambia, H.E. David Belgrove – OBE, on Tuesday 30th September 2020 stated his resolve to deepen the...

Donald Trump wouldn’t let Joe Biden to speak at bitter Ohio showdown – but...

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By Lamin Njie President Donald Trump was all over Joe Biden giving his democratic rival less wriggling room to state why Americans should put him in office. Joe Biden...

Gambians and Senegalese prepare to leave for Magal but government says the borders remain...

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By Fatou Camara II As Senegalese in The Gambia prepare for their annual Islamic Ceremony locally called MAGAL, The Gambia government Spokesperson Ebrima Sankareh has told The Fatu...

Defence minister Sheikh Omar Faye pays courtesy visit to Ecomig troops at their camp...

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By Sarjo Brito The Minister of Defence Sheikh Omar Faye, on Tuesday September 29th, paid a courtesy visit to the ECOMIG forces at their headquarters in Bakau. Speaking...

Sheikh Gibril Kujabi: Remembering a Giant of Islamic Studies and National Service

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“And worship your lord until there comes unto you the certainty (i.e.  death)’’ Is one of the various ways in which the Quran asserts the certainty of...

Foreign Minister assures China of Gambia’s support to multilateralism, win–win cooperation

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The Honourable Minister of Foreign Affairs, Dr. Mamadou Tangara, has reassured the Government of the People’s Republic of China through its Embassy in Banjul that the Government...

On Bees and Beefs: Letter to my Friend (Part 1)

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Dear Sheriff, It has been a long time since we last  exchanged notes in this epistolary series. Like I told you before, your quietness is quite disquieting. What...