Anger after court handed D8,000 fine to Abdoulie Gaye over reckless driving that left...
There was palpable protest on Friday following the announcement by police Kanifing Magistrates Court has fined Abdoulie Gaye D8,000 for recklessly driving a car that left three...
COVID-19 cases in Africa surpass 1 million mark
By CGTN
Africa’s confirmed coronavirus cases have surpassed the one million mark, with more than 690,000 recoveries and more than 22,000 deaths cumulatively, the World Health Organization (WHO)...
Saturday banking scrapped due to coronavirus
Banks will not be open on Saturdays across the country for the next 20 days after their association got the go-ahead from Central Bank to make the...
Foreign ministry closes to public due to coronavirus
The ministry of foreign affairs has shut its offices to members of the public, the ministry's spokesman has confirmed.
Saikou Ceesay said the move will render the ministry...
‘We don’t have food to eat’: Gambian girls in Lebanon want to return home...
By Fatou Camara II
Gambian women in Lebanon have raised the alarm they are finding it difficult to get food to eat as they called on the government...
Pay D30,000 or go to jail for two years, court tells Musa Gibba
The Brikama Magistrates Court convicted and sentenced Musa Gibba to a fine of D30,000 or serve two years imprisonment, according to police.
Police said in a statement on...
Court convicts Abdoulie Gaye and fines him up to D8000 over driving that left...
The Kanifing Magistrates Court has convicted 21-year-old Abdoulie Gaye of dangerous driving, careless driving and reckless driving which left three people dead.
The court then sentenced Mr Gaye...
Day 1 of curfew racks up huge compliance as only a few people are...
By Lamin Njie
A 21-day curfew imposed on the nation by President Adama Barrow got underway Thursday evening recording massive compliance.
President Barrow on Wednesday imposed a curfew on...
On the Realities of our Current Situation: Letter to my President (Part 11)
Your Excellency,
I resume this series with great sorrow and deep pain. I had thought you had made the worst of your mistakes and therefore there could be...
SAM LOBSTER SARR FAILED TO SECURE A JOB FROM PRESIDENT ADAMA BARROW
I finally received the long-awaited letter from the office of the president, Statehouse Banjul, approving my application to meet the Gambian President, His Excellency Adama Barrow. I...
‘In most cases they’re wrong’: Halifa Sallah blasts those attacking national assembly members over...
Halifa Sallah has said he is ready to make himself available to the media to answer questions about the national assembly's role in the coronavirus crisis response,...
Government ‘agrees’ to let journalists go about their work during curfew hours
The Gambia government has agreed to let journalists move about for news during curfew hours, the Gambia Press Union said in a statement on Thursday.
Journalists across the...
‘I did not take them’: Almamy Taal says he can’t comprehend claims he attempted...
UDP spokesman Almamy Taal has said he cannot understand claims he attempted to take his kids out of mandatory quarantine.
Reports abounded online on Wednesday the top UDP...
Coronavirus: Government announces army may be used
The Gambia government has said the army may be deployed under the new state of public emergency declared by President Adama Barrow.
President Barrow on Wednesday used executive...
And more new cases! Nation’s coronavirus cases rise to 935 as 136 new cases...
The nation's coronavirus cases have risen further to 935 following the registry of 136 new cases.
It comes amid President Adama Barrow declaring a new state of emergency...
More party organisers and DJs are arrested: Police say they have nabbed 11 people...
Police in CRR arrested 11 people at Sami Karantaba Tenda for stagging a music show at the village in violation of the Public Health (Dangerous and Infectious...
New state of emergency sees mosques and churches shut down again
Mosques and churches across the country have been again declared closed by the government on Wednesday under a new state of public emergency declared by President Adama...
CRC shuts its offices due to coronavirus spread
The Constitutional Review Commission announced on Wednesday it is closing its office for eight days due to the continued spread of coronavirus.
The commission said in a statement:...
REVEALED: Jammeh’s US house is a six-bedroom and nine-bathroom mansion sold to him by...
By Baltimore Sun
The U.S. government is attempting to seize the Montgomery County estate of Yahya Jammeh, the exiled former president of The Gambia who has been accused...
Nusrat new principal faces students’ fury as hundreds at school’s top grade protest against...
New Nusrat principal Mamadi Ceesay was left scrambling on Wednesday following a protest by hundreds of students.
Grade 12 students at the school are unhappy the school is...
