They are done! CRC announces draft constitution is finalised and will be submitted to...
By Lamin Njie
The Constitutional Review Commission announced Thursday the draft constitution has been finalised and will be submitted to President Adama Barrow on Monday 30 March.
"This follows...
Fear over coronavirus sees Gambians run away from individual who has undergone coronavirus test
By Lamin Njie
The ministry of health has expressed dismay over stigma being directed at an individual who has undergone coronavirus test.
The ministry said while the person tested...
Companion of man killed by coronavirus displays symptoms similar to those of deadly disease
By Lamin Njie
The travel companion of the 70-year-old Bangladesh national who died after contracting coronavirus while on preaching mission in The Gambia has started developing mild pneumonia-like...
Halifa Sallah says coronavirus is trying to commit GENOCIDE against world
PDOIS leader has called on Gambians to form a united front against coronavirus, warning the deadly disease is trying to commit genocide against 'us'.
Mr Sallah said in...
I don’t have coronavirus! URR man reportedly rejects official result he has disease as...
By Lamin Njie
The URR man who tested positive for coronavirus has reportedly rejected official MRC results he has the disease.
The 71-year-old had previously refused to be tested...
‘The 35 million dalasis is just an estimate’: Education ministry explains that multi-million dalasis...
By Adama Makasuba
The Ministry of Basic and Secondary Education has dismissed claims 35 million dalasis have been issued by the ministry for the 21-day e-learning project for...
Coronavirus: SIC asks imams across the country to shut down their mosques
By Lamin Njie
The Supreme Islamic Council has asked imams across the country to suspend business in their mosques to help check the spread of the deadly coronavirus.
The...
Prince Charles, 71, tests positive for coronavirus
Prince Charles has coronavirus and may have been contagious just 24 hours after last seeing his 93-year-old mother the Queen, who is well but has been taking...
Barrow signs order that could see traders who gouge citizens arrested and fined
By Lamin Njie
President Adama Barrow has signed an order that could see traders who hoard and overcharge citizens for basic food commodities such as rice arrested and...
Coronavirus in URR: New facts say 71-year-old man refused testing prompting police intervention
By Lamin Njie
Police intervened to ensure a 71-year-old man underwent coronavirus testing, it has been been revealed.
A 71-year old Gambian, of URR origin (Numuyel Village), who recently...
Sabally steps up his call for Dr Samateh to be sacked despite a lot...
By Lamin Njie
Former secretary general Momodou Sabally has ramped up his call for Dr Ahmadou Lamin Samateh to be dismissed as health minister if the country were...
N’Jeshwang land dispute: Minister allocated land to his brother following RIGHT procedure says permanent...
By Sarjo Brito
The Minister of Lands and Local government through his Permanent Secretary has dismissed allegations of corruption and abuse of power. The allegations came after he...
President Barrow’s former special adviser Mai Fatty calls on Gambian leader to show bold...
By Lamin Njie
Former special adviser to President Adama Barrow Mai Ahmad Fatty has called on the Gambian leader to exhibit decisive leadership over the coronavirus crisis that...
Sabally calls on President Barrow to sack Dr Samateh as he insists country’s health...
By Lamin Njie
Former secretary general Momodou Sabally has insisted The Gambia was better off in the fight against coronavirus if Dr Ahmadou Samateh wasn't at the forefront.
Health...
MRC says man killed by coronavirus came in contact with three of its staff
By Lamin Njie
Medical Research Council said on Monday the Bangladesh national who died after contracting coronavirus came into contact with three of its staff.
A 70-year-old Bangladeshi man...
‘Just because Trump is speaking doesn’t mean he too should speak’: Sankanu says...
By Lamin Njie
Gambians on Monday stepped up their call for President Adama Barrow to show leadership over the coronavirus crisis.
President Barrow has made only a single public...
‘I’m committed to working with you’: Talib Bensouda writes to Mamour Jobe seeking police’s...
By Lamin Njie
Mayor of Kanifing Municipality Talib Ahmed Bensouda has written to the Inspector General of Police Mamour Jobe over the defying of a decree on public...
Police release Touma Njie after hours of negotiation
By Adama Makasuba
National Assembly for Banjul South Fatoumata Njai has been finally released following her arrest.
Fatoumata Njai was arrested on Sunday after attempting to bring her mother...
TOUMA NJIE: Police say lawmaker verbally abused officials on ‘three’ occasions as she tried...
By Lamin Njie
Police said national assembly member Touma Njie verbally abused health and security officials while trying to retrieve her mother from Golden Beach.
Touma Njie was arrested...
Bangladeshi man on preaching mission in Gambia dies after contracting coronavirus
By Lamin Njie
A 70-year-old Bangladeshi man on preaching mission in The Gambia has died after contracting coronavirus, health minister Dr Ahmadou Lamin Samateh has said.
Reports abounded earlier...