Touma Njie arrested after attempting to remove her mother from hotel labelled as bug-infested
By Lamin Njie
Fatoumatta Njie has been arrested after she allegedly attempted to retrieve her mother from Golden Beach Hotel where she was being quarantined.
The National Assembly Member...
President Barrow closes airspace to all flights as he also shuts land borders with...
State House has announced President Adama Barrow has approved the closure of the border between The Gambia and Senegal as the two countries desperately battle coronavirus.
"The decision...
Army says dismissed Masanneh Kinteh didn’t wear gloves because of coronavirus
By Lamin Njie
The Gambia Armed Forces said on Saturday gloves worn by Masanneh Kinteh as he handed over to his successor Yakuba Drammeh was not because of...
Nearly one BILLION people are in lockdown across the globe as WHO warn young:...
Close to one billion people worldwide were confined to their homes on Saturday as the global coronavirus death toll shot past 11,000 and US states rolled out...
Dr Ceesay and youths in WRC distribute plastic buckets amid public...
Dr Ismaila Ceesay on 20 March together with Youths of West Coast for Empowerment and Development distributed buckets with detergents for hand washing and sensitised the public...
Coronavirus forces NSO to shelve its country tour
By Adama Makasuba
Office of the National Security on Wednesday halted its country sensitisation tour on security sector reform amid fears of the deadly coronavirus.
The virus which emerged...
Peacemaker Imam! Baba Leigh calls on Imam Fatty and Bakawsu to end their bad...
By Adama Makasuba
Chief imam of Kanifing Estate Mosque Baba Leigh has called on Imam Abdoulie Fatty and Bakawsu Fofana to end their longstanding bad blood, warning it...
Woman who has coronavirus is ‘clinically’ stable, health ministry says
By Lamin Njie
The woman in isolation at MRC after testing positive for coronavirus is clinically stable, the ministry of health said on Saturday.
A Gambian woman became the...
14 people that fled quarantine are in trouble as health ministry reveals they will...
By Lamin Njie
The ministry of health said on Saturday it is on the tail of at least 14 people who fled quarantine after they travelled into the...
Coronavirus kills blacks too! Congolese music legend Aurlus Mabélé dies ‘from coronavirus’
Congolese music star Aurlus Mabélé has died in hospital in France's capital Paris, aged 67.
Posts on social media from friends and relatives say he died of coronavirus...
Man and his religion: Imam gets arrested in Senegal over Friday prayers he led...
By Lamin Njie
Scores of Senegalese in Senegal's capital Dakar took to the streets on Friday following the arrest of an imam.
IGFM reported on Friday the people of...
Further bad news for students as WASSCE announces suspension of Grade 12 timetable
By Adama Makasuba
West African Senior Secondary School Certificate Examination has on Friday said in a statement it was suspending the WASSCE 2020 timetable.
WASSCE said the negative impact...
Students to take their lessons through radio and TV as education ministry patches new...
By Adama Makasuba
The Ministry of Basic and Secondary Education announced on Friday students across the country will now take their lessons through the radio and TV following...
Is God punishing a world covered in sin? Imam Fatty casts possible reasons for...
By Lamin Njie
Imam Abdoulie Fatty on Friday rested his sermon on coronavirus, casting possible reasons that could trigger such a crisis.
Imam Fatty said in his sermon at...
Coronavirus: Newly tapped head of army General Yakuba Drammeh goes into self-isolation after travelling...
By Lamin Njie
The new head of the country's army who was appointed to the top job last week has gone into self-isolation after travelling in the same...
‘We prioritise patient privacy’: MRC says photo of coronavirus patient is fake and not...
By Lamin Njie
Medical Research Council has pushed back at reports suggesting a photo shared on various social media platforms is the coronavirus patient in isolation at the...
Chloroquine, an old malaria drug, may help treat novel coronavirus, doctors say
By ABC News
What do malaria and COVID-19 have in common? On the surface, not much. But according to early research, an old malaria drug called chloroquine might...
U.S. Government Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic
Banjul, The Gambia– In the midst of the global COVID-19 pandemic, The United States is taking decisive action to inform and safeguard U.S. citizens overseas, protect the...
Barrow approves 500 million dalasis emergency fund in fight against coronavirus
By Adama Makasuba
The Gambia government on Thursday approved a sum of 500 million dalasis emergency fund to the ministry of health to fight against the deadly coronavirus.
The...
Coronavirus: Disaster agency jabs ‘unscrupulous’ individuals as it warns crime of false information is...
The National Disaster Management Agency has called on Gambians to desist from publishing misleading and unfounded information on coronavirus.
The agency said in a statement signed by its...