AIRPORT LEVY: Gambia Gov’t Backs Down after Tour Operators’ Quit Threat
By Lamin Njie
The Gambia government has capitulated on its current plan to impose broad border control fees, it has emerged.
Leaked documents on Thursday reveal the government has...
Gambia Gov’t Arresting Disabled Gambians over Begging – GOVI Chairperson
By Lamin Njie
The chairperson of the Gambia Organisation for the Visually Impaired has said that the President Adama Barrow government is arresting disabled Gambians over begging.
“For me...
GTSC to Compensate Bus Fire Victims
By Lamin Njie
The Gambia Transport Service Company has said that it will compensate at least 60 passengers following Monday’s bus fire incident.
A GTSC bus bound for the...
DEATH PENALTY: Commission Lashes Out at Gov’t Spokesperson Sankareh
The Constitution Review Commission has called on persons in positions of authority to refrain from making definitive statements that have the potential to undermining its work.
The call...
UDP Vows to Deal with ‘Impostors’, ‘Criminals’
The United Democratic Party has said that it will take action against individuals who disrupted its congress for the West Coast Region.
UDP at the weekend put off...
GDC Says Philosophy Attracted UDP, NRP, APRC Defectors
The Gambia Democratic Congress has given reasons why hundreds of people recently moved to the party from at least three other parties.
Opposition GDC announced on Monday that...
Jammeh is Human, Expected to Have Friends – Lawyer
By Lamin Njie
Lawyer for the Janneh Commission Amie Bensouda has said that former President Yahya Jammeh was expected to have close associates.
“Of course President Jammeh was expected...
Domestic Resources Critical to Sustainable Dev’t – Experts
The West African Institute for Financial and Economic Management on Monday commenced five-day regional course on domestic resource mobilization and economic management.
Experts from at least five English...
On Mawlid al-Nabi or Gamo: a Letter to my Friend
I greet you thou Prince of Gunjur, mover and shaker of Nashville Tennessee! It was a great pleasure conversing with you this afternoon while relaxing at my beachside...
LT BASIRU BARROW: Wife Says Army Officer’s Death Left Void in Her Life
By Lamin Njie
The wife of a senior military officer who was killed in 1994 has said that those behind his death should be held accountable.
Lt Basirou Barrow...
BARROW YOUTH MOVEMENT: UDP’s Taal Slams Discrimination of Movement’s Members
The spokesperson of the United Democratic Party has said that members of the party are members of all kinds of organizations and associations.
Almami Fanding Taal stated this...
UDP Admits Friction
By Lamin Njie
The spokesperson of the United Democratic Party has said that there is a power struggle in every democratic dispensation.
“There is always a power struggle within...
GMC Dissociates Itself from Facebook Statement
The Gambia Moral Congress has dissociated itself from a statement on social media that made an announcement of the return to government of their leader Mai Ahmad...
Kandeh Slams Barrow over ‘Where Were You’ Rant
By Lamin Njie
Mamma Kandeh has said President Adama Barrow was nowhere to be found when the going was at its toughest for the United Democratic Party.
The GDC...
From Cyber Security to Clean Energy and Rural Development Macky Sall has Paved the...
It is a fact that our neighbours pay more attention to real issues of economics and politics on our side of the border than we do about...
UDP Postpones WCR Congress amid Reports of ‘Division’
By Lamin Njie
The United Democratic Party has postponed its regional congress for West Coast Region amid reports of infighting.
Some internal party issues have been brought to the...
Dr Ceesay Bags Leadership Award
Dr Ismaila Ceesay has been conferred with the ‘Pan-African Humanitarian Award For Excellence in Social Leadership and Community Impact.’
The award was conferred on the top political scientist...
Barrow Out to Hang on to Power – Kandeh
By Lamin Njie
GDC leader Mamma Kandeh has said that President Adama Barrow is engaged in desperate attempts to hold on to power.
“Barrow wants to strengthen himself forgetting...
MAULUD NABI: Barrow Declares Tuesday Public Holiday
President Adama Barrow has declared Tuesday, November 20 a public holiday to enable the Muslim faithful commemorate Maulud Nabi – Prophet Muhammad’s birthday.
The declaration is contained in...
Muslim Faithful Gather, Hold Special Prayers for Gambia
Leading Gambian Islamic scholars have called on Gambians to cultivate the culture of praying for their country.
The scholars made the call Saturday as hundreds of Muslims converged...