Baba not Jammeh owns Observer – documents
Observer Company, the publisher of one of the country’s leading newspapers, Daily Observer, has been confronting problems galore since the beginning of the second quarter of this...
HELLO MR PRESIDENT….
Communication....
It was with pleasure that I read that you are planning to engage the public more next week. Indeed this is very important. We live in a...
Justice Minister Welcomes Brother’s Withdrawal From NIA 9 Case
Abubakar Tambadou, the Attorney General and Minister of Justice has welcomed the withdrawal of his brother Sheriff Tambadou from the prosecution team at a press briefing held...
President Barrow Rejects Justice Minister Tambadou’s Resignation
Gambia's President, Adama Barrow has this morning posted on his official Facebook page that Justice Minister Ba Tambadou has tendered his resignation and that he has rejected...
Full Statement Delivered By Justice Minister Tambadou At His Press Briefing
PRESS BRIEFING JULY 2017
Welcome to another press briefing of the Ministry of Justice following the last one in May. As usual, the primary purpose of our press...
Six Months of Adama Barrow: Successes and Failures!
July 19 marks six months since Adama Barrow became the Chief Servant of our State to whom we entrust our rights to protect and our national coffers...
Family Members Of Man Who Dies In Police Custody Demand Postmortem Report
Family members of Lamin Krubally, a man who was found dead in a police cell in Nema-Kunku Police Station are demanding for postmortem report to know the...
Special Prosecutor Announces Lawyer Tambadou’s Withdrawal From Former NIA Director General & Co Case
Lawyer Antouman Gaye, the Special Prosecutor in the trial of the former NIA Director General and others has informed the court about the withdrawal of Sheriff Tambadou...
Two Suspects Detained For Planning To Assassinate A VIP
One Aba Badjie and Neno Jarju of the Military Police who are also members of Chief Of Defense Staff, Masaneh Kinteh's escort team are said to be...
Deadline extended for ministers to declare assets
The deadline for ministers to declare their assets as announced by President Barrow has been extended, Information Minister Demba Jawo said yesterday.
The initial date for cabinet ministers...
Gambian Human Rights Activist Bakary Badjie Declares Intention To Run For Mayor
By Lamin Drammeh
Mr Bakary Badjie, a vocal human right youth activist and former civil society worker has declared his intention to run for the office of The...
On Gambia’s Think Tank: hard-headed thinking needed to help everyday working Gambians
In his widely-acclaimed book entitled “ Magic and Mayhem: The Delusions of American Foreign Policy, the redoubtable US scholar Derek Leebaert warned against public officials he described...
The Social Contract – Towards a Healthy Democratic State
When the renown French philosopher, Mostesquieu, coined the term ‘separation of powers’ between the executive, Legislative, and Judicial branches of government, little did he knew centuries later...
GRTS NEWS PRESENTER FATOU JANNEH M’BAI WINS The PEOPLE’S CHOICE MAGAZINE AWARD
By Lamin Drammeh
Gambia Radio & Television Service, (Grts), Primetime news anchor Mrs Fatou Janneh M'bai is the winner of The people's choice magazine award for 2017.
The iron...
Pres. Barrow’s Statement about the Media is Concerning!
On July 14 a public statement appeared on Pres. Barrow’s Facebook page entitled ‘Democracy cannot celebrate Autocracy’, part of which says,
“While my government promotes media freedom, we...
GOOD MORNING PRESIDENT BARROW
Wonders shall never end. Particularly in the Gambia. Definitely. I do not get it. Criminalising the innocent and sanctifying the villain. How could we hasten to heap...
Fundamental beliefs of the Ahmadiyyah or Qadianiyyah
Following the recent infamous incident at the Talinding cemetery which has unfortunately galvanised a lot of ignorant and uninformed utterances from many pseudo religious authorities on the...
WHY BARROW’S SUDDEN VISIT TO THE KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA
I am not critical of Adama Barrow as a person, because from my observation I gave him a lot of credit based on his person, he is...
“I Call On The Barrow Administration To Appoint Vice President Without Delay”–Lawyer Hawa Sisay...
By Lamin Sanyang
Senior Lawyer Hawa Sisay Sabally has called on the Barrow Administration to appoint a vice president without any further delay.
"I call on the Barrow Administration...
BARROW GOVERNMENT MUST PUT AN END TO THE GROWING RELIGIOUS INTOLERANCE
The Gambia is a circular state, meaning the state is or purports to be officially NEUTRAL in matters of religion, supporting neither religion nor irreligion. A secular...