First Lady Bah Barrow Visits Nogoi Njie
Fatoumatta Bah Barrow on Monday travelled to Mandinari to meet Nogoi Njie, a staunch supporter of the United Democratic Party.
The First Lady’s trip comes a few hours...
Mayoress Lowe Visits Torture Victim Nogoi Njie
Mayoress of Banjul Rohey Malick Lowe on Monday visited Nogoi Njie, one of at least three women who took part in a fatal protest in 2015.
On 14...
Justice Minister Clarifies His Comments on False News
Minister of Justice Aboubacarr Tambadou has said that his comments on the publication of false news were taken out of context.
Mr Tambadou on October 9 told journalists...
Gov’t Assures Journalists of Press Freedom
The Gambia government has assured members of the media that it remains committed to the idea of a free media environment.
“The promotion of an enabling legal environment...
President Barrow pledges to restore honor to the office of district chief
State House, Banjul, 28thOctober 2018
His Excellency, President Adama Barrow has promised to restore the dignity, independence and powers of the Office of the District Chief in...
#Nadiran politics:
Gambia’s Political M.O. very disappointed seeing Hon Ousainou Darboe with MA Bah posing. Chaatans! What a blow. Wasn’t this the same MA Bah that traumatized Gambians during...
Memorandum and Proposal to the Constitutional Review Commission: Part 7: Presidential System...
Alagi Yorro Jallow
The signposts from the Gambia’s electoral politics. Passion, emotion and euphoria are necessary but NOT enough conditions - a trophy for regime displacement. There must...
“Entrepreneurship Key to Unlocking Africa’s Economic Development”
By Alieu Ceesay, back from TEF forum in Lagos
Mr. Tony Elumelu, Founder of Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF) has reiterated his commitment to championing Africa’s economic development by...
CRC BEGINS ‘MEET THE STUDENTS’ SCHOOL TOUR
Kotu, Futurelec Building – 29th October, 2018
As part of its public consultation process ahead of the drafting of the new Gambian constitution, the Constitutional Review Commission (CRC)...
In Search of The Gambian Character
By Cherno M. Njie, Austin, Texas
October 27, 2018
From where I sit, the acceptance of an anonymous donation of fifty-seven pickup trucks by members of the National Assembly,...
When I Was A Wrestler
In Bakau, if it wasn’t one thing, then it’s another, and sometimes it was wrestling (aka borey). They would fence the Bantaba right in the heart of...
Gambian Entrepreneur Honoured at Africa’s Entrepreneurship Forum
By Alieu Ceesay in Lagos, Nigeria
Momarr Mass Taal, Founder and Managing Director of Tropingo Foods- a food processing company’s focused on dried fruit and nut exports has...
Memorandum and Proposal to the Constitutional Review Commission:
Part 6: Our Presidential System Is A Perversity:
This presidential system will kill us:
Alagi Yorro Jallow
The Gambia is a country of bestriding giants and cowering ants. That poverty...
Suuta Lampoo and the Council of Elders and the Bags of Cowries (Part II)
Musa Bah
Synopses of Part One:In the village of Nenemaaje, in the hinterland of Moofingduu, the Alkaaloo Keejang Meeta was forcefully ousted by Keejaw Warata and was himself...
CRC, NCCE Commences Civic Education Tour Ahead Public Consultations
The Constitutional Review Commission (CRC) in partnership with National Council for Civic Education (NCCE) on Thursday 25th October 2018 started a civic education tour to prepare the...
CRC Set to Commence Public Consultations on Monday
October 24, 2018
CRC Set to Commence Public Consultations on Monday
Kotu, The Gambia- The Constitutional Review Commissions (CRC) is set to commence its public consultations in the...
Ambassador Malang meets two Qatari media chiefs
The Ambassador of the Republic of The Gambia to the State of Qatar, H.E Foday Malang, Monday 22ndOctober 2018 met the Chief Executive Officer of Qatar Media...
Now Imported Tilapia (Furro/ Wass” in our Dinner Tables and Restaurants!!!!
As “Chalo or Kobo” -- the traditional Gambian delicacy -- are now threatened with extinction:
Alagi Yorro Jallow
Mamudu: I am perplexed and still amazed how farm raised tilapia...
EU signs Sustainable Fishing Partnership Agreement with The Republic of The Gambia
Last Friday, the EU and The Republic of The Gambia signed a new Sustainable Fishing Partnership Agreement (SFPA) protocol, 22 years after the previous protocol expired. Both...
Speech delivered by Saikou Camara at Senegalese mission to the UN
Wssalamualaikum Rahmatullahi Wa Barakatuh.It is customary in our culture that when you visit someone’s house, before you speak to anyone you must first acknowledge and greet the...