Friday, April 26, 2024

General News

KMC Mayor Says Transfer of Officials Disrupts Services

By: Kebba AF Touray The Mayor of the Kanifing Municipal Council (KMC), Talib Ahmed Bensouda, has told members of the Finance and Public Accounts Committee...

Taxi driver demands compensation from GPF

By Amadou Manjang A tourist taxi driver in Kombo Sanyang is demanding compensation from the Gambia Police Force after his tourists’ taxi was hit by...

FPAC Considers Reports of Basse Area Council

By: Kebba AF Touray The Finance and Public Accounts Committee (FPAC) of the National Assembly, Thursday 22nd February 2024, considered and adopted the 2019 activity reports...

Police Validate National Policing Strategic Plan 2024-2028

By Louise Jobe The Gambia Police Force, in collaboration with partners and stakeholders on Thursday, 22nd February, 2024, validated the National Policing Strategic Plan 2024-2028.  The colourful...

Police Detain Woman on Allegation of Giving False Information

By Louise Jobe  The police have detained a woman after they found out that her claim that she was robbed Five Hundred Thousand Dalasi (D500,000)...

Foni Jarol NAM awaits Assembly’s decision on tear gas incident

By Nelson Manneh The National Assembly Member for Foni Jarol Constituency Honourable Kebba Toumanding Sanneh has said he is awaiting the National Assembly’s decision on...

BCC Mayor Bemoans Reshuffling of Finance Directors

By: Kebba AF Touray Rohey Malick Lowe, the Mayor of Banjul City Council (BCC) has described the transfer of Finance Directors as sad. Mayor Lowe made...

JAC Account Assistant Instructed to Provide Evidence on D4 Million Withdrawal

By Makutu Manneh Lamin Baldeh, the accounting assistant of Janjanbureh Area Council (JAC), has been instructed by the Local Government Commission of Inquiry to provide...

Gambia-Spain Team Up to Mitigate Salinity

By: Kebba AF Touray Officials of the University of the Gambia and their Spanish counterparts have teamed up to fight and mitigate the menace and...

British National’s Lifeless Body Found in Well at Kunkujang Mariama

By Louise Jobe  The lifeless body of Shakina Imani Chinedu, who is said to be a British citizen, was found in a well at her home...

Businessman Threatens to Commit Suicide if ….

By Mustapha Jallow Sarjo K Fofana, proprietor of ‘Foday Madi’ Trading Enterprise, has threatened to take his life if the current government refuses to pay...

2 Suspects in Police Custody over Thursday Shooting

By Mustapha Jallow Police investigators have booked two suspected armed robbers over Thursday shooting in Fajara, according to law enforcement officials. In a short statement, the...

Gambians express tolerant attitudes towards ethnicities, others – Survey finds

A recent survey conducted by the Afrobarometer finds that an ‘overwhelming majority of Gambians express tolerant attitudes towards’ different ethnic, national, and religious background. Meanwhile,...

Sabally Apologizes & Abubakary Jawara Accepts

By Kemeseng Sanneh Momodou Sabally, a social and political commentator, who was sued by the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of GACH for alleged defamatory comments,...

Businessman Explains Borehole Drilling Contract with Janjanbureh Area Council

By Makutu Manneh Yusuf Bakhos, a Gambian-Lebanese businessman has explained to the Local Government Commission of Inquiry the details of his borehole drilling contract with Janjanbureh...

Senior Revenue Collector Accuses Finance Director of Impropriety

By Makutu Manneh Edrissa Manneh, a senior revenue collector responsible for supervising and monitoring junior revenue collectors at Janjanbureh Area Council (JAC), has told the Local Government Commission...

Minister Sillah Raises Concern over Frequent Accidents on Senegambia Bridge

By Nelson Manneh  Ebrima Sillah, the Minister of Transport, Works and Infrastructure on Tuesday, 13 February 2024, said some of the frequent accidents happening on...

Magistrate Muhammed Krubally Re-elected as Chairperson of Federation for Disabled

By Madi S. Njie Magistrate Muhammed Krubally went unopposed during last weekend’s congress of The Gambia Federation for the Disabled (GFD) held in Jarra Soma,...

Allegedly stolen livestock, taxi in custody after driver flee from police  

By Mustapha Jallow  The Gambia Police Force (GPF) on Monday announced that it has intercepted a yellow taxi carrying five (5) suspected stolen sheep in Brufut during routine police inspections – which saw...

Survey: Gov’t Discriminates Against People Based on Ethnic, Economic Status

By Amadou Manjang Many Gambians said the government discriminates against people based on ethnicity and economic status, an Afrobarometer survey reveals. It adds that more than...