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Man Appears in Court for Allegedly Raping Two Girls Under 10...

By Mariama Marong On Monday, October 20th, a man identified as Moses Ukwai appeared before Justice Jobarteh at the Banjul High Court, facing grave charges...

Journalist Bakary Mankajang Concludes Testimony in Ousainou Bojang Case

By Mariama Marong Bakary Mankajang, widely known as ‘Mankajang Daily’ in media circles, has wrapped up his testimony before the High Court in Ousainou Bojang's...

Coroner’s Inquest continues in open court

The Coroner’s Inquest inquiring into the cause of death of Omar Badgie continued in open court at the Brikama Magistrates Court on Thursday 16th October. The...

Baitullah Junior Alleges Police Coercion in Signing Voluntary Statement

By Mariama Marong In a dramatic turn at the High Court, Omar Kujabi, popularly known as Baitullah Junior, claimed that his voluntary police statement was...

Coroner’s Inquest: Senior Officer Alleges Late Omar Badjie Was Beaten by...

By Nelson Manneh A senior police officer has confirmed before a coroner’s inquest that 1st Class Constable Sulayman Jarju assaulted 27-year-old Omar Badjie of Mandinary...

Judge Yet to Decide on Bail for Ex-Soldier Abdoulie Sanyang in...

By Mariama Marong The High Court in Banjul has reserved its decision on the bail application of Abdoulie Sanyang, who is charged with arson and...

Police Officer Testifies in El Hella Shop Robbery Case

By Mariama Marong A police officer on Wednesday testified before Justice Omar Cham of the High Court in Banjul in the ongoing trial of Abdoulie...

Court Orders Attorney General to Pay D5000 to Batokunku Home Owners...

By Yankuba Jallow The ongoing civil trial between the Batokunku Home Owners Association (BHA) and the State could not proceed yesterday, 7th October 2025, before...

Justice Jaiteh Urges Government to Address Staffing Shortage at Prisons

By Mariama Marong Justice Ebrima Jaiteh of the Banjul High Court has urged the Government to urgently address the shortage of prison officers, following repeated...

Ex-Soldier Abdoulie Sanyang Pleads Not Guilty to Arson & Judicial Interference...

By Mariama Marong Former Gambia Armed Forces soldier Abdoulie Sanyang on Tuesday, 7th October, pleaded not guilty to two criminal charges of arson and judicial...

Ex-Soldier Abdoulie Sanyang Asks for Bail

By Kemeseng Sanneh (Kexx) The Banjul High Court has adjourned the bail hearing of political commentator and former soldier Abdoulie Sanyang after the State requested...

Journalist Bakary Mankajang Testifies in Police Shooting Trial

By Kemeseng Sanneh (Kexx) Journalist Bakary Mankajang, the proprietor of social media platform Mankajang Daily on Monday testified as the tenth defence witness in the...

Piccadilly Junction “Drifting” Victim Testifies: “My Leg Was Amputated After the...

By Mariama Marong A petty trader at Latrikunda Piccadilly Junction, who sells mbahal, has testified before the Bundung Magistrates’ Court about how she lost her...

Court Orders Post-Mortem Into Omar Badjie’s Death

By Kemeseng Sanneh (Kexx) A post-mortem examination has been ordered for Omar Badjie, the 27-year-old construction worker who died after a clash with police in...

Four Charged Over Protest Against Auditor General’s Removal

By Nelson Manneh The political crisis surrounding the removal of Gambia’s Auditor General went into the courts this week, as four activists were arraigned on...

Magistrate Convicts 60 Chinese & Vietnamese, Ordered for Their Deportation 

By Louise Jobe In a judgment delivered on Monday, Principal Magistrate Anna O. Mendy of the Brikama Magistrates’ Court convicted and sentenced sixty (60) Chinese nationals for criminal offences,...

Court Hears Senior Police Testimony in Anti-PURA Price Floor Protesters’ Trial

By Nelson Manneh Chief Inspector Alasana Ebrima Bah of the Gambia Police Force appeared on Thursday, September 11, 2025, before Magistrate Thomas Touray at the...

Brikama Children’s Court Stalled for Months Without Magistrate

By Louise Jobe For more than two months, the Brikama Children’s Court has been without a sitting magistrate, leaving dozens of cases involving young people...

Man Accused of Assaulting TikToker Skyboy Changes Plea

By Mariama Marong A man accused of assaulting TikToker Bakary Jallow, popularly known as Skyboy, has changed his plea from guilty to not guilty. Modou Njie, the...

Two Ghanaian Men Fined D50,000 Each for Selling Unauthorized Herbal Medicines

By Mariama Marong Two Ghanaian men, Steven Kofi Auna and Kojo Sey, were each fined D50,000 for selling and manufacturing unauthorized herbal medicines in The...