Friday, April 19, 2024

Legal Affairs

Yanks Touray Denies Blocking Late Koro Ceesay’s Vehicle

By Yankuba Jallow Yankuba Touray on Monday said he did not block late Ousman Koro Ceesay's vehicle contrary to the testimony of one of the...

Passport Scandal Case: Protocol Officer Maintains “I was playing game on...

By Yankuba Jallow A senior and top protocol officer at the State House has on Monday told the high court in the ongoing diplomatic passport...

Baboucar Sallah Denies Participating in Torture of Solo Sandeng, Other UDP...

By Mariama Marong Baboucar Sallah, a former assistant officer commanding at the NIA on Wednesday, 18th February 2021 while under cross-examination denied participating in the...

Women’s Rights Activists Want Government to Implement Laws Criminalizing FGM

Mariama Marong Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) remains a practice in The Gambia despite the ban by the State. There is a law criminalizing this traditional practice,...

Court Asks GACH to pay Man over Half a Million Dalasi

By Yankuba Jallow Justice Ebrima Jaiteh of the Banjul High Court has ordered Gambia China Holding Company (GACH) to pay one Samba Mara D692,000 plus...

Counsel in UDP Vs Sheriffo Sonko Case Informs Court about Missing...

By Yankuba Jallow Gambia Court of Appeal was on Thursday informed by one of the counsels in the case of United Democratic Party versus Sheriffo...

Justice Minister Jallow Replies to Petition Seeking Discontinuance of Case against...

By Yankuba Jallow Dawda A. Jallow, Minister of Justice has told lawyers for former intelligence chiefs that it is premature for him to consider any...

Court of Appeal Strikes Out State’s Application to Stay NIA 9...

By Yankuba Jallow The Gambia Court of Appeal has struck out an application by the State seeking an order for the stay of proceeding at...

State House Protocol Officer Admits Receiving $300 for Diplomatic Passport

By Yankuba Jallow State House Protocol Officer Momodou Sowe has admitted before the Banjul High Court that he received 300 dollars from Mansa Sumareh to...

3 Years Jotna Leaders Charged, Released on Bail

By Yankuba Jallow 'Three Years Jotna' leaders have been rearrested on Wednesday, 10th February 2021 and charged with the same offences following their release by...

Lawmaker Urges Authorities to Increase Fines Imposed on Violators of Forestry...

By Mustapha Jallow Gambian lawmaker, Bakary Camara, on Monday 9th February 2021, urged forestry officials to revise the Forestry Act and increase the fine imposed...

Baba Saho, the man accused of gross human rights violations, says...

By Nelson Manneh Baba Saho, who has been accused of torturing several people while he was at the National Intelligence Agency (NIA) said on Wednesday,...

Prisons Director Fails to Honour Summons to Appear in Court

By Louise Jobe & Hatab Nyang The murder trial involving the State and Buba Drammeh failed to proceed for the second time following the Prisons...

Police Rearrest 3 Years Jotna Leaders after Court Discharges Them

By Yankuba Jallow A trial judge in Banjul has discharged the leaders of 3 Years Jotna group following the State's application to withdraw the case. The...

Supreme Court Refuses Gambia Participate, Others Request for Interim Injunction

By Yankuba Jallow The Supreme Court of The Gambia has in a unanimous ruling refused to grant an interim injunction sought by Gambia Participate and...

NIA 9 Case Fails to Proceed

By Yankuba Jallow The criminal trial involving former staff of the National Intelligence Agency (NIA) failed to proceed on Monday and Tuesday for different reasons. On Monday...

Corporal Ceesay Escapes From Custody

By Yankuba Jallow Inspector Saidykhan, the prosecuting officer in the criminal trial involving one Corporal Alagie Ceesay of the Gambia Police Force has informed the...

Environment Minister to Take Legal Action Against Illegal Dealers in Timber

By: Kebba AF Touray The Gambia’s Environment Minister Lamin Dibba, has disclosed to members of the National Assembly Select Committee on the Environment that his...

Wuli East Animal Protection Association Files Petition against the Police

By: Kebba AF Touray Members of Wuli East Animal Protection Association (WEAPA) have filed a petition against three police stations for allegedly failing to take...

TRRC Invites Persons Who Suffered Human Rights Violations to Submit Their...

By Nelson Manneh &Yankuba Jallow The Chairman of the Truth Commission Lamin Sise has recently invited all persons who suffered human rights violations and abuses perpetrated by...