Saturday, July 12, 2025

Legal Affairs

Former NIA DG Criticizes Yahya Jammeh

By Nelson Manneh Harry Sambou, former Director General of the National Intelligence Agency (NIA), has told the TRRC that Yahya Jammeh was only interested in...

Supreme Court Declares Gambians Living in Diaspora Can Vote in Elections,...

By Yankuba Jallow The Supreme Court of The Gambia has on Wednesday, 27th January 2021 ruled that Gambians living in Diaspora can register and vote...

BCC CEO Appears Before Ombudsman after the Issuance of Arrest Warrant

By Yankuba Jallow Banjul City Council CEO has appeared before the Ombudsman after the latter issued an arrest warrant against him. Mr Mustapha Bachilly was required...

Supreme Court Holds Yankuba Touray Lacks ‘Constitutional Immunity’

By Yankuba Jallow The Supreme Court of The Gambia in a unanimous decision held that ex-military captain Yankuba Touray is not entitled to constitutional immunity...

NA Clerk’s Lawyer Urges Supreme Court to Dismiss D54 Million Loan...

By Yankuba Jallow Lawyer Ida Drammeh for the Clerk of the National Assembly has urged the Supreme Court to dismiss the case involving her client...

Lawyer Sisay Sabally Accuses National Assembly of Violating the Constitution

By Yankuba Jallow Lawyer Hawa Sisay Sabally for two civil society groups has accused the National Assembly of abrogating their responsibility to act in the...

Lawyers in Sheriffo Sonko & IEC Case Make Final Arguments

By Yankuba Jallow Lawyers in the civil case involving Sheriffo Sonko, the Chairperson of Brikama Area Council (BAC) and the Independent Electoral Commission have on...

Attorney General Makes Submission in Controversial D54 Million NA Loan Case

By Yankuba Jallow Counsel Binga D for the Attorney General has informed the Supreme Court that no law was violated allocating the by Parliamentarians in...

Lawyers Argue over D54 Million Loan to NAMS

By Yankuba Jallow & Mariama Marong Lawyers in the controversial case of the 54 million dalasi loan for lawmakers have on Monday, 25th January completed...

Former Director General of NIA Describes Yahya Jammeh as a Sadist

By Nelson Manneh A former Director General of the National Intelligence Agency Harry Sambou has on Monday 25th January 2021 described Yahya Jammeh as a sadist. Sambou...

Court Sentences Man Convicted of Murder to Life Imprisonment

By Yankuba Jallow & Mariama Marong A trial judge in Banjul on Monday, 25th January sentenced one Abdul Aziz Njie, a Senegalese national to life imprisonment...

Judge in NIA Trial Issues Warning to the Public as Sheikh...

By Mariama Marong & Yankuba Jallow A judge of the Banjul High Court, who is presiding over the case of 7 former staff of the...

TRRC: NIA Victim Narrates His 2009 Arrest, Detention, and Court Trial

By Nelson Manneh Babucarr Cham, a businessman and victim of the National Intelligence Agency (NIA) Monday 25th January, 2021, appeared before the Truth Commission (TRRC) and...

Gam Housing CEO’s Case against Activist Jagne Fails to Proceed

By  Yankuba Jallow The civil case involving Gam Housing CEO and activist Fatou Jagne failed to proceed on Friday, 22nd January 2021 before the Bundung Magistrate's...

Sheikh Omar Jengs says ex-President Jammeh Ordered for Solo Sandeng Burial

By Nelson Manneh and Yankuba Jallow Sheikh Omar Jeng, an ex-deputy director of operations at the NIA has admitted that he led the team that...

Does Huge Drug Seizures Undermine The Image Of A Country?

QUESTION OF THE DAY Huge drug seizures are a credit to a country’s security apparatus. Any drug enforcement agency that is incapable of detecting and...

Lawyers in Sherrifo Sonko, IEC Case Apologize to Court

By Yankuba Jallow Lawyers in the ongoing civil case involving the Chairperson of Brikama Area Council Sheriffo Sonko and the Independent Electoral Commission on Tuesday...

CARITAS Engages Gambians on Constitutional Matters

By Nelson Manneh and Ndey Sowe CARITAS the Gambia has on Thursday 21st January 2021, engaged Gambians on contentious issues highlighted in the 2020 draft...

Gam Housing CEO Sues Activist Fatou Jagne

By Yankuba Jallow Lamin Mboge, the Chief Executive Officer of Gam Housing has sued activist Fatou Jagne, claiming the sum of nine hundred and fifty...

Chief Justice Presides over Controversial D54 Million NAM Loan Case

By Yankuba Jallow The Supreme Court of The Gambia presided over by Chief Justice Hassan B. Jallow on Tuesday, 19th January heard the  case involving two...