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General News

Teachers to Embark On Nationwide Industrial Strike

By Assan Bah The Gambia Teachers’ Union (GTU), has issued a notice yesterday Tuesday January 3rd 2023, informing teachers and other education personnel across the...

Gambia Loses Over Two Billion Dalasi Annually Due to Road Traffic...

By Lamin Njie, Ministry of Transport It is estimated that each year, road traffic deaths and injuries cost the Gambia over two billion dalasi in...

Suspects in “Kololi” murder remanded 

By Mustapha Jallow  The three (3) suspects who were allegedly involved in killing a young adult in Kololi were arraigned in court and later remanded,...

Court Remands Three in Connection to December Foiled Coup Plot

By Louise Jobe A trial magistrate in Banjul on Tuesday, 3rd January remanded two civilians and one police officer in connection to the foiled coup...

Low Sales of Groundnuts at ‘Seccos’

By Lamin Fatty Secco (buying point) presidents decried the low sales of groundnut at their seccos. This reporter went round seccos in all the districts of...

Baja Kunda Ward Generates D1Million Revenue in 5 Years

By: Kebba AF Touray Omar Garry, the Councillor for Baja Kunda Ward, disclosed that the Ward generated a total revenue of one million and one...

PDOIS Selects Two Candidates Ahead of March Local Government Elections

By: Kebba AF Touray from Wellingara Yareh, Wuli East, URR The People’s Democratic Organization for Independence and Socialism (PDOIS) party on Sunday 1st January 2023,...

Government Announces Reduction In Fuel Prices

By Makutu Manneh A press release from the Ministry of Information has indicated a reduction in fuel prices by the Government starting from January 1st...

2 Witnesses Explain How They Were Cajoled in Cocaine Trial

By Louise Jobe & Kemeseng Sanneh (Kexx) One Amadou Bah, a labourer at the Gambia Ports Authority on Thursday testified in the Banta Keita cocaine...

Live Shell Retrieved From Farmland In Foni

By Nelson Manneh Members of the Gambia Armed Force stationed in Kanilai, on Saturday 31st December 2022 discovered and retrieved a live (unexploded) shell in...

Health Officials Deny Sering Ndigal Followers New Birth Certificate

A residence of one of the Ndigal Followers By Nelson Manneh The followers of Sering Ndigal in Kerr Mot Hali Village who are currently in exile...

Skills Centre For Sukuta Worth Over D4 Million To Be Ready...

By Fatoumatta Conteh / Mustapha Jallow Babucarr Cham, the Chairperson of Sukuta Village Development Committee (VDC), recently said that the construction of a multi-purpose skills...

GPPA Signs E-Procurement Portal with Zig-Teach

By Amadou Manjang / Aja-Musu Bah   The Gambia Public Procurement Authority (GPPA), yesterday Thursday, 29th December 2022, signed an e-procurement portal and document management system...

Four Men May Face Prosecution On Scamming Allegations  

By Mustapha Jallow / Fatoumatta Conteh Four Nigerian nationals are likely to face prosecution on scamming allegations by the Gambia Police Force (GPF). The quartet...

URR Farmers Urge Government To Address Pest Infestation With Urgency

By: Kebba AF Touray In an interview with this medium, farmers in the Upper River Region (URR), appealed to the Gambia Government to intervene and...

Lawyer Accuses Police of Denying Him Access to Momodou Sabally

By Kemeseng Sanneh (Kexx) Lawyer Abdoulie Fatty, counsel for Momodou Sabally has on Thursday accused the Gambia Police Force of denying him the chance to...

Yankuba Touray Appeals to Supreme Court

By Yankuba Jallow Ex-Minister of Tourism, Yankuba Touray has filed an appeal before the Supreme Court of The Gambia asking the apex court to overturn...

Drug Squad Director of Intelligence Testifies in Cocaine Trafficking Case

By Louise Jobe and Kemeseng Sanneh (Kexx) Lamin Gassama, the Director of Intelligence and Investigations at the Drug Law Enforcement Agency of the Gambia (drug...

Government Investigates Alleged Civilian Involvement In Foiled Coup

By Yankuba Jallow & Kemeseng Sanneh (Kexx) Dr Abubacarr Jeng, the National Security Adviser of the Gambia has on Thursday, 29th December said the Gambia...

POLICE RELEASE MOMODOU SABALLY

By Kemeseng Sanneh (Kexx) Momodou Sabally, the campaign manager of the United Democratic Party (UDP) has been unconditionally released by the police on Friday afternoon. The...