Friday, July 26, 2024

General News

Peace Network Deputy CEO Awarded by CepRass

The Deputy Chief Executive Officer of Peace Network, the Gambia, Professor Momodou Mustapha Fanneh, has recently been awarded a prestigious award by The Center...

Sprinting Towards Success: QCell Signs Gina Bass as Brand Ambassador

By Sariba Manneh-Special Report In a landmark deal, QCell, Gambia’s leading telecoms company under the Q-Group, has officially endorsed a business agreement with the country’s...

Fishing Trawlers Use ‘Warfi Njago’, Kerewan Grounds to Offload Illegal Fuels,...

By Mustapha Jallow  Mr Yankuba Darboe, the Commissioner General (CG) for the Gambia Revenue Authority (GRA), has recently disclosed that some traders use fishing trawlers...

49.5 Million People Could Be Affected by Food Crises, Says ECOWAS...

By: Kebba AF Touray The President of the ECOWAS Commission, Dr. Omar Alieu Touray, has reported to the ECOWAS Parliament that if appropriate measures are...

ICTJ Campaigns for Implementation of TRRC Recommendations 

By Sariba Manneh  International Centre for Transitional Justice in partnership with the United Nations Peace Building Fund with its local partners has started a nationwide...

BAC’s Revenue Collector Claims His Daughter Damaged Council’s Cash Book 

By Makutu Manneh Mr. Sulayman Jallow, a Revenue Collector at the Brikama Area Council (BAC) while testifying before the ongoing Local Government Commission of Inquiry...

WoJAG Condemns Attacks on 2 Female Journalists

By Nelson Manneh The Women Journalist Association of The Gambia WoJAG, on Thursday, 11 July 2024, in a press release raises concerns with the recent...

IMF to Disburse US$10.95 Million for the Gambia

By: Kebba AF Touray The IMF will make a disbursement of about US$10.95 million to the Gambia after the Executive Board has completed its first...

Revenue Collector Claims Termites Ate His Cash Book

 By Makutu Manneh Revenue Collector, Mr Lamin Kurang, a resident of Busumbala and an employee of the Brikama Area Council (BAC) on 10th of July,...

Senegal’s parliament to consider bill seeking to reinstate premiership in internal...

By Biran Gaye The National Assembly of Senegal is set to consider a bill that seeks to reinstate the post of prime minister in its...

Regional Lawmakers Recognise Gambia’s Constitutional Independence to Establish Special Tribunal

By: Kebba AF Touray ECOWAS Parliamentarians have said that the Gambia has the constitutional independence to establish a special tribunal to try alleged human rights...

ECOWAS Urges Gambia to Expedite Adoption of New Constitution

The Authority of Heads of States and Governments of the Economic Community of West African States, during its Sixty-Fifth (65th) Ordinary Session on 7th...

President Barrow Says Gambia Secures over D3 Billion to Import Essential...

By: Kebba AF Touray The Gambian President, H.E. Adama Barrow has told the National Assembly that the Gambia has secured US$50 Million (approximately three billion...

Brikama Area Council Finance Director Fails to Account for Geology Funds 

By Makutu Manneh Mr Alagie Jeng, the Director of Finance at Brikama Area Council (BAC), was on Monday, 8 July, questioned about 33.7 million Dalasi the...

EWC Releases Position Paper on 2021 Election Bill

By Sariba Manneh Election Watch Committee (EWC), on Saturday, 6 July 2024 released a Position Paper on the 2021 Election Bill.  According to officials from the EWC, the...

DLEAG Nabs 11 Suspects for Alleged Possession of Kush, Other Prohibited...

By Nelson Manneh Mr Ousman Saidyba, the Public Relations Officer of the Drug Law Enforcement Agency, the Gambia (DLEAG), has said officers of the Drug...

Yankuba Jallow Selected in IFJ Global Young Media Workers’ Group

On Thursday 4 July, the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) launched its Global Young Media Workers' Group, and q1q1comprising 27 young journalists and trade...

ECOWAS MEDIATION AND SECURITY COUNCIL DEFERS THE GAMBIA’S MEMORANDUM ON THE...

The ECOWAS Mediation and Security Council at the Ministerial Level meeting on 3rd of July chose to defer consideration of the Memorandum on the...

DLEAG Impounds 54 Blocks of Cocaine at Banjul International Airport

By Makutu Manneh Operatives of the Drug Law Enforcement Agency-The Gambia (DLEA-G) stationed at the Banjul International Airport have impounded fifty-four blocks of cocaine during the...

Lands Minister Outlines Plans to Provide Affordable Housing to Gambians

By Assan Bah Hamat N.K. Bah, the Minister of Lands, Regional Government and Religious Affairs, on Thursday, July 4 disclosed the government’s plans to provide...