Friday, May 9, 2025

General News

Abdoulaye Thiam Seeks to Overturn Aisha Fatty’s Legal Victory

By Kemeseng Sanneh (KEXX) The Lawyers representing Senegalese business tycoon, Abdoulaye Thiam Monday, 10 June 2024, filed an appeal challenging the decision of a Senegalese...

Tujereng Murder Suspect Remanded

By Mustapha Jallow  The Bundung Magistrates court Monday, 3rd June 2024, remanded one Ebrima Daffeh to Mile II prison, a source familiar with the case...

WATRA Commences Working Group Meeting in Banjul

By: Kebba AF Touray Photo: Group Picture of participants The West Africa Telecommunications Regulators Assembly (WATRA), hosted by the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority (PURA), commenced its...

Millennium Challenge Account – Gambia Holds Capacity Building Training on ROM

By Assan Bah  The Millennium Challenge Account – Gambia with support from the Millennium Challenge Corporation the Gambia Monday, June 10, 2024, held a high-level...

Budding Gambian writer to launch maiden book

By Momodou Jarju Bassi Mbye has joined the growing number of budding Gambian writers inscribing their names in the country’s literary ecosystem as he braces...

Emerging author launches two books

By Amadou Manjang  Lamin Camara, a veteran teacher at Rosastou International School, Saturday launched two books. The books are titled ‘The Dream Journey of Abou’ and...

NAATIP Trains GID Intake 15 on Human Trafficking, NRM

By Sariba MannehIn its quest to combat human trafficking in The Gambia, the National Agency against Trafficking In Persons (NAATIP) Monday began a five-day...

Peace Network Participates in 2024 ECOWAS Youth Forum

By Assan Bah ‘Peace Network’ – The Gambia has recently participated in the ECOWAS Youth Forum 2024 organized by the ECOWAS Commission on the theme:...

GRA engages staff on revenue laws 

By Mustapha Jallow  In its ongoing reform programmes, the Gambia Revenue Authority (GRA) on Monday engaged its staff on revenue laws and policies administered by...

WAVE, MOJ Facilitate another Peace, Social Cohesion Dialogue in Kerr Mot...

By Kebba Secka The Ministry of Justice (MOJ), in collaboration with Women Association for Victims' Empowerment on Tuesday, June 4, 2024 held a day-long dialogue in...

Defamation trial involving Ousman Sonko Former Minister Niang to Reopen

By Biran Gaye The defamation trial involving Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko and former tourism minister Mame Mbaye Niang is set to be reopened. The leader of...

Activist says probe into death of Gambian migrant ongoing

By Biran Gaye A migration activist has said that the German government's investigation into the death of a Gambian migrant Lamin Touray is still ongoing. Activist...

Gambia Standards Bureau Trains Extension Workers on Good Harvest Standards

By: Kebba AF Touray The Gambia Standards Bureau (TGSB), the legal arm of Government mandated to develop and publish national standards in all sectors of...

Inferno Ravages Apartment in Wuli Sutukoba

By: Kebba AF Touray A fire incident ravaged an apartment belonging to one Karamo (Mutu) Jabai, in the Wuli East village of Sutukoba, in the...

Over 70 GID Officers Trained in Horsemanship

By Assan Bah The government of The Netherlands on Friday, 7 June 2024, concluded a five-day capacity-building training on horsemanship for over 70 front-line officers...

Foroyaa mourns the  passing of former Basse Currespendent

By Lamin Fatty The staff of Foroyaa Newspaper are thrown into grief amid the sudden death of former regional Currespondent for Basse, Lamin Fatty. Lamin Fatty...

Trucks of cement at border released amid looming cement scarcity

By Assan Bah The Cement Importers and Traders Association (CITA) say government decided to release over three-hundred truck loads of cement at the Farafenni border. ...

Senegalese Court Acquits Aisha Fatty on Charges of Blackmailing Thiam 

By Kemeseng Sanneh (kexx) Aisha Fatty, a Gambian business lady accused of blackmail by a Senegalese business tycoon, has been acquitted and discharged by a...

GRA Commissioner General Wants Stakeholders to Embrace Reforms

By Mustapha Jallow Yankuba Darboe, the Commissioner General of The Gambia Revenue Authority (GRA) Thursday called on Gambians, especially at the institutional levels to accept...

Minister Bah Vows to End Real Estate Scamming

By Yankuba Jallow Hamat N.K. Bah, the Minister of Regional Government, Lands and Religious Affairs has vowed to end scamming by real estate dealers in...