Tuesday, August 19, 2025

General News

GIEPA’s Total Income Increased by D5.8 Million in 2020

By: Kebba AF Touray The income of the Gambia Investment and Export Promotion Agency (GIEPA) has increased by D5.8 Million from D28.5 million in 2019...

Kuntaur Area Council Chairperson Explains his Overstay in US to FPAC

By: Kebba AF Touray Sahiou Jawara, the Chairperson of Kuntaur Area Council, has provided an explanation regarding his overstay in the United States of America. During his appearance before...

Bah Commission Chairperson Threatens to Imprison Witness for Perjury

By Makutu Manneh Jainaba Bah, the Chairperson of the Local Government Commission of Inquiry, has threatened to send a witness to Mile 2 prisons if...

JAC Messenger Cum Fuel Supplier Testifies Before LGCI

By Makutu Manneh  Dembo Gikineh, a messenger and fuel supplier at the Janjanbureh Area Council (JAC) has appeared before members of the Local Government Commission...

Kwame Karikari 2024 Fact-Checking Fellowship Commences

By Nelson Manneh The 2024 Kwame Karikari Fact Checking Fellowship began on Monday, 26 February 2024 with a virtual training on fact-checking of news articles and...

GID arrests over 300 undocumented West African migrants

By Amadou Manjang The Gambia Immigration Department (GID) has arrested 302 undocumented migrants during the weekend in Kanifing Municipality and West Coast Region. The undocumented...

Finance Minister to Address Parliament on Implementation of Annual Budget

By: Kebba AF Touray The National Assembly, through the Office of the Clerk, Momodou Sise, has revealed that the Gambia’s Finance Minister is expected to...

Breakdown in Ferry Service Impedes FPAC’s Accountability Oversight

By: Kebba AF Touray The current breakdown in ferry services yesterday Monday, 26 February impeded the accountability engagement of the Finance and Public Accounts Committee...

GNPC Seeks Funding for 2024 Global Paralympic Games

By Nelson Manneh The Gambia National Paralympic Committee (GNPC) is appealing to the government and stakeholders to support them as they prepare for the 2024...

Owners of land in Batokunku seized by Jammeh demand compensation 

By Amadou Manjang & Mustapha Jallow  A group of Gambians who own landed properties in Batokunku has renewed calls for the return of their lands alongside with...

SSHFC Board Hold Subsidiaries Meeting

By Madiba Singhateh  The Social Security and Housing Finance Corporation (SSHFC) Board on Saturday 24th of February 2024 hosted a comprehensive meeting at the Ocean...

NAATIP Trains Peacekeeping Mission Personnel on NRM

By Sariba Manneh The National Agency Against Trafficking-In-Persons (NAATIP), a leading agency mandated to prevent, protect and prosecute issues related to trafficking-in persons in The...

KMC Mayor Says Transfer of Officials Disrupts Services

By: Kebba AF Touray The Mayor of the Kanifing Municipal Council (KMC), Talib Ahmed Bensouda, has told members of the Finance and Public Accounts Committee...

Taxi driver demands compensation from GPF

By Amadou Manjang A tourist taxi driver in Kombo Sanyang is demanding compensation from the Gambia Police Force after his tourists’ taxi was hit by...

FPAC Considers Reports of Basse Area Council

By: Kebba AF Touray The Finance and Public Accounts Committee (FPAC) of the National Assembly, Thursday 22nd February 2024, considered and adopted the 2019 activity reports...

Police Validate National Policing Strategic Plan 2024-2028

By Louise Jobe The Gambia Police Force, in collaboration with partners and stakeholders on Thursday, 22nd February, 2024, validated the National Policing Strategic Plan 2024-2028.  The colourful...

Police Detain Woman on Allegation of Giving False Information

By Louise Jobe  The police have detained a woman after they found out that her claim that she was robbed Five Hundred Thousand Dalasi (D500,000)...

Foni Jarol NAM awaits Assembly’s decision on tear gas incident

By Nelson Manneh The National Assembly Member for Foni Jarol Constituency Honourable Kebba Toumanding Sanneh has said he is awaiting the National Assembly’s decision on...

BCC Mayor Bemoans Reshuffling of Finance Directors

By: Kebba AF Touray Rohey Malick Lowe, the Mayor of Banjul City Council (BCC) has described the transfer of Finance Directors as sad. Mayor Lowe made...

JAC Account Assistant Instructed to Provide Evidence on D4 Million Withdrawal

By Makutu Manneh Lamin Baldeh, the accounting assistant of Janjanbureh Area Council (JAC), has been instructed by the Local Government Commission of Inquiry to provide...