Tuesday, July 8, 2025

General News

Gov’t Revokes Importation License of Atlantic Pharmaceutical

By Nelson Manneh The Government of The Gambia has permanently revoked the importation license of Atlantic Pharmaceutical Company Limited. This decision came after the presidential...

Presidential Task Force Recommends Immediate Sacking of Head of Medicines Control

By Nelson Manneh The presidential task force on the Acute Kidney Injuries (AKI), has recommended for immediate dismissal of the Executive and Deputy Executive Director...

Senegal/Gambia meet Darsilami villagers over Tranquil border crisis

By Mustapha Jallow The Gambian authorities and a Senegalese diplomatic representative to Gambia on Sunday held peace talks with residents of Darsilami community in a...

Gambian Police Arrest Alkalo of Tranquil

By Mustapha Jallow Paramilitary personnel have arrested a man in Tranquil, who the Senegalese military said is the Alkalo of the area. The disputed Alkalo is...

“Phase One of Senegambia Bridge Costs UA67.36 Million” -African Development Bank

By: Kebba AF Touray The  African Development Bank dubbed AfDB says the total cost of construction of phase 1 of the Senegambia Bridge formerly called...

Semlex contract comes to an end

By Sariba Manneh The controversial Semlex deal for the production of biometric national identity cards should in fact end today, 19th July, 2023. This was...

 Ex-PS Buba Sanyang Appears in Court

By Mariama Marong Buba Sanyang, an erstwhile Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Local Government and Lands Tuesday, 18 July 2023 appeared before a high...

GPPA Refers To BCC As Non-Compliant Institution On Procurement

For Years Under Review By Makutu Manneh The Gambia Public Procurement Authority’s compliance review for the years 2019 and 2020 has found Banjul City Council (BBC)...

Lawmakers to Pay Over One Million Dalasi for Vehicles – Upper...

By: Kebba AF Touray The National Assembly Member for Upper Saloum, Hon. Alhagie Mbowe, said each National Assembly Member will pay a total of one...

MCA Appoints ‘Quntrol’ Lab to Test Imported Pharmaceutical Products 

By Nelson Manneh The spokesperson of the Pharmaceutical Association of The Gambia, Ma Hawa Njie, yesterday disclosed to Foroyaa that the Medical Control Agency (MCA)...

Court Freezes Aisha Fatty’s Bank Accounts

By Kemeseng Sanneh (KEXX) Justice Ebrima Jaiteh of the Banjul High Court on Wednesday, 5 July issued an order freezing Aisa Fatty’s bank accounts. He...

Police Drop Criminal Charges against Aisha Fatty

By Mariama Marong and Kemeseng Sanneh (KEXX)The Inspector General of Police has dropped the eight (8) criminal charges against Aisha Fatty that they had...

Mayor Lowe’s Lawyer Cross-Examines Commissioner Oreme

By Kemeseng Sanneh (KEXX) Lawyer Rachel Y. Mendy for Mayor Rohey Malick Lowe has commenced her cross-examination of Oreme E. Joiner of the Local Government...

 ‘Price Hike Not A Home Grown Factor’

Finance Minister By Nelson Manneh Mr Seedy Keita, the Minister of Finance and Economic Affairs, said price hike is not a home grown factor for the...

Councillors Urged to Address Challenges Faced By Communities

By Mustapha Jallow Alhagie Sering Fye, the Chairperson of the National Council for Civic Education (NCCE), has urged Councillors to work towards addressing challenges gripped...

IMF Wraps Up Discussions On Extended Credit Facility For Gambia

By Nelson Manneh The International Monetary Funds (IMF) has recently wrapped up discussions for the Sixth Review under the Extended Credit Facility (ECF) Arrangement for...

‘No evidence death of 16 children due to syrup intake’

The deputy director of health services has told Foroyaa that there is no evidence to show that the death of sixteen children at Kanifing...

Representation is all about serving

Says Ousman Sillah, Former Banjul NAM “Political representation is all about serving the interest of the people. Gambia is a republic where the people are...

Navy ill equipped to maintain routine patrol

by: Kebba AF Touray The National Assembly Select Committee on Environment has reported that the inadequate status of the Navy in maintaining proper routine patrol...

Abba Sanyang Resign while Permanent Secretaries Redeployed 

A press release from State House in Banjul on Wednesday 26th June 2023, disclosed that President Adama Barrow has accepted the resignation of Mr....