DLEA-G Officers Nab 49 Suspects
By Nelson Manneh
The spokesperson of the Drug Law Enforcement Agency-The Gambia, Mr. Ousman Saidyba, has over the weekend informed this medium that his Agency...
“The Gambia Loses 638 Million Dalasi Each Year Equivalent to 12%...
By Sariba Manneh
According to the Solid Waste Authority (SWA) Report of 2019, The Gambia loses Six hundred and Thirty-Eight Million Dalasi (D638, 000,000) yearly...
Commissioner Jainaba Bah Orders Witness to Provide Evidence Pertaining to Over...
By Makutu Manneh
Chairperson Jainaba Bah has on Thursday, 4th April 2024, ordered the Principal Cashier of the Brikama Area Council to provide evidence pertaining to...
Gov’t says German authorities probing fatal shooting of Gambian immigrant
By Amadou Manjang
The Gambia Government said the German authorities are investigating the fatal shooting of a Gambian immigrant in Germany.
It was reported that Lamin...
Street Vendors Criticise ‘Operation Clear Public Roads’
By Nelson Manneh
Vendors, who sell along public roads, are critical of the government’s “Operation Clear Public Roads,” which they say is depriving them of...
Auditor General Detects Differences of Over D1 Billion
By: Kebba AF Touray
The Auditor General (AG) of the National Audit Office (NAO), Modou Ceesay, has unveiled that he has noted difference of One...
Gov’t to Pay WAA £20m
The Gambia Government has been ordered to compensate West African Aquaculture (WAA) more than twenty million British Pounds Sterling (£20 million).
The compensated amount is...
Retail prices of most essential food commodities continue to increase
By Amadou Manjang
The average retail prices of most of the essential food commodities continue to increase in the month of March.
On 11th March 2024,...
GOVERNOR AND COUNCIL BATTLE OVER CONTROL OF MARKET STALLS
By Louise Jobe
The Brikama Area Council (BAC) is in conflict with the Governor of West Coast Region, Ousman Bojang, over allocation of stalls at...
Yankuba Touray Asks Supreme Court to set him Free
Kemeseng Sanneh (Kexx)
Yankuba Touray appeared today before a 5-member panel of Judges of the Supreme Court asking them to overturn the decision of the...
JAC CEO Accepts Local Councils Are Corrupt
By Makutu Manneh
Mr Samba M.K Leigh, Chief Executive Officer of Janjanbureh Area Council (JAC), has told the Local Government Commission of Inquiry that Local...
VP Jallow Says Unpaid COVID-19 Fund of over D1 Million Referred...
By: Kebba AF Touray
The Gambia’s Vice President, Muhammed BS Jallow, has told Lawmakers that unpaid Covid-19 funds meant for students amounting to a million,...
Teacher Admits Raping His Student
By Louise Jobe
Alasana Bah, a 42-year-old koranic teacher, has pleaded guilty to the charge of raping a 13-year-old. He appeared before magistrate Fatou Darboe...
Stakeholders fill national assembly as Foni Kansala lawmaker presents pro-FGM bill
By Momodou Jarju
The Gambia’s National Assembly was filled to the brim on Monday as the member for Foni Kansala Hon. Almameh Gibba presented a bill seeking...
Police say illegally smuggled guns enter the country through the ports
By Amadou Manjang
Cementing on the rise of gun crimes in the Gambia, the Public Relation Officer of Gambia Police Force, Binta Njie said the...
Gambia Investigating “Kush”
By Yankuba Jallow & Amadou Manjang
The Gambia has collected and sent samples from people who used “Kush” drug to laboratories outside the country
Dr Momodou...
Government’s Domestic Debt Rises to D41.3 Billion, Says Governor Saidy
By: Kebba AF Touray
The Governor of the Central Bank of the Gambia (CBG), Buah Saidy has said that government’s domestic debt rose to D41.3...
More than 700,000 Gambians were food insecure in 2023
About 729,800 Gambians faced food insecurity last year, The Gambia National Food Security Survey Report says.
The survey was conducted by the World Food Programme...
Government Still Owing URR Farmers
By Lamin Fatty
The Government of The Gambia through National Food Security Processing and Marketing Corporation (NFSPMC) alias GGC is still owing groundnut farmers in...
Gov’t Owes Over 5 Million Dalasi to Farmers in Upper Niumi
By Assan Bah
With the groundnut trade season approaching its apex, the government recently announced its settlement of all arrears with farmers through an additional...
