Friday, May 3, 2024

Legal Affairs

Prison’s Operations Commissioner Testifies before TRRC

By Nelson Manneh The Commissioner of Operations at the Gambia Prison Services on Wednesday June 10th 2020, testified before the Truth, Reconciliation and Reparations Commission...

High Court Resumes Hearing in Koina Arson Case

By Lamin Fatty The High Court in Basse on Monday June 8th 2020, resumed hearing in the Koina arson case after a break of over...

Court Denies Bail to Land Dealer Barely Two Weeks after Farato...

By Louis Jobe Farato land dealer Alagie Jobe, who was arrested barely two weeks ago after youths of the aforesaid area chased personnel of the...

Police Detain “Four” For Stealing Diamond, Foreign Currencies

By Mustapha Jallow Personnel of The Gambia Police Force (GPF) have detained 4 foreign nationals for allegedly stealing diamond, gold, a car, twenty-seven thousand dalasis...

Gambia prison system lacks proper medical facilities

By Nelson Manneh Fanta Sanneh, the officer in charge of the State central prison medical unit on 10th June, said The Gambia Prison Service still...

Full Text of the Ruling on the Case of Yankuba Touray...

IN THE SUPERIOR COURTS OF THE GAMBIA IN THE HIGH COURT OF THE GAMBIA Criminal Case No.: HC/365/19/CR/067/AO BETWEEN: THE STATE............................................................COMPLAINANT AND YANKUBA TOURAY......................................ACCUSED PERSON CASE CALLED ON 10th JUNE 2020 BEFORE...

Judge says Yankuba Touray has a case to answer

By Yankuba Jallow Justice Ebrima Jaiteh has ruled that Yankuba Touray has a case to answer as he called him to open his defence. "The submission...

AG Ba Tambadou to Table Bill on Extradition Agreement Between the...

Gambia Attorney General and Minister of Justice Abubacarr Ba Tambadou will on 22nd June 2020 table a motion at the National Assembly on the...

Ex-Prison Warden says Former President Jammeh was interfering in the prison...

By Nelson Manneh An ex-retired prison warden, Lamin Korta on Tuesday, 9th June 2020 said former President Yahya A.J.J. Jammeh was interfering in the country’s...

Court of Appeal grants stay of execution in Tarek Musa &...

By Yankuba Jallow A panel of judges headed by Justice Edrissa Fafa Mba’I has on Tuesday granted a stay of execution in the case of...

Man pleads not guilty to raping & robbing 5 women

By Yankuba Jallow Ismaila Ndong, an adult male Gambian, who has been charged with raping and robbing five women on Tuesday pleaded not guilty to...

Prisons Director Testifies before TRRC

By Nelson Manneh Director General of the Gambia Prison Service Ansumana Manneh on Monday, 8th June 2020 testified before the TRRC on the condition and...

Police Probe Into Assault of Farmer by Officers of Brikamaba Station

By Mustapha Jallow The Gambia Police Force have launched a probe into the assault of a farmer whose left hand was allegedly fractured by Police...

Momodou Sabally’s Appeal Case Set For Ruling

By Yankuba Jallow Ex-Secretary General and Head of Civil Service, Momdou Sabally’s application seeking a stay of execution of the Janneh Commission adverse findings is...

Appeals Court to rule in Former President Brother’s Appeal Case

By Yankuba Jallow Ex-Director of Jammeh Foundation for Peace, Ansumana Jammeh appeal case challenging Janneh Commission adverse findings against him is set for ruling. Ansumana...

Momodou Sabally, Ex-President Jammeh’s brother to appear in Court Today

By Yankuba Jallow Momodou Sabally, an erstwhile Secretary General and Head of Civil Service in The Gambia and Ansumana Jammeh, a younger brother to former...

Former Chief Driver at State House, Protocol Officer Granted Bail

By Yankuba Jallow The Banjul High Court presided over by Justice Ebrima Jaiteh has on Thursday, 4th June 2020 granted bail to a former chief...

Gambia Government Suspends Sales of properties Seized After Janneh Commission...

Gambia Government said on Friday it was suspending sales of the properties of individuals who were found liable by the Janneh Commission of Enquiry. “The...

Is A Commission Of Enquiry A Court ?

QUESTION OF THE DAY According to Section 200 of the Constitution “(I) The President may, whenever he or she deems it advisable,  issue a Commission appointing  one or...

Gambia Government Relaxes Some Covid-19 Restrictions

Dated Thursday, 4th June 2020 Banjul, The Gambia His Excellency President Adama Barrow in consultation with his Special Cabinet Sub-Committee on the Covid-19 pandemic and...