Sunday, July 6, 2025

Legal Affairs

Court Discharges 2 Individuals Accused of Overpricing Food Commodities

By Nelson Manneh Two Mauritanians were on Monday acquitted and discharged by the Brikama Magistrate’s Court after the Court held that the prosecutors have not...

Police Confirm Criminal Case of Jarra Kani Kunda Imam Is Under...

By Mustapha Jallow Gambian Police on Monday said the case involving Imam Alhagie Kawsu Saidyhan of Jarra Kani Kunda, who was arrested for leading a...

Constitutional Review Commission side-steps controversy on secularism, took objective approach

By Yankuba Jallow The outgoing Constitutional Review Commission (CRC) has handled the controversy on secularism by taking an objective approach. The CRC, after publishing the first...

Remarks By Justice Cherno Sulayman Jallow, Qc (Jsc), Chairperson Of The...

Date: Monday, 30th March, 2020 Venue: Cabinet Office, Office of the President Your Excellency, the President of the Republic Your Excellency, Madam Vice President Hon. Speaker of the...

Authorities in the Security Sector Recommend Prosecution of Detained Soldiers

By Mustapha Jallow Gambian Security Agents have completed their investigations and recommended the prosecution of ten soldiers allegedly involved in extortion, the Army Spokesperson Major...

Court Sentences CEO of Kairaba Shopping Center, Others for overpricing of...

By Nelson Manneh The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Kairaba Shopping Center with five others were on Wednesday convicted by a lower court for overpricing...

Niang Sarang Jobe’s Case set for Judgment

By Yankuba Jallow A superior court in Banjul is set to deliver judgment in the civil suit involving an employee of The Point Newspaper and...

Gambia Maritime Administration sues former employee claiming for 1 million dalasis

By Yankuba Jallow The Gambia Maritime Administration (Plaintiff) has sued former employee Raymond Sarr of Bakoteh claiming for over a million dalasis (D1,057,756.00). Lawyer Malick H.B....

President Barrow freezes price of rice, other essential commodities

By Yankuba Jallow President Adama Barrow has passed a law that freezes the prices of all essential commodities to the prices they were sold in...

Health Minister Urges Absconded Individuals from Quarantine to Return or Face...

By: Kebba AF Touray Gambia’s Health Minister Dr. Ahmad Lamin Samateh, has warned those individuals who have absconded from quarantine, to report themselves to their...

Yankuba Touray succeeds in application to subpoena TRRC Executive Secretary

By Nelson Manneh & Yankuba Jallow Yankuba Touray, an erstwhile Minister of Local Government and Lands has succeeded in his application to subpoena the Executive...

Chief Justice instructs courts to adjourn until further notice

By Yankuba Jallow Following the suspension of the sittings at the TRRC and the National Assembly, the courts have now joined the list as a...

Court of Appeal to rule on Bazzi’s challenge to Janneh Commission

By Yankuba Jallow The Gambia Court of Appeal is set to deliver a ruling in the case of Muhammed Bazzi and the Attorney General. The court...

No Hearing Dates for Case of 15 Guineans, Others

By Yankuba Jallow The case of 15 Guineans and host of other cases are before the courts without hearing dates. These Guineans were charged with conspiracy...

The mandate of the CRC

COMMENTARY BY HALIFA SALLAH PART 12 A pragmatic citizen of the Gambia would have then reviewed the mandate of the Constitutional Review Commission and then...

State Opposes Yankuba Badjie’s Application for Bail

By Yankuba Jallow The State has raised objection on the bail application by Ex-Director General of the National Intelligence who is standing trial on 25...

Victims of Presidential Convoy Accidents Testify at TRRC

By Yankuba Jallow Two victims of convoy accidents under the rule of former President Yahya Jammeh have on Monday, given testimony on their victimisation. Musa Sallah...

Police investigating the demise of one Ousainou Sambou in Old Jeshwang

By Nelson Manneh On Saturday 7th March, at around 13:00hrs a lifeless body was found at the swamps around Bakau women's horticultural gardens. ASP Lamin Njie...

State opposes production of TRRC documents in Yanks Touray’s trial

By Yankuba Jallow Lawyer A. Sisoho for Yankuba Touray has made application for the testimonies of ex-Corporal Alagie Kanyi both before the TRRC and before...

Separation Of Power Of Religion And Power Of The State Under...

POLITICAL COMMENTARY BY HALIFA SALLAH, PART 8 Constitutions do not drop from the sky. They speak the language of context and content. They are not...