Sunday, December 22, 2024

Legal Affairs

Magistrate Remands 10 Defendants in Manduar Forest Saga

By Louise Jobe Principal Magistrate Anna O. Mendy of Brikama Magistrate's Court has remanded the Chairperson of the Manduar Village Community Development and nine (9)...

Court Intervenes in Dispute between 3 Lawmakers, Clerk of NA over...

By Kemeseng Sanneh (KEXX) The High Court has recently passed an order directing the Clerk of the National Assembly to stop interfering or attempting to...

Magistrate Fines British National D25,000 for Assaulting 2 Custom Officers

By Louise Jobe  Ademeyi Olumuyina Awosanya, a British national, was on Thursday, 4 April convicted and sentenced on two criminal charges at the Brikama Magistrate’s...

Seven Charged with Assaulting police Officers

By Louise Jobe  The case between the Inspector General of Police (IGP) and seven individuals charged with assaulting police officers while performing their duties, has commenced...

Magistrate Issues Arrest Warrant against Gambia College Administrative Officer 

By Louise Jobe  Principal Magistrate Anna O. Mendy of the Brikama Magistrate’s Court has on Wednesday, 27th March 2024 issued a bench warrant order for...

DLEAG to Prosecute 6 for Possessing Kush & Cannabis 

By Mustapha Jallow & Nelson Manneh  Ousman Saidybah, a spokesperson for the Drug Law Enforcement Agency of the Gambia (DLEAG) on Wednesday said six (6)...

Attorney General Says FJC is Not APRC’s Secretary General

By Kemeseng Sanneh (KEXX) Binga Dinshiya, the Director of Civil Litigation at the Ministry of Justice appearing for the Attorney General in the Supreme Court...

Lawyer Ida Drammeh Addresses Supreme Court in UDP’s Case against Sheikh...

By Kemeseng Sanneh (KEXX) Lawyer Ida Drammeh, counsel for Sheikh Tijan Hydara, has on Wednesday 27th March 2024 addressed the Supreme Court in the case filed...

State to Provide Lawyer for Alleged Murderer Arona Tine

By Kemeseng Sanneh (KEXX) Justice Ebrima Jaiteh of the Banjul High Court has passed an order directing the National Agency for Legal Aid (NALA) to...

Lawyer Ida Drammeh Says She Only Needs 10 Minutes to Reply to UDP

Case Nears Judgment By Kemeseng Sanneh (KEXX) Senior Counsel Ida Drammeh representing Fatoumata Jahumpa Ceesay (FJC) and Ousman Rambo Jatta has informed the Supreme Court that...

Lawyer Darboe Asks Supreme Court to Nullify FJC & Rambo’s Appointments

By Kemeseng Sanneh (KEXX) Lawyer Ousainou Darboe, the leader of the United Democratic Party (UDP) and the Lead-Counsel for his party in the case against...

UDP Produces 6 Videos in Case against 6 Presidential Advisers

By Kemeseng Sanneh The United Democratic Party (UDP) has on Tuesday tendered six (6) videos through their party member, Kemo Bojang, who testified as the...

Supreme Court Aspires to Speedily Conclude Hearing UDP’s Case against 6...

By Kemeseng Sanneh (KEXX) The Supreme Court of the Gambia was on Monday unable to proceed with the United Democratic Party (UDP) case against six...

2 Men Sentenced to 2 Years for Possessing “Kush”

By Louise Jobe Magistrate K.B. Sambou of Brikama Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday, 19 March 2024 convicted and sentenced two Sierra Leoneans to a two-year jail term....

Westfield Murder Suspect Requests More Time to Get Lawyer

By Kemeseng Sanneh (Kexx) The trial of Arona Tine was delayed after he asked the court to give him more time to get a lawyer...

Court Grants Rongo’s Application for Injunction against Alleged Trespassers

By Nelson Manneh Justice Ruqata Oremei Ayoola of the Banjul High Court Annex on Monday, 11 March 2024 granted an application by Momodou Lamin Jarju...

Detective: Amie Bojang Facilitated Ousainou’s Escape

By Kemeseng Sanneh (Kexx) In the murder case of Ousainou Bojang and his sister, Detective Ebou Sowe, the sixth prosecution witness (PW6), told the court...

Kumba Sinyan to Open Defence in Murder Trial

By Kemeseng Sanneh (Kexx) Kumba Sinyan, a lady standing trial for allegedly killing her boyfriend (Lamarana Jallow), will open her defence on the 15 of...

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...

Businessman Saho Jobe Incarcerated and Later Released from Mile Two Prison

A Magistrate Court in Banjul has on 8th day of March 2024 ordered the release of the Chief Businessman Saho Jobe, who was sent to...