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Abdoulaye Thiam & Aisha Fatty Case Resumes after Long Break

By Kemeseng Sanneh (Kexx) The civil case involving Senegalese business tycoon, Abdoulaye Thiam, against Gambia’s businesswoman, Aisha Fatty, has resumed for the first time in 2024 after the...

Judge Admits Contract, Other Documents in Senior Health Officials’ Corruption Trial

By Mariama Marong Justice Ebrima Jaiteh of the Banjul High Court on Monday, 12 February admitted into evidence contract and other documents in the criminal...

Lawyers for 6 Schools Challenge Competence of Students’ Veil Case

By Mariama Marong Justice Ebrima Jaiteh of the Banjul High Court is set to deliver a ruling on 21 March 2024 on whether the veil (hijab)...

Janjanbureh High Court Sentences Man to Death for Murder

By Lamin Fatty A trial judge in Janjanbureh High Court has convicted and sentenced a man to death for murder. The convict was one Bubacarr Bah....

Corpse of Foni Gunshot Victim Evacuated to Banjul

By Nelson Manneh The National Assembly member for Foni Bintang Karanai Constituency Honourable Bakary Badjie yesterday informed this medium that the corpse of an alleged...

Bansang Hospital: “146 Pregnant Women Died between 2016 and 2020 in...

By: Kebba AF Touray The Board of Bansang General Hospital Management has reported that a total of 146 pregnant women died at the said hospital...

Central Bank Spells Out Moves to Withdraw Old, Damaged Bank Notes

By Amadou Manjang  The Central Bank of the Gambia (CBG) has spelt out moves it has taken to withdraw old and damaged currency notes. In an...

Court Gives Time to State to Negotiate with Families of AKI...

By Mariama Marong Justice Ebrima Jaiteh of Banjul High Court has granted more time for the state to further negotiate with the representatives of Acute...

Court Asks Female Murder Suspect to Get a Lawyer

By Kemeseng Sanneh (Kexx) Mariama Jallow, who has been accused of killing a 16-year-old boy in Brufut by stabbing him with a knife, has been told...

Forex Bureau Murder Suspect Remanded

By Kemeseng Sanneh (Kexx) Principal Magistrate Sallah Mbye has remanded the alleged murderer of HM Bureau Exchange staff. Police prosecutor Superintendent Jammeh appeared for the Inspector General of...

District Tribunal Yet to Decide on Berending Village Land Case

By Nelson Manneh Mr Sanna Sanyang, the Alkalo of Berending Village in Kombo South on Thursday, 25 January 2024 testified before a tribunal in a...

Auditor General’s Findings on Government’s 2020 Account

Auditor General Modou Ceesay has presented his audit report on the different accounts of the Gambia Government showing serious violation of financial rules. The presentation...

Tom Saintfeit Resigns as National Team Coach

By Yankuba Jallow Tom Saintfeit, the head coach of the senior national team has resigned from his role after losing to Cameroon last evening. Tom’s side, The...

Vendors Reoccupying Roadsides, Street Corners

By Amadou Manjang Vendors are re-occupying roadsides and street corners following the nationwide road clearing exercise by the National Road Authority. The nationwide road clearing...

President of Bar Association’s Speech on Police Actions

By Yankuba Jallow Senior Lawyer Neneh M.C Cham, the newly elected President of the Gambia Bar Association has called on the Gambia Police Force to...

Prolonged Criminal Trial of 4 Real Estate Agents

By Yankuba Jallow The over 3-year criminal trial involving four (4) employees of Manor Real Estate Company has suffered another delay again. On Monday, 15...

Forex exchange bureau staff stabbed to death by an alleged armed...

By Nelson Manneh A staff at a Forex Exchange Bureau at Westfield was on Friday 18th January 2024 stabbed “multiple times” to death by an alleged armed robber. The...

Ousman Sonko: “Not at the PIU Headquarters during the April 16...

Source Trial International: Reported by Kemeseng Sanneh (Kexx) Ousman Sonko is accused of deprivation of liberty, torture and cruel detention conditions of protesters in April...

Litigants Demand Diligent Police Prosecution of Their Cases

By Yankuba Jallow Police have a double role of law enforcement and prosecutorial mandates. At the Magistrates’ Courts countrywide, the police have sought adjournments in many...

AfCON: Gambia Play Guinea Today

By Yankuba Jallow Guinea, who were eliminated in the AfCON 2021 by The Gambia, will play the Scorpions tonight in Ivory Coast in the ongoing AfCON...