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Access to ID Cards Remains A Challenge for Gambians

By Nelson Manneh In a recent press conference, Ebrima Mboob, the Director General of the Gambia Immigration Department (GID), highlighted ongoing challenges faced by Gambians...

BADGED MESSENGER OF FONI JARROL CONCLUDED HIS TESTIMONY BEFORE BRIKAMA MAGISTRATES...

By Louise Jobe Foni Jarrol District Tribunal badged messenger, Mr. Salifu Ceesay, on Wednesday 30th July 2025, continued and concluded his testimony narration before the...

NAWEC Uncovers Over 25 Illegal Electrical Connections at Former President’s Garden...

By Assan Bah  The National Water and Electricity Company (NAWEC) has uncovered more than two dozen alleged illegal electricity connections at the garden of former...

Young Man Sentenced for Theft of Over D150,000 in Cash and...

By Louise Jobe A young man identified as Musa Njie has been sentenced by the Brikama Magistrates’ Court after pleading guilty to breaking into a...

Ebrahim Daffeh Rejects Confession in Tujereng Murder of Alieu Ceesay

By Mariama Marong  Ebrahim Daffeh, standing trial for the murder of Alieu Ceesay, a native of Banyaka who died in Tujereng, has rejected the confession...

Gambia Confirms 1 Mpox Case, Investigates 17 Suspected Infections

By Nelson Manneh  Update (25 July) - Health authorities in The Gambia have confirmed the country’s first case of Mpox, a viral disease formerly known...

Police Lie Exposed in Court

By Mariama Marong The High Court in Banjul has ruled that a police officer gave false testimony under oath in the ongoing murder trial of...

Court Strikes Out Bail Application for Alleged Human Trafficker ‘Treasure’

By Mariama Marong The High Court in Banjul, presided over by Justice Sidi Jobarteh, on Tuesday, 22nd July 2025, struck out the bail application filed...

Judiciary Transfers Magistrate as Ten Nioro Jarrol Farmers Remain Detained

By Louise Jobe Hopes of securing bail for ten detained farmers from the village of Nioro Jarrol were dashed once again on Monday, July 21,...

Pakistani Man Accused of Masquerading as Diplomat to Defraud Gambians

By Kemeseng Sanneh (Kexx) A Pakistani national who allegedly posed as a diplomat and used fake credentials to defraud Gambians has been arraigned before the...

Central Bank Official Confirms Fake Dollars in Court

By Mariama Marong Bai Omar Joof, Head of the Foreign Currency Management Department at the Central Bank of The Gambia, on Monday, 14 July 2025,...

Court Acquits 2 Alleged Drug Dealers

By Kemeseng Sanneh (Kexx) Principal Magistrate Krubally of the Banjul Magistrate Court on Monday acquitted Babou Jobe and Dawda Sambou, two men accused of possessing...

Alleged New Trafficker Pleads Not Guilty to Sexual Exploitation

By Mariama Marong A Nigerian woman, Chinenye Amadi, has pleaded not guilty to charges of human trafficking and sexual exploitation during her arraignment before the...

Farmers Denied Bail in Land Dispute Case Amid Fresh Charges

By Louise Jobe A group of men from the village of Nioro Jarrol in the West Coast Region have been remanded at the Mile Two...

Judge Convicts Two Youth to 10 Years for Violent Bicycle Robbery

By Mariama Marong Justice Sidi Jobarteh of the Banjul High Court on Thursday, 17 July 2025, convicted and sentenced two young men, Joseph Mendy and...

Justice Jobarteh to NALA: Respect the Rights of Detainees

By Mariama Marong Justice Sidi Jobarteh on Monday, 15 July 2025, issued a strong warning to the Executive Director of the National Agency for Legal...

NAATIP Officer Testifies in Trafficking Case Involving Hanna Isaiah

By Mariama Marong On Tuesday, 15th July 2025, Inspector Ebou Gaye of the National Agency Against Trafficking in Persons (NAATIP) appeared before Justice Sidi Jobarteh...

Magistrate Orders Detention of Farmers at Mile 2 for Farming on...

By Louise Jobe Two farmers from Nioro Jarrol, Bala Jobe and Alhagie Jobe, have been remanded at Mile 2 Central Prison by Magistrate M. Dem...

Justice Jaiteh Overrules Kombo South Tribunal

By Kemeseng Sanneh (Kexx) The High Court, presided over by Justice Ebrima Jaiteh, has set aside a judgement by the Kombo South District Tribunal in...

Two Police Officers Testify in Banjul Murder Trial

By Mariama Marong The trial of Omar Fraser, accused of murdering Kebba Ndoye, commenced on Wednesday, 10th July 2025, before Justice Sidi Jobarteh at the...