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Gambia Spends Over D8.13 Billion in First Quarter

By Kebba AF Touray The Gambia's total government expenditure for the first quarter of 2025 stood at Eight Billion One Hundred and Thirty Million Dalasi...

NRA Spends Millions on Drainage Cleaning as Public Frustration Grows

By Nelson Manneh The National Roads Authority (NRA) says it spends up to GMD 7 million annually on drainage cleaning operations across The Gambia, yet...

Darsilameh Villagers Express Border Concerns to CDS Cham

By Makutu Manneh Residents of Darsilameh, a village in Kombo North District bordering Senegal, have called on the government to urgently demarcate the border to...

Landowners Demand Return of Plots Seized by State

By Yankuba Jallow & Kemeseng Sanneh (Kexx) A constitutional legal challenge launched by a group of landowners in Batokunku has brought fresh scrutiny to the...

Young Man Granted D100,000 Bail Over Alleged Theft of Solar Panels...

By Louise Jobe Magistrate Fofana of the Brikama Magistrate Court on Wednesday granted bail in the sum of one hundred thousand dalasi (D100,000) to a...

Two Men Accused of Stealing 21 Cattle Remanded at Mile Two...

By Louise Jobe A magistrate in Brikama on Thursday ordered the remand of two men at Mile Two Central Prison following their arraignment on charges...

Gambians Endure a Bureaucratic Marathon to Get National ID Cards

By Nelson Manneh As dawn breaks over the coastal city of Kanifing, a small crowd begins to gather outside the national ID card processing center,...

Young Scorpions resume training despite postponement of WAFU A&B U20 Boys Cup

By Momodou Jarju The Gambia’s Young Scorpions have resumed training after the Eid al-Adha break despite the postponement of the West African Football Union (WAFU A&B) U20 Boys Cup for...

National Security Adviser & 2 Others to Face Questions in Police...

By Kemeseng Sanneh (Kexx) The Banjul High Court on Tuesday ordered three senior government officials to testify in the ongoing murder case against Ousainou Bojang...

Magistrate Court Strikes Out Drug Case Against Former Chief Magistrate Pa...

By Kemeseng Sanneh (Kexx) The Bundung Magistrate Court has struck out five criminal charges against former Chief Magistrate Pa Modou Njie, bringing a controversial case...

Justice Sonia Moves to Fast-Track Rongo’s Land Case After Years of...

By Nelson Manneh Justice Sonia of the Banjul High Court Annex on Wednesday, 4th June 2025, called on the legal representatives of Rongo (Momodou Lamin...

Two Women Accused of Stealing D11,000 Granted D100,000 Bail

By Louise Jobe The Brikama Magistrates’ Court has granted bail in the sum of D100,000 to two Nigerian women accused of stealing D11,000 from a...

Youssoupha Sanyang signs 5-year deal with SK Slavia Praha

By Momodou Jarju Gambian international budding star Youssoupha Sanyang has signed a five-year deal with Czech giants SK Slavia Praha which will keep him at...

Cautionary Statement Rejected in Police Shooting Case

By Kemeseng Sanneh (Kexx) Justice Jaiteh of the High Court has rejected the admissibility of a cautionary statement presented by the Director of Public Prosecutions...

Former Narcotics Officer Sentenced to 30 Years for Armed Robbery and...

By Kemeseng Sanneh (Kexx) A former narcotics officer was sentenced Friday to 30 years in prison for his role in a violent daylight robbery in...

High Court Rules Against Access Bank in Creed Energy Suit

By Kemeseng Sanneh (Kexx) A High Court in Banjul has dismissed a motion by Access Bank Gambia Limited seeking to strike out a lawsuit filed...

Teargas Flows as Police Disperse Vendors in Serekunda Market Standoff

By Biran Gaye In a tense standoff, the Kanifing Municipal Council (KMC) is currently facing pushback from street vendors around Serekunda Market who fear that...

Defense Challenges Validity of Confessional Statements in Court

By Kemeseng Sanneh (Kexx) The robbery trial of three men accused of violently attacking the United Vegetable Oil Company on December 31, 2024, took a...

Trial of Niorro Jarrol Farmers Faces Further Delay in Brikama Court

By Louise Jobe A long-running land dispute between the communities of Niorro Jarrol and Jarrol in Foni Jarrol suffered yet another delay on Tuesday when...

Disputed Shoes Belong to Me, Witness Testifies

By Kemeseng Sanneh (Kexx) A key defence witness in the high-profile murder trial of Ousainou Bojang, who is accused of fatally shooting two police officers...