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Missing 10-Year-Old Found Dead at Manjai Bridge  

By Nelson Manneh  Cadet Assistant Superintendent of Police, Modou Musa Sissawo, the Public Relations Officer of the Gambia Police Force confirmed the discovery of a...

9 Arrested for Possession, Trafficking of ‘Kush’ 

By Nelson Manneh The Drug Law Enforcement Agency of the Gambia (DLEAG) has over the weekend arrested nine (9) people for trafficking and possession of...

National Assembly Holds Hearing on $30 Million Petroleum Product Saga

By Kebba AF Touray Honourable Sainey Jawara appeared before the joint committee of the National Assembly comprising the Public Enterprise Committee (PEC) and Finance and...

Suspected Gang of Robbers Charged with Felony, Other Counts

By Nelson Manneh  The Gambia Police Force have charged a gang of alleged robbers with felony and other crimes for committing robbery and burglary within...

Poultry Farmers Decry High Cost of Feed, Imported Chickens 

By Sariba Manneh Poultry Farmers across The Gambia in an interview with this medium lamented the high cost of feed and imported chickens, which is...

BAC Revenue Collector Reappears Before Local Government Commission

By Makutu Manneh Lamin Saidy, a daily revenue collector at the Brikama market has reappeared before the Local Government Commission of Inquiry.  During his previous testimony...

Senior Secondary School Student Seeks Sponsorship

By Sariba Manneh  Rohey Kebbeh, a senior secondary school student is soliciting financial support from all and sundry, to pay for her School bills. Kebbeh who...

Teenager Solicits Sponsorship to Complete His Education

By Assan Bah As another School year closes, financially challenged families have begun another season of moving across the length and breadth of the country,...

Africa Estimated to be Second Largest Source of Plastic Pollution  

By: Kebba AF Touray The Director of Environment and Climate Change at the ECOWAS Commission, Kofi Bernard, has told the ECOWAS Parliament Joint Committee on...

GID Vows to Prosecute Gambians over Lack of National Documents

By Mustapha Jallow  Chief Superintendent Mamanding S. Dibba, the Spokesperson for the Gambia Immigration Department (GID), on Monday, 5 August 2024 warned that Gambian citizens...

BAC Assistant Finance Manager Admits Withdrawing Over D11 Million Without Vouchers

By Makutu Manneh  Yaya Bah, Assistant Finance Manager of Brikama Area Council, has admitted withdrawing eleven million, four hundred and seventy thousand, three hundred and...

Gambian migrants stranded, others arrested in Algiers

Biran Gaye Several Gambian migrants continue to sleep in the streets of Algiers, Algeria as local police arrested a dozen of their counterparts, ushering in...

WHY IS THE OIL CARGO IN THE GAMBIA?

The National Assembly has started its inquiry. Rumours disappear when institutions function. It is alleged that the vessel was destined for Ghana. Ghana will...

SOLUTIONS NEEDED: MANY YOUTHS ARE BACK FROM IRREGULAR MIGRATION: WHAT NEXT?

Minds are focused on the number of young people who are risking their lives in the search for greener pastures elsewhere. However, thousands of...

Residents of Manduar Demand Solution to Alkaloship Crisis

By Louise Jobe   Protest against the selling of community forest lands led to the arrest of the VDC chair and others It has been four (4)...

NaNA Says Maternal Leave is a Right Not Privilege 

By Nelson Manneh The Acting Executive Director of the National Nutrition Agency (NaNA) Mr Malang Fofana has recently informed this medium that maternal leave that...

DCAF, partners launch project to address GFRS challenges

By Mustapha Jallow  The Geneva Centre for Security Sector Governance (DCAF), in collaboration with the Interior Ministry and the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority (PURA), on...

Higher Education Minister Discloses Ongoing Efforts to Review Core Subjects

By Kebba AF Touray The Minister of Higher Education, Dr. Pierre Gomez, has disclosed before Members of the National Assembly, current efforts in resource mobilization...

GTBank Donates Solar-Powered Borehole to Residents of Kemoto Village

By Nelson Manneh Guaranty Trust Bank Gambia on Saturday, 3 August 2024, handed over a solar powered water borehole to the community of Kemoto Village,...

Parliamentary Inquiry into Shady Petroleum Product Deal Getting Set

By: Kebba AF Touray The joint committee on Public Enterprise Committee (PEC) and the Finance and Public Accounts Committee (FPAC) on Monday, 5th August 2024,...