Kwame Karikari 2024 Fact-Checking Fellowship Commences
By Nelson Manneh
The 2024 Kwame Karikari Fact Checking Fellowship began on Monday, 26 February 2024 with a virtual training on fact-checking of news articles and...
Key witness to testify in Abdoulaye Thiam vs Aisha Fatty’s case
By Kemeseng Sanneh (Kexx)
Justice Ebrima Jaiteh ruled in favour of the Applicant seeking to summon Mrs Aji Fama Taal-Gaye as a witness in the...
WHAT IS NATIONAL DIALOGUE?
The term national dialogue is now frequently used in many countries, including The Gambia and Senegal. In these instances it is the government that...
THE WARNING SIGNALS OF GAMBIA FERRY SERVICES LTD
Foroyaa has emphasised when the issue of investment to manage the Senegambia Bridge arose, that The Gambia Ferry Services Limited should have been commissioned...
How A Court Bailiff Arrests 2 Found with “Kush” Drug
By Kemeseng Sanneh (Kexx)
Kebba Ousainou Sowe, a court bailiff at the Kanifing Magistrate’s Court, apprehended two nationals of Sierra Leon allegedly in possession of...
NHRC Concerned about Moves to Repeal the Law Banning FGM
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) in a Press Statement said it is gravely concerned about a public notice from the Office of the...
Awarded SICs Estimated to Generate over D7 Billion
By: Kebba AF Touray
Officials of the Gambia Investment and Export Promotion Agency (GIEPA) have disclosed before members of FPAC that they have processed and awarded Special Investment...
Police Arraign Man in Court for Allegedly Killing British Lady
By Louise Jobe
Augustine Bangura, a national of Sierra Leone was on Monday, 26 February arraigned before Principal Magistrate A. Mendy of the Brikama Magistrate’s...
Government’s Domestic Debt Rises to D41.3 Billion, Says Governor Saidy
By: Kebba AF Touray
The Governor of the Central Bank of the Gambia (CBG), Buah Saidy has said that government’s domestic debt rose to D41.3...
WHO grants prequalification to the polio vaccine
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has licensed the new oral polio vaccine type 2 and granted it prequalification. The objective is to completely eradicate...
Alleged Police Shooter Testifies in Murder Trial
By Kemeseng Sanneh (Kexx)
Ousainou Bojang, the person accused of shooting and killing two (2) policemen testified in his murder trial.
The prosecution alleged that on...
GID arrests over 300 undocumented West African migrants
By Amadou Manjang
The Gambia Immigration Department (GID) has arrested 302 undocumented migrants during the weekend in Kanifing Municipality and West Coast Region.
The undocumented...
Finance Minister to Address Parliament on Implementation of Annual Budget
By: Kebba AF Touray
The National Assembly, through the Office of the Clerk, Momodou Sise, has revealed that the Gambia’s Finance Minister is expected to...
Breakdown in Ferry Service Impedes FPAC’s Accountability Oversight
By: Kebba AF Touray
The current breakdown in ferry services yesterday Monday, 26 February impeded the accountability engagement of the Finance and Public Accounts Committee...
GNPC Seeks Funding for 2024 Global Paralympic Games
By Nelson Manneh
The Gambia National Paralympic Committee (GNPC) is appealing to the government and stakeholders to support them as they prepare for the 2024...
QUESTION OF THE DAY
IS IT PUTTING THE CART BEFORE THE HORSE?
The promulgation of the Constitution of the Third Republic should have preceded the enactment of the Elections...
More than 700,000 Gambians were food insecure in 2023
About 729,800 Gambians faced food insecurity last year, The Gambia National Food Security Survey Report says.
The survey was conducted by the World Food Programme...
Owners of land in Batokunku seized by Jammeh demand compensation
By Amadou Manjang & Mustapha Jallow
A group of Gambians who own landed properties in Batokunku has renewed calls for the return of their lands alongside with...
MCA to Enforce Ban of Skin Bleaching Products Hazardous to Health
By Nelson Manneh
The Medicines Control Agency (MCA) has vowed to enforce the regulation on certain products including some skin bleaching products within the Gambian...
Food items donated to Serekunda Hospital in ‘excellent condition’ – Ministry...
By Amadou Manjang
The food items donated to Serekunda General Hospital by Alvihag Supermarket were in ‘excellence condition’, the Ministry of Health said.
The Ministry...
