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Police Arrest 19 Suspected Online Scammers in Brusubi

By Nelson Manneh The Gambia Police Force (GPF) has launched an investigation into an alleged online scamming operation after a patrol team arrested 19 suspects...

WASSCE Results Show Progress, Highlight Gaps in English, Mathematics

By Ndey Sowe The West African Examinations Council (WAEC), Banjul Office, has released the 2025 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) results for school...

GRA Engages Professional Bodies on New Digital Tax System

By Ndey Sowe The Gambia Revenue Authority (GRA) has organized a day-long sensitization workshop to raise awareness of the Integrated Tax Administration System (ITAS) among...

ECOWAS Set to Launch Business Council in September

                New apex body to boost trade in West Africa Muhammed S. Bah Arrangements are in full swing for the inauguration of the 21-member ECOWAS Business...

Seven Men Admit to Public Order Offenses in Kanifing Court

By Kemeseng Sanneh (Kexx) Seven men have pleaded guilty topublicly publicly d order offenses, including assaulting a police officer, after an incident earlier this month...

SHOULD ELECTRICITY NOT BECOME A CONCERN?

The reported electrocution of a man who was felling a tree close to cables transmitting electricity should ring an alarm bell for Nawec to...

INVITATION TO THE MINISTRY OF WORKS

A key road that has been constructed is the one close to the Sandika, moving from Jobe Street to Mosque Road in Serekunda. The...

Loan from Ex-Minister Gomez and Diverted Funds Put Former Basse Chairman...

By Yankuba Jallow The Local Government Commission of Inquiry has placed former Basse Area Council Chairman Foday Danjo at the center of a deepening financial...

Ministries Asked to Develop Training Manuals on Prevention, Prohibition of Torture

The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) in its 2024 report on human rights, has urged the Ministry of Interior (MOI) to collaborate with the...

Gov’t Eyes 90% Electricity Coverage by end of 2025

By Assan Bah The Minister of Petroleum, Energy and Mines, Mr. Nani Juwara, has announced that the government is on course to achieve 90% electricity...

Hon. Musa Cham Donates Motor-Tricycles and Football Gear to Local Communities

By Kebba AF Touray In a heartfelt ceremony held on Sunday, August 10, 2025, National Assembly Member for Serrekunda Constituency, Hon. Musa Cham, generously donated...

Alleged Serial Rapist Accuses Police of TortureBy Mariama Marong

In a rape case involving four alleged victims, the accused, Yaya Camara, told a court on Tuesday, August 12, 2025, that he was tortured...

Elderly Man in Farato Accused of Assaulting Wife With Bicycle Lock

By Louise Jobe An elderly man from Farato appeared before the Brikama Magistrates’ Court on Monday, accused of striking his wife on the head with...

Lawyer Challenges Batch Messenger’s Testimony in Jarrol Land Dispute

By Louise Jobe The cross-examination of a key witness in a bitter land dispute between the villages of Niorro Jarrol and Jarrol took center stage...

WHY ARE OLD CURRENCY NOTES IN CIRCULATION?

The Gambian people have been told that new currency notes have been made and that by December 2023 the new currency notes will replace...

WEIGHTS AND MEASURES SHOULD BE TAKEN SERIOUSLY

Many people are complaining that certain commodities that used to have seals are now being sold with broken seals. A typical example is the...

Network Against Gender-Based Violence Condemns Infant Death Linked to FGM

By Ndey Sowe The Network Against Gender-Based Violence (NGBV) has urged the police to conduct a comprehensive, impartial, and transparent investigation into the death of...

NHRC Raises Concerns Over GAF’s Lack of Cooperation in Stanislas Gomez...

The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has expressed serious concerns over the Gambia Armed Forces’ (GAF) noncompliance during the investigation into the alleged shooting...

Energy Minister Advocates for Renewable Energy Diversification

By Assan Bah At the recent Ministerial Town Hall Meeting dubbed ‘Mansa Kunda,’ Nani Juwara, Minister of Petroleum, Energy, and Mines, emphasised the urgent need...

Accused Persons Cannot Appear in Court Due to Mile II Vehicle...

By Mariama Marong Magistrate Isatou Jallow of the Brusubi Magistrates’ Court on Monday, August 11, 2025, adjourned all proceedings involving accused persons remanded at Mile...