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Promulgation Bill Collapses — Majority Leader Calls It Regrettable

By Kebba AF Touray The Majority Leader Hon. Billay G Tunkara, has said that the failure of the promulgation bill 2024, to meet the required...

Judicial Conditions Bill Surfaces 10 Months After Remuneration Proposal Collapsed

By Kebba AF Touray Attorney General and Minister of Justice Dawda A. Jallow on Friday, July 11, 2025, introduced the Judicial Officers (Conditions of Service) Bill, 2025,...

Lawmaker Proposes Bill to Clarify Presidential Pardon Process

By Kebba AF Touray Seeking to bring clarity, transparency, and procedural rigor to a centuries-old presidential power, Hon. Alhagie Mbow, the National Assembly Member for...

Legislators Sound Alarm Over State of Health Facilities

By Assan Bah The National Assembly (NA) Select Committee on Health, Refugees, Disaster and Humanitarian Relief, presented a concerning report on the state of some...

GRA Staff Attend Leadership Course on AI and Talent Strategy in...

By Assan Bah Two staff of the Gambia Revenue Authority (GRA) recently joined colleagues from across West Africa in Lagos for a high-level training on future-focused workplace...

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...

Ministry of Fisheries Announces Temporary Night Fishing Ban to Protect Fish...

By Madiba Singhateh The Ministry of Fisheries, Water Resources, and National Assembly Matters has officially announced a temporary ban on night fishing, effective from 10...

National Assembly Passes Student Loan Bill to Expand Access to Education

By Kebba AF Touray The National Assembly on Friday, July 11, 2025, passed the Students’ Revolving Loan Scheme Bill, paving the way for the establishment of...

National Assembly Approves Recommendation to Curb Unauthorized Virement

By Kebba AF Touray The resolutions of the Finance and Public Accounts Committee (FPAC) of the National Assembly have, among other things, resolved that the...

WHAT WILL GOV’T DO ABOUT GAPS IN HEALTH DELIVERY INDICATED BY...

The National Assembly Select Committee on Health, Refugees, Disaster and Humanitarian Relief in its report to the National Assembly after touring health facilities and...

Judicial Secretary Calls for Constructive Dialogue

The Judiciary has issued a rejoinder challenging a Foroyaa article authored by Yankuba Jallow on the slow pace of judicial proceedings due to the...

First Day of Boundary Demarcation in Gunjur-Berending Dispute

By Hatab Nyang and Louise Jobe On Thursday, July 10, 2025, the Department of Lands and Surveys’ Brikama branch commenced the highly anticipated boundary demarcation...

Clarification on “Justice Slows as Courts Shut Before Time ” A...

Banjul, 10th July 2025: The Judiciary of The Gambia has taken note of the article published in the Foroyaa Newspaper dated July 7, 2025,...

First Witness Takes Stand in Trial of Woman Accused of Insulting...

By Kemeseng Sanneh (Kexx) The trial of Mariama Naba Darboe, who is accused of directing a “parental insult” at the President of The Gambia, opened...

Assembly Committee Orders Local Government Councils to Account for Millions of...

By Kebba AF Touray The Finance and Public Accounts Committee (FPAC) of the National Assembly has issued sweeping recommendations to multiple local government councils across...

MPs Demand Documents on Ministerial Land Grants

By Assan Bah Hamat N.K. Bah, the Minister for Lands, Regional Government and Religious Affairs has defended the government's allocation of state-forfeited lands at Brufut...

Parliament Adopts Report on US$30 Million Oil Scandal

By Kebba AF Touray In a ground breaking development, the National Assembly has on Thursday 10th July 2025, adopted the report of the Joint Committee...

Businessman Demands D35 Million Refund from BCC After Failed Land Deal

By Yankuba Jallow  A prominent businessman has demanded a refund of D35 million from the Banjul City Council (BCC) following a failed land transaction that he says involved high-ranking...

Sering Modou Njie Appointed as New Foreign Affairs Minister

A press statement from the State House has announced that President Adama Barrow appointed Sering Modou Njie as Foreign Affairs Minister. The statement read...

Creed Energy, Ultimate Biege Logistics Owe GRA over D20 Million in...

By Assan Bah The National Assembly’s Joint Committee on Finance and Public Enterprises (FPAC), and the Public Enterprises Committee (PEC), have disclosed in a report...