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Wuli East Animal Protection Association Files Petition against the Police

By: Kebba AF Touray Members of Wuli East Animal Protection Association (WEAPA) have filed a petition against three police stations for allegedly failing to take...

Two People Die of Covid-19

By Nelson Manneh The Gambia has over the weekend registered two new COVID-19 related deaths, bringing the total number of coronavirus deaths, since March 2020,...

Encounter with ‘Maaw Gee’, Gambian Music Producer

With Makutu Manneh Welcome to another Edition of the Arts and Culture, the Column that seeks to promote Arts, Music and Culture in the Gambia. In...

TRRC Invites Persons Who Suffered Human Rights Violations to Submit Their...

By Nelson Manneh &Yankuba Jallow The Chairman of the Truth Commission Lamin Sise has recently invited all persons who suffered human rights violations and abuses perpetrated by...

Former NIA Deputy Director Denies Ordering ‘Junglers’ to Torture GAF’s Army...

By Yankuba Jallow Foday Momodou Hydara, former Deputy Director General of the National Intelligence Agency (NIA), Thursday, 4th February 2021 denied Pierre Mendy’s allegation that...

Internet Disrupted in GBA after Personnel Working for NAWEC’s Indian Project...

...Causing Connection Hitches and Hitting Business Hard Mustapha Jallow The Public Relations Officer of the National Water and Electricity Company (NAWEC), Pierre Silva has confirmed to...

TRRC Witness says he was Tortured by Former President’s Henchmen

By Nelson Manneh Mr. Alhagie Lang Ceesay, alias Kebba Dibba, told the TRRC on Tuesday 2nd February, 2021, that he was tortured by the former president’s...

TRRC: Police Officer says Principal Witness in Treason Trial of Lan...

By Nelson Manneh Lamin Cham, Officer Commanding the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) at Brikama Police Station, Tuesday told the Truth Commission (TRRC) that the principal...

NSC Views Suspension of Inter-Schools’ Sports Unfair Treatment

By Kebba Secka The Executive Director of National Sports Council (NYC), Marcel Mendy, said the suspension of inter-schools annual athletic competition by the government is...

“I was a strong Sympathizer of the APRC,” says former NIA...

By Nelson Manneh Mr Abdoulie Kujabi, former Director General of the National Intelligence Agency (NIA), appeared before the TRRC on Monday and said he was...

Grade 12 Graduate with 9 Credits Appeals For Scholarship

By Kebba Secka Musa Sowe, a former student of Maahad Senior Secondary School in Brikama, West Coast Region, is appealing for scholarship to pursue his degree...

Importers Link Essential Commodity Price Hike to Demurrage Charges

By: Kebba AF Touray Importers of essential commodities in The Gambia have informed the National Assembly Select on Trade that the high charge on demurrage...

Magistrates Directed to Hear Rent Cases

By Yankuba Jallow Hassan Bubacar Jallow, the Chief Justice of The Gambia, in consultation and concurrence with President Adama Barrow, has disclosed that he has...

Judiciary Strategic Plan Launched

By Yankuba Jallow The Judiciary of The Gambia has on Sunday, 31st January 2021 launched their five year strategic plan aimed at, among others, to...

Ministry Reveals Total Number of Gov’t Owned-buildings Unknown

By Kebba Secka Ministry of Works, Transport and Infrastructure last Thursday informed lawmakers in Banjul that it has no data about the total number of...

Barrow’s NPP to Sustain 2016 Legacy

By Makutu Manneh President Adama Barrow said his National People’s Party is the outcome of the commitment to sustain the change in 2016 presidential run...

NRA Spent Over D220 Million on Road Maintenance As At 2019

By Kebba AF Touray The Board of the National Road Authority (NRA) has disclosed to the National Assembly Select Committee on Public Enterprise (PEC), that...

What Have The Pensioners Received That Is Troubling Many Of Them?

QUESTION OF THE DAY Foroyaa has been reliably informed by pensioners that they have received a form from the Treasury which they have to fill...

The NPP Launches Party At The Stadium

The NPP has one National Assembly member and one councillor. Its first major National Contest would be the Presidential election of 2021 when President Barrow would...

Should Civil Society Rely On The People Or The Courts To...

QUESTION OF THE DAY The duty of a representative is to serve the people. When it comes to the National Assembly members, Section 112 of...