Thursday, August 28, 2025
Home Blog Page 45

Victims Mark Another April 10 & 11 Without Reparation 

A Sense of Disappointment By Amadou Manjang As The Gambia commemorates the April 10 and 11 student massacre, victims and their families are once again marking...

NPP Candidate for Half-Die Ward Files Nomination Papers

By Nelson Manneh Mr. Barthalomeh Bolo Colley, the NPP candidate for the forthcoming Half Die Ward By-elections, submitted his nomination papers to the Independent Electoral...

Lawmakers Demand Urgent Reforms Amid Alarming National Challenges

By Kebba AF Touray During the National Assembly's adjournment debate, Gambian lawmakers raised alarm over several pressing national issues, calling for immediate and coordinated government...

Fugitive Buba Drammeh Arrested After Four Years on the Run

By Nelson Manneh The Gambia Police Force has confirmed the arrest of Buba Drammeh, a fugitive who escaped from Mile II Central Prisons in 2020,...

Gambian Female Journalist Wins International Award

By Nelson Manneh In a moment of national pride, Isatou Ceesay, senior reporter at The Point Newspaper, has won a prestigious international award from the...

Police Secure Conviction of Tallinding South Councilor for Assault, Property Damage

By Nelson Manneh  The Prosecution Unit of The Gambia Police Force has secured the conviction of Karamo Ceesay, a United Democratic Party Councilor for Tallinding...

WHAT ARE THE APRIL 10/11 SURVIVORS SAYING?

Six years after the 1994 coup, the post-coup government which had more than 50 percent in the National Assembly were unnerved by student demonstrators...

SG Nyang details how equipping referees will raise basketball level in...

By Momodou Jarju The Secretary General of The Gambia Basketball Association (GBA) Alieu Nyang has detailed some of the efforts they are doing in terms...

Medina United close gap on GPA with back-to-back wins

By Momodou Jarju Photo: Medina United put pressure on leaders GPA in second tier. © Media United. Title contenders Medina United FC have closed the gap...

DETAILS OF CORONER’S INQUEST STILL UNCLEAR TO FOROYAA

As a paper committed to propagating, preserving, upholding, respecting and defending human rights we express concern that Bora Colley has been detained without trial...

Lawyer Says Micheal Correa Had No Choice But to Torture

By Mustapha Jallow Michael Sang Correa’s defence lawyer, Jared Westbroek, presented a compelling argument during his opening statements on Tuesday, claiming that his client, a...

Basse Area Council Chair Reveals D24 Million Inherited Debt

By Lamin Fatty  In a frank and far-reaching address during the opening of the Basse Area Council’s third general meeting, Chairman Muhammad Ceesay disclosed that...

Testimonies Unveil Dark Secrets in Magistrate Drug Case

By Kemeseng Sanneh (Kexx) The trial of former Magistrate Ebrima Janko Colley, former court registrar Ridwan Othman, and clerk Mariama Jankey Tamba has resumed at...

U.S. Prosecutor Drops One Torture Count Against Ex-Jungler Michael Correa

By Mustapha Jallow In a significant turn of events on Monday, Assistant U.S. Attorney Melissa Hindman moved to dismiss Count Five against Michael Sang Correa...

Chinese Embassy Hosts China-Gambia Bantaba Highlighting Cultural Exchange

By Ndey Sowe The Chinese Embassy in Banjul on Monday, April 7, 2025, hosted the third edition of the China-Gambia Bantaba under the theme “Cultural...

Former BCC Procurement Assistant Exposes Alleged Procurement Rules Violations

By Makutu Manneh Ida Njie, the former procurement assistant for the Banjul City Council (BCC), testified before the Local Government Commission of Inquiry, detailing significant...

1 Guinean dead as African migrants, including Gambians stranded in Tunisia

By Biran Gaye One Guinean died after being reportedly shot by a Tunisian citizen shot as thousands of Sub-Saharan Africans mostly from Sudan, Mali, Gambia,...

Physical Planning Orders Demolition of Unauthorised Structure in Lamin Village

By Nelson Manneh The Department of Physical Planning has issued a directive seeking the demolition of a building and a fence erected without the necessary...

Race Begins: Nominations Open for Half-Die Ward By-Elections Today

By Nelson Manneh The Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) will officially commence the nomination process for candidates in the Half-Die Ward by-elections today Thursday, April 10.  This...

Japan Approves Over D100 Million Grant to Boost Gambia’s Rice Production

By Ndey Sowe The Government of Japan has approved a grant of one hundred and twelve million, six hundred eighty-six thousand and forty-eight dalasi (D112,686,048)...