52 Candidates to contest for Seats in Kerewan Area Council
A total number of 52 candidates are contesting for all the sixteen wards in the Kerewan Local Government Area.
At the close of nomination on...
PPP, NRP, GPDP Nominate Candidates In The Kanifing Municipality
By Fatoumatta K Jallow
The People’s Progressive Party (PPP), on Friday 16th March 2018, nominated candidates for the Kanifing Municipality, for the upcoming local government elections...
Returning Officer Urges Candidates To Promote Peace As UDP Nominate Candidates...
By MUHAMMED S. BAH
Isatou Jallow Ndure, the Returning Officer for the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) in Banjul, has strongly urged candidates to promote peace...
GDC Nominates Candidates for Kanifing Municipality
By Fatoumatta K Jallow
The Gambia Democratic Congress (GDC), on Wednesday14th March 2018, filed the nomination papers of nine candidates who will contest for the...
APRC Nominates Seventeen Candidates In Kanifing Municipality
By Fatoumatta K Jallow
Alliance for Patriotic Re-orientation and Construction (APRC) on Tuesday 13th March 2018, nominated seventeen candidates out of nineteen wards for...
Nomination Begin With APRC Candidates As Electoral Commissioner Challenges Candidates
By MUHAMMED S. BAH
Nomination has started at the IEC Office in Banjul with 7 APRC candidates going through the process with a clean bill...
Assan Martin Unveils Candidacy
By: Kebba AF Touray
The candidature of one of the aspiring Independent contestants for the Kanifing Municipal Council Mayoral seat Assan Martin, was on Saturday...
P D O I S Public Notice Primary in Kanifing Municipality
The Central Committee of the People’s Democratic Organisation for Independence and Socialism (PDOIS) pursues the policy of mandating its ward and regional Committees to select...
Pa Sallah Jeng Withdraws From Banjul Mayoral Race and speaks out
The former Mayor of Banjul who stood and won on an independent ticket, has declared his withdrawal from the race for the Banjul Mayoral...
GPDP Holds Press Conference
By: Kebba Mamburay
Gambia Party for Democracy and Progress, on Friday 2nd March 2018, held a press conference at their main political Bureau in Church-hills,...
APRC announces candidates for council elections
By: Kebba AF Touray
1 March 2018 - The Alliance for Patriotic Re-orientation and Construction (APRC), has issued a press release authenticating the nomination of...
Cabinet prefers both elections on the same date
The Cabinet has expressed its preference for both elections for mayors/chairpersons to be held on the same day rather than holding them on different...
Talib Bensouda Wins UDP Mayoral Primaries
By Yankuba Jallow
Talib Ahmed Bensouda, was on Saturday 17th February 2018, voted in as the Mayoral candidate for the United Democratic Party (UDP), after leading...
Bye Malleh Wadda Steps Out of the Race for Banjul Mayorship
Mr Bye Malleh Wadda who had declared his interest to contest the mayor ship for Banjul has announced his withdrawal from the race, blaming...
Was The IEC Consulted Before Chairpersonship Election Was Re-Introduced?
Three months before the holding of local government elections, the councils are dissolved and management committees appointed to run them. This law is definitely...
What Is Holding The Registration Of New Political Parties?
QUESTION OF THE DAY:
One would have expected that new parties will be making their existence known by now. The information gathered is that the...
UDP Holds Rally In Brikama
By: Kebba AF Touray
The United Democratic Party yesterday, held a mass political rally at Brikama.
The rally was attended by the party leader Ousainou Darboe,...
UDP Postpones Primary Election For Mayoral Aspirants
By Yankuba Jallow
The United Democratic Party (UDP) has postponed the proposed primary elections to be conducted by the party for aspiring Mayoral candidates that...
‘Women Reduced To Mere Spectators For Past Two Decades’ – M...
By Kebba AF Touray
The Speaker of the National Assembly Mariam Jack Denton, has said that over the past two decades, women have been reduced...
‘Voter Participation Pivotal In Conduct of Election’- IEC Chairman
By: Kebba AF Touray
The Chairman of the IEC, Mr. Alieu Momarr Njie, said voter participation is pivotal in the conduct of free, fair and...
