Browsing Category
Politics
PPP leadership division: Papa Njie’s lawyer asked court to strike out the case
Lamin Mboge, the lawyer defending Papa Njie, has asked the Banjul Magistrate Court to throw out the case brought against the leader of the Peoples’ Progressive Party by some senior members of the party.
A faction of the leadership of the…
50 Gambian female politicians get leadership training
The leadership training will be in series and it will be for the same batch of female would-be politicians. The project is expected to span 2 years.
The West African Network for Peacebuilding (WANEP) has began a two-day leadership…
GPU welcomes payment of compensation to four journalists by gov’t
Banjul, May 29: The Gambia Press Union welcomes and highly appreciates the payment of compensation to four journalists by the Government of The Gambia.
In a landmark ruling made in February 2018, the Ecowas Community Court of Justice…
Janneh Commission: People with notices of adverse findings urged to see Attorney General
The Justice Ministry is urging people who have received a notice of adverse findings in connection to the work of the Janneh Commission to contact the Minister Abubacarr Tambadou or the Solicitor General Cherno Marenah.
In a press…
Inconsistencies and distortions in President’s interview with Harona Drammeh
By Madi Jobarteh
The prime-time interview by Paradise TV’s Haruna Drammeh with the President tonight has raised fundamental issues that need urgent analysis lest we allow falsehood to prevail over the truth. On a number of issues, the…
Court martial found 8 Gambian soldiers guilty of treason
The sentencing of the soldiers will be announced on Monday, May 27
The court martial of the Gambia has found 8 soldiers guilty on charges of treason, concealment of treason and mutiny, among other counts.
The soldiers were led by Yaya…
Prosecutors in Solo Sandeng trial closes case
The defense lawyer for Yankuba Badgie, a former director of National Intelligence Agency, said they are making a ‘no case to answer’ submission.
The state prosecutors in the criminal trial of 7 former National Intelligent Agency have on…
ECOMIG forces still needed in Gambia – Minority Leader Jallow
Hon. Samba Jallow, the Minority Leader of the National Assembly of The Gambia, says ECOMIG still needed in the country
By News Agency of Nigeria
Gambian delegation to the ECOWAS Parliament said the services of the ECOWAS Mission in the…
Gambia defers 2019 O.I.C. summit hosting
Press Release
State House, Tuesday, 21st May 2019: The public is hereby informed that The Gambia government under the leadership of His Excellency, Adama Barrow has decided to defer the hosting of the 2019 Organization of Islamic…
‘FJC did not ask me not to cooperate with TRRC’
Alagie Kanyi, a witness in the ongoing trial of tampering with a Truth Commission witness, has told the High Court that Fatoumatta Jahumpa Ceesay did not ask him not to cooperate with the Commission.
Ceesay, a former speaker of the…