Opinion and Essay

The police force represent the strong arm of the state as in Section 180. The police are operationally independent of the government. This means that although the government is responsible for the police budget, the legislation that…

The belief in The Gambia is that if you are in government, department, agency or institution, you must make money like Bill Gates of Microsoft. If you don’t use your position to amass wealth, your friends and family members think of you…

The loss of life in Faraba is indeed very tragic and regrettable. I am mourning with my fellow citizens; and I would like to extend my heartfelt condolences to grieving families and friends, including those who sustained injuries and are…

Let me go straight to the point: I do not understand what is the rationale and value of the military and the intelligence representatives in the Faraba commission of inquiry. The incident that took place on Monday June 18 in that village…

By Alagie Yero Jallow With few exceptions, freedom fighters rarely remain so after tasting power. In many cases, they turn to dictatorship and find comfort in corruption. However, the worst are those who do not achieve…

Fellow Gambians, Distinguished Viewers and Listeners, As today marks the end of the Holy Month of Ramadan, we join millions of Muslims around the world to celebrate the glorious feast of Eid-ul-Fitr. While it is a moment of celebration,…

Kerr Fatou and its stringer Mustapha Darboe have reported that the Ministry of Agriculture has sold thousands of bags of fertilizer in both the Gambia and Senegal which would amount to millions of dalasi. These bags of fertilizer are…

Prince Ebrahima Sanyang's assets have been frozen by the commission of inquiry probing former ruler Yahya Jammeh. One year on, I am reiterating my position, that allegations brought forward by the Attorney General and Minister of…

Gambian activist Madi Jobarteh takes on constitutional lawyer Lamin Darboe. The Constitutional Review Commission (CRC) was inaugurated on June 4 by Pres. Adam Barrow. Soon after Lawyer Lamin J Darboe contended that the CRC was unlawfully…

The Bill that was transformed to The Constitutional Review Commission Act 2017 (the Act), by The Gambia National Assembly, provided for the establishment of a Constitutional Review Commission to draft and guide the process of promulgating…