By Max President Jammeh’s God father and mentor (Baba Kali Jobe RIP) Yahya Jammeh’s legacy of Military Dictatorship, political thuggery and oppression. My attempt to write summary of the legacies of Mr Baba K Jobe was born out of thorough study of our Gambian military dictatorship which I believe was […]
Month: August 2015
UDP Brufut Rally A Success
34 APRC youths defected to the opposition United Democratic Party last Sunday, August 16th at the rally held in Brufut. The leader of United Democratic Party, Lawyer Ousainou Darboe hails his party’s rally in Kombo Brufut a success. Lawyer speaking at the rally said, Gambians are leaving the APRC in […]
Source Of Gambia’s Representation Failure
By Lamin Sayang, The Netherlands We have a political system where chiefs are appointed and not elected by those they preside over. Governors imposed on regions by political appointment. We clearly feel and sight complete disassociation between the nation and the state. Brothers and sisters, did we ever consider these as foul plays […]
Media Tycoon Caught Pants Down??
Dear Readers, We have heard rumours that a famous Gambian media tycoon has been nabbed, apparently by a Private Investigator hired by the long-suffering wife. The Watchman would be grateful if readers in the know (or even the PI or the wife) can tell more. Or even send us photos. […]
House of Humour part 1
A man caught his dissatisfied wife revealing their deeply marital secret to her friend in a family basement. What she didn’t however know was that the tiptoeing husband was hiding, and consuming everything. The patient husband waited until the wife had vomited everything in her heart before he raised an […]
MADNESS @ UTG??
Thank you, “former UTG employee” wishing to “inform the world about dubious activities of Dr Omar Jah and his camp at UTG”. The Watchman is indeed here to expose “dubious activities” at our institutions to ensure public trust is maintained. Your allegations against the UTG can be summarised as follows:- […]
Jammeh’s Sham Amnesty
By Yaya Saidy President Jammeh has done it again. This time trying to gain the confidence of the world by releasing some of his former military friends who were imprisoned on various treasonable charges. There are various theories advanced as to why Jammeh may have come with the release of […]
Disgraceful … Mr. Sam Sarr!
Sam, did you seek advice from Foreign Minister Neneh, from Information Minister Sheriff or even your Ambassador boss at the UN before releasing your statement that the two disappeared Gambian-Americans were not on a visit to The Gambia when they disappeared? Really Sam, politics is politics but human decency […]
Diplomat Sam Sarr Proven Wrong
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Family Members of the TWO MISSING US – CITIZENS, RESPOND TO FIRST STATEMENT FROM THE GAMBIA GOVERNMENT ISSUED BY A GAMBIAN DIPLOMAT MR SAMSUDEEN SARR USA – August 11, 2015 – We the family members of the two missing Gambian US Citizens […]
It Is Now Time For Us To Wake Up From Long Sleep
By Lamin Saddam Sanyang, The Netherlands On the 22nd of july 1994, our beloved country the Gambia faced what was the most remarkable in the political history of our nation. Our foundamental human right to decide and chose the leader of our nation was siezed and comdemned with impunity. We […]
Gambia Mourns Legendary Broadcaster
Tuesday morning around 5a.m. Gambia lost a great historian, a doyen broadcaster who served the Gambia Radio and Television Services (GRTS) Radio for 50 years. Hundreds of people attended the funeral, both at his former house in Banjul and at the mosque. Many people at his funeral spoke about the […]
Highest Order Of Madness At UTG
Dear Editor, how is your day? It is me the former UTG employee who recently came to the defense of the UTG insider who was attached by someone for merely informing the world about dubious activities of Dr Omar Jah and his camp at UTG. No surprise that the subject […]