Dictator of eating from hand to mouth His government’s pay scale is so low that the highest paid civil servants cannot survive on their salaries for 15 days without overdrafts and shop loans. The grade 12 salary is not more than D8000 per month for permanent secretaries, senior civil servants, Assistant […]
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A Deeper Look Into Mansa Musa’s Life
Paula Wilson When we think of the wealthiest people in the world, we most often think of theWaltons (of Wal-Mart fame), Warren Buffett, or Bill Gates. However, if you go a bit further back in history, you’ll discover that the wealth of the kings, queens, and rulers of yesteryear trumps […]
Sam Sarr vs. Gambia’s “Boko Haram Imams”
By Luntango Suun Gaan Gi Sam’s piece in the Daily Observer of 26 October 2015 (reproduced below) makes me think immediately of George W Bush and Tony Blair who called anyone who disagreed with them a “terrorist”. But let us focus on facts. Does Sam really believe that there are […]
Processed Meat Causes Cancer
Like your daily hot dog or bacon sandwich? You may want to think again. The World Health Organization said Monday that eating processed meat such as sausages and ham causes cancer, while unprocessed red meat may also be carcinogenic. The WHO’s cancer research unit now classifies processed meat as “carcinogenic […]
Let’s Keep Up The Momentum!
Gambian opposition in general are good at creating or generaring political momentum but their problem lies in sustaining it. The main opposition United Democratic Party (UDP) is no exception here. The truth is that even the party’s ambitious, able-bodied and energy-filled youths complain about this waekness. They keep wondering when […]
Asiegbu Attempts To Manufacture Xenophobia
By Bax Ejike Asiegbu is entitled to his opinion about Yaya Jammeh, but he should do us all a favour and not try to justify the unjustifiable.. Ejike Asiegbu cannot claim to be unaware of the dire political and economic situation that The Gambia is currently in, under Yaya Jammeh, […]
Police Urged To Investigate Burgulary On OJ’s Home
By Abdoulie John Calls are intensifying on Gambian Police to enhance the pace of investigation in the burglary case that occurred at opposition leader’s house. The issue continues to generate headlines. “The police seems to be dragging their feet on probe into case of burglars who targeted the house of […]
The Heroine
By Ebou Gaye She is a heroine She is comparable to the unnamed lady whose virtues I extolled in one of the articles I wrote in a Gambia High School student magazine in the late 80s under the little Je Ne Sais Quoi, Calling her a moralist, an egalitarian, an […]
Desperate President Using Rice, Oil To Counter Opposition Tsunami
The Gambia’s desperate President has now resorted to using rice and oil to counter what has become an unstoppable United Democratic Party (UDP) Tsunami, Kairo News has learnt. Inundated with the fear of fast losing his party’s stronghold regions in the Kombos, President Yahya Jammeh thought it fitting to […]
Sankanu: ‘My Article Touches Nerves’
This Ejike Asigubu is one of the Mafias promoting the “godfatherism” culture of greed that has kept the Nigerian film industry from moving beyond the Nollywood junk. Even if my piece was substandard, I am glad it is having an impact. Over 16,000 people have read and shared it across […]
Jammeh Insincerely Lie To Gambians
By Sarjo Bayang Dictator Jammeh Lies From the Beginning, as records reveal To validate the firm position that genuine critics of junta leader Yaya Jammeh have good reasons flagging up, it emerged in social media post by courtesy of Bamba Mass how during his first press interview soon after 22 […]
Of Karan Madiba And Serign Touba
Karan Madiba Diaby and Cheikh Ahmadou Bamba [Serign Touba] were both known for their steadfastness in teaching and propagation of Islam. Both had huge followers, students and disciples in the world. Like Serign Bamba, Karan Madiba was not interested in worldly materials; he herefore divided his time between worshipping Allah, […]