The office of the director of public prosecutions yesterday filed an amended additional-count charge sheet against former Secretary General and Minister for Presidential Affairs Momodou Sabally, at the Banjul High Court before Justice Abdoulahi. Sabally now faces an eight-count charge, which includes economic crime, abuse of office, neglecting official duty and […]
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Movie Star Turns Failure Into Success
One of the most successful Nollywood stars has explained how she had turned her misfortune into success. Mercy Johnson is a firm believer that “Everything has a reason.” Johnson’s inability to pass the university entrance examination prompted her to taste the waters of Nigeria’s ballooning movie industry. “I failed my […]
OJ Calls 20th Celebration An Insult
The leader of the ousted People’s Progressive Party (PPP) has taken a swipe on President Yahya Jammeh for celebrating 20th anniversary of a coup d’état that resulted to the downfall of a constitutionally elected government of the Gambia. In a video broadcast embedded on our website, Omar Amadou Jallow described […]
Gambia's Search For Political Solution
What Do We Do or What Should We Do – To Make A Functioning Democratic Republic? Some said the solution to our political problem lies with the ballot box. They suggest a perfect coalition of the opposition could defeat President Yahya Jammeh. This is a good hope except that both […]
Gambia's Misplaced Priorities
While all serious governments around the world are controlling their national spending and eliminating waste where possible, the Gambia government went on ten days of a celebration aimed at wasting national resources. Such a celebration is not adding any value to the livelihood of Gambian people. How can we as […]
Disarray In Gambian Struggle
Why Collective Leadership Makes Sense By Mathew K Jallow ‘It seems Dr Saine’s repetition of tribe, caste, gender and other narrow-minded categorizations, as impediments to unity, serves to justify his theory of the challenges of unity, and absolves CORDEG’s leadership of failure in its primary task of unity under […]
Why Jammeh Is So Dangerous And Troubling For Gambia
Extent to which Yaya Jammeh remains threat to Gambia and how damaging that is By Sarjo Bayang He is the lead actor and we keep record of his tracks as history unfolds. Welcome to Gambia where poor junior army ranker seized power by force of guns, nothing in his pocket. […]
Dr. Naik Wraps Up Gambia Mission
Foday Kanteh in Banjul One of the most influential Muslim scholars in the world ended his mission in the Gambia. Dr. Zakir Naik, a guest of President Yahya Jammeh’s lavish 20 years of coup celebration, said he has been yearning to visit the Gambian and therefore thanked Mr. Jammeh for […]
Unfriendly Laws Chase Future Journalists
The Gambia government has been urged to review and scrap obnoxious and unfriendly media laws in the country. “Some of our media laws are not friendly and have been deterring young people from joining the profession,” said the President of Young Journalists Association of the Gambia (YJAG). Nfamara Jawneh said […]
When The Going Gets Tough, Tough Also Gets Going!
By Lamin Saddam Sanyang, The Netherlands To give up is acknowledging self-defeat. Furthermore, a maxim has it that a person who tries and fails is far more progressive than the one who would not try for fear of failure. Therefore, folks, I call on you to remain steadfast and never […]
Boko Haram Agrees To Free Kidnapped Girls
Nigeria’s military says it has agreed a ceasefire with Islamist militants Boko Haram – and that the schoolgirls the group has abducted will be released. Nigeria’s chief of defence staff, Alex Badeh, announced the truce. Boko Haram has not made a public statement. The group has been fighting an insurgency […]
Dr. Nyang Remembers Prof. Mazrui
By Professor Sulayman Nyang Professor Ali A. Mazrui is dead. We hereby call upon the Almighty Allah to grant him mercy and the best of his rewards to his servants. His death is a shock to many of us and to the countless numbers who knew him personally and benefitted […]