Investigation into a “case of alleged D155 Million Mutilated Bank Notes and D11.1 Million Bribe Scandal” On Thursday 17th February, 2022, the Police Force through its Fraud Investigation Unit opened a swift probe into alleged D155 million mutilated Banki notes cash deposited at the Central Bank with further allegation of […]
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Tell Them It All Began In Africa
By Aniekpeno Ekong Tell them it all began in Egypt (advanced civilization, science, math, philosophy, religion, architecture). Tell them the first Egyptians were black, nothing to do with Hollywood movies. Tell them Christopher Columbus did not discover the Americas, that Mansa Musa, the Malian, was the richest man in the […]
I Stand With Gambian Teachers
Life Of A Gambian Teacher By Mmajink I woke up early, boiled water to take a bath and got dressed. I have neither electricity nor running water in my home because I do not matter as much as the ministers and the powerful. I rummaged through my bag to see […]
Colleagues Mourn Faal, Ndow
STATEMENT ON THE DEMISE OF COLLEAGUES The Association of Public and Environmental Health Officers of The Gambia (APEHOG) mourn the death of a veteran Public Health officer Mr. Kawsu Bayo and journalist Pa Modou Faal and Musa Ndow. The three persons died in a car crash along the Trans-Gambia highway […]
GPU Shocked and Saddened By Death of Faal and Ndow
GPU Shocked and Saddened By Death of Pa Modou Faal and Musa Ndow The Gambia Press Union (GPU) mourns the sudden death of journalists Pa Modou Faal and Musa Ndow. The journalists were among three persons who died in a car crash along the TransGambia highway in Soma, Lower River […]
Supreme Court Dismisses UDP Election Petition
The Supreme Court of The Gambia, has today dismissed the UDP election petition against Adama Barrow for not adhering to rule (11) of the Election Petition Rule (notice and security) and subsequently ordered a sum of D100, 000 as a cost to Adama Barrow. The UDP wants The Supreme Court […]
NUP Leader’s Historic Gracious Act
Abdoulie Ebrima Jammeh is a new comer in politics who will be remembered in history for his gracious act of conceeding election defeat and congratulating President-elect Adama Barrow for his resounding win. Unlike some veteran politicians who do not want to swallow their pride, the National Unity Party leader demonstrated […]
I’m Black But Look White. Here Are The Horrible Things White People Feel Safe Telling Me
Miriam Zinter The Author I was outside my house gardening a few weekends ago when a neighbor, whom I had known for almost 30 years, stopped by so I could pet his large, fluffy dogs. I took my gloves off, squatted down to give the dogs a really good scratching […]
Ummm, Here Are Some Bitter Pills To Swallow
Pill One: We are not all the same and we are not one people. Many parrot that nonsense because it is convenient to say even if it is devoid of any substance. We are not all brothers and sisters as we delude ourselves into always regurgitating. Some people think their […]
After The Landslide Victory For Barrow; What Next?
By D. A. Jawo The Gambia has just come out of the most hotly contested as well as contentious elections that this country had ever had for a very long time. The outcome was however a surprise to many people, even to President-elect Adama Barrow’s own supporters. For instance, we […]
Silent Majority Decides Gambia’s Election
Here I repost my Opinion article here. Indeed the “Silent Majority” has decided. Adama Barrow got reelected into office largely by the Silent Majority- research if you don’t belief it. The political system is changing in The Gambia. Forget about the crowd that follow the candidates. It cannot determine a […]
FAR Makes Strong Progress at Bambo-1 Well in The Gambia With Oil Indications Detected
“We are encouraged by the presence of oil in potential reservoirs and look forward to completing the well in the coming weeks,” says MD. FAR Ltd has made strong progress in advancing drilling operations at the Bambo-1 exploration well offshore in The Gambia. To date, the company has drilled 3,216 metres […]