The inmates were: Gibby Sey, Gambiarn; Ebrima Bah, Gambian; Lamin Saidybah, Gambian; Ebrima Jallow, Gambian; Mustapha Jobe, Garmbian and Mustapha Jallow, Conakry Guinea.
The customary extension of Presidential Prerogative of Mercy to prisoners is part of the celebrations of the Muslim Feast of Eid ul Fitr locally called Koriteh.
At least 26 people who were supposed to appear in various courts within the Kanifing Municipality over unpaid arrears to their creditors are free now after Direct Aid International The Gambia chipped in and paid the arrears worth D1, 731, 400 million.
The recent surge in maternal death in The Gambia is a cause for concern. The scenario has forced a group of concerned Gambians including Gambian ‘Women's Lives Matter’ to intensify their campaign in a bid to curtail the menace.
The Gambia is mourning the death of two personnel of the Police Intervention Unit (PIU) of The Gambia Police Force (GPF), who while on active duty, were on Tuesday 12 September 2023, reportedly shot to death by an unknown assailant at the Sukuta Traffic Lights Junction.
