BANJUL, 26 May 2021: The Honourable Minister of Foreign Affairs, International Cooperation and Gambians Abroad, Dr. Mamadou Tangara, on Monday 24 May 2021 had a flurry of diplomatic engagements in his office in Banjul.
The CEO of Ginko Foundation, Real Housing Estate and Sand Mining has invested at least D2 million for the construction of a crucial six kilometre access road in Berending, Kombo South, that links the village to Gunjur.
President Adama Barrow has vowed to discharge his duty as the Commander in-Chief of the Armed Forces to keep the country safe as he ordered the deployment of the National Guard Unit of the Armed Forces on standby for police duty.
The National Water and Electricity Company and MBH Power Ltd. on Tuesday signed a contract worth $8.2 million to implement the 30-kilovolts medium voltage transmission from Laminkoto to Diabugu covering 46 villages, which will provide electricity to 685 villages across the country.
ASP Jahateh on the 19th May, 2021, replied on the no-case submission made by the defence counsel, Yankuba Darboe, in the case involving Yakumba Jaiteh and Yusupha Jaiteh who were charged with assault and obstruction. He told the court before Principal Magistrate Isatou Janneh-Njie of the Kanifing Magistrates’ Court that the prosecution had established a prima facie case against the accused persons to warrant them to open their defence.
A group of African descendants residing in The Gambia have urged National Assembly Members (NAMs) to consider their citizenship plea as they are home comers and desire that the National Assembly considers their automatic citizenship plea.
The National Journalism Award, the highest and most prestigious journalism award in The Gambia organised by The Gambia Press Union (GPU) is scheduled to take place on 3rd September 2021.
The Gambia is set to enjoy uninterrupted electricity supply for the first time since the nation gained its independence, officials of The Gambia River Basin Organisation (OMVG) say, as contractors and engineers in Soma and other places are set to complete their work in October 2021.
Fatou Bensouda, the chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), was recently received by President Macky Sall of Senegal who elevated her to the dignity of Commander in the National Order of the Lion.
Armed robbers are reported to have attacked a foreign exchange bureau in Kololi in the Kanifing Municipality and went away with thousands of dalasis, a source familiar with the matter has confirmed to The Point.
Addressing hundreds of people from all the five districts of Foni, who came to shift their allegiance to the UDP at the party’s Manjai Bureau on Saturday, Lawyer Ousainou Darboe, the party leader assured that: “A UDP government will treat all Gambians equally irrespective of tribe or political affiliation and Foni will not and cannot be an exception.”
A new immigration policy published in March this year by the UK Home Department is raising concerns that it would enforce removal of those with no rights to remain in the UK.
The Truth, Reconciliation and Reparations Commission (TRRC), on 21st May 2021, visited numerous places in Foni, including the birth place of former president Yahya Jammeh, Kanilai village, Foni Kansala District.
Mai Ahmad Fatty, the leader of the opposition Gambia Moral Congress (GMC) has warned that the country’s central prison, Mile 2, will be full to capacity if non-Gambians are allowed to vote in the December 4th Presidential Election in 2021.
Paramount chief of The Gambia, Momodou Bojang who doubles as the head chief of Kombo North District has declared that Oba Moshood Abolade who was recently honoured as the Royal Father of Nigerian Community in The Gambia on their Royal Night Award can neither be king nor a chief in The Gambia.
Emmanuel Daniel Joof, chairman of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) yesterday appeared before the TRRC, giving accounts of his role during former President Yahya Jammeh’s 22 years rule.
The Nigerian Army says it is investigating reports that Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau has either died or was seriously injured during a clash with a splinter group, the Islamic State in West African Province (Iswap).
