In the early hours of March 18, 2025, Dimbaya Immigration personnel successfully recovered two children reported missing yesterday in a widely circulated social media post. The allegedly abducted children were located and secured following a thorough screening, investigation, and intelligence-gathering operation by immigration officials. According to a GID statement, Mohamadou Jallow, who claimed to be…
The police are investigating the alleged abduction of two seven-year-old twins, Hassanatou and Hussainatou, in Brikama Gidda. According to reports, the parents are divorced, and the father, Cherno Korika Jallow (whose name appears as Muhammed Jallow on official documents), may have forcefully taken the children with the intention of removing them from the country. The…
A prodigious and dynamic young author who has been making a mark on the literary landscape in The Gambia, making waves and establishing a name for himself, Alpha Jobe, has bagged yet another feat in his literary quest, becoming one of the winners of an international essay contest in the United Kingdom. Known broadly as…
Ngoneh Panneh, the senior ITC coordinator at the International Trade Centre (ITC), has said empowering women through trade is not charity, it is smart economics. Madam Panneh was speaking during the launching of the private sector coalition for gender equality campaign and the guidelines on public procurement for women-led businesses in The Gambia. The ceremony…
The National Council for Civic Education (NCCE), in collaboration with UNICEF through the United Nations Partnership on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNPRPD), recently ended a nationwide stakeholder learning forum on advancing the rights of persons with disabilities in The Gambia. The forum, funded by UNICEF under the UNPRPD, was held under the theme:…
Medina United Academy was Thursday honoured to welcome the Gambia senior national football team head coach Johnathan McKinstry to the Medina United Academy Complex in Yundum. The highly anticipated visit of the esteemed coach was met with great excitement from the management, technical staff, and players alike. On his arrival, the coach McKinstry was greeted…
An auditor at the Banjul City Council (BCC) has accused officials of improperly funneling council funds into an organization linked to Mayor Rohey Malick Lowe, which has heightened concerns accountability and transparency issues with regard to the council’s operation of funds. The organisation, known as Network of Locally Elected Women of Africa (Réseau des Femmes…
The Government of The Gambia, through the Ministry of Petroleum, Energy and Mines, has signed a landmark mining license agreement with Norwegian-Gambian Mining Company, a subsidiary of the European Eco Minerals (EEM), to explore deep-sea mining opportunities that may be available within jurisdiction. The signing is poised to be historic if at all the prospective…
The police in Brusubi are investigating a suspected murder reported in Brufut Heights on Monday, 10 March 2025. The deceased, identified as Reuben Andrews, a 63-year-old Gambian and retired banker, was found motionless and tied with a rope in his bedroom following a report by his wife. According to the police, the preliminary investigations established…
The Local Government Commission of Inquiry, which is probing the administrative and financial operations of local government authorities across The Gambia, has unmasked a scheme involving fraudulent contracts, manipulated documents, and misappropriated funds in a borehole drilling project in the North Bank Region. At the centre of the scandal is Nyakasi Kassama, the regional officer…
