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2 FORMER CHIEF JUSTICES SUE GOV’T FOR $100M
By Bruce Asemota
A former Chief Justice of The Gambia Emmanuel Akomaye Agim and his successor Joseph Wowo have both filed a suit against the Gambia government at the Ecowas Court of Justice in Abuja, Nigeria asking for the sum of fifty million dollars (US $50.000.000.00) each.According to credible legal sources, the former chief justices are...
2 FORMER CHIEF JUSTICES SUE GOV’T FOR $100M
By Bruce Asemota
A former Chief Justice of The Gambia Emmanuel Akomaye Agim and his successor Joseph Wowo have both filed a suit against the...
Chipa Yi to be awarded D45,000 compensation
By Flex Dan
The chairperson of the National Human Rights Commission has informed Gainako Online that Banjul rapper Sheriff Camara alias Chipa Yi will be awarded D45,000 for police brutality meted out on him in...
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Court room TV thief gets one-year mandatory jail term
By Aisha Tamba
Sulayman Jallow, the man who was charged with stealing a TV set from Kanifing Principal Magistrates' Court, has been sentenced to one-year...
GRTS installs new TV transmitter at Abuko
The Management of the Gambia Radio and Television Services (GRTS) has announced it is putting into service a new transmitter at its Abuko station...
FJC APPOINTED GENERAL SECRETARY OF APRC
Veteran politician and former Speaker of the National Assembly, Fatoumatta Jahumpa-Ceesay has been appointed general secretary of the former ruling party, the APRC now...
GPPC denies corruption over D50M printer, nepotism
By Omar Bah
The managing director of the Gambia Printing and Publishing Corporation has denied allegations that his management inflated the price of a bioclimatic...
Former NRP spokesperson to form party
By Amadou Jadama
Pateh Baldeh, a former spokesperson of the National Reconciliation Party, has announced that he will form his own political party.
Baldeh, a long-time...
Bantaba
Sadibou Kamaso, GFF presidential Aspirant
Tell us briefly about your origins and educational background?
I was born and raised in Banjul. I attended Methodist Nursery and Primary schools. After my Common Entrance I went to the Gambia Middle School at...
Sadibou Kamaso, GFF presidential Aspirant
Tell us briefly about your origins and educational background?
I was born and raised in Banjul. I attended Methodist Nursery and Primary schools. After my...
Sports
GFF SIGNS SPONSORSHIP DEAL WITH BALUWO
The Gambia Football Federation (GFF) on Friday signed a sponsorship deal with Baluwo, a Gambian founded international company. The sponsorship covered the 16-team domestic male league. The signing ceremony was attended by CEO of...
GFF SIGNS SPONSORSHIP DEAL WITH BALUWO
The Gambia Football Federation (GFF) on Friday signed a sponsorship deal with Baluwo, a Gambian founded international company. The sponsorship covered the 16-team domestic...
Opinions
Inflation and oligopolistic nature of Gambian market
Dear editor,
The hyperinflation level in the country is alarming and even more frustrating to average Gambians. It's quite disappointing that the Barrow administration had woefully failed to control and properly manage inflation due to...
GFF SIGNS SPONSORSHIP DEAL WITH BALUWO
The Gambia Football Federation (GFF) on Friday signed a sponsorship deal with Baluwo, a Gambian founded international company. The sponsorship covered the 16-team domestic...
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GFF SIGNS SPONSORSHIP DEAL WITH BALUWO
The Gambia Football Federation (GFF) on Friday signed a sponsorship deal with Baluwo, a...
Baluwo, the Gambian bread basket company spreading roots abroad to connect...
By Lamin Cham
Baluwo is an e-commerce platform targeted at the West African diaspora living...
2022 State of World Population highlights urgent need to tackle unintended...
Nearly half of all pregnancies are unintended—a global crisis, says new UNFPA report
BANJUL 5...
Inflation and oligopolistic nature of Gambian market
Dear editor,
The hyperinflation level in the country is alarming and even more frustrating to...
2 FORMER CHIEF JUSTICES SUE GOV’T FOR $100M
By Bruce Asemota
A former Chief Justice of The Gambia Emmanuel Akomaye Agim and his...
Africell launches Impact Foundation
By Amadou Jadama
GSM giants Africell yesterday formally launched its Impact Foundation at the National...
Kandeh condemns Agric Minister’s tribal comments
By Omar Bah
The leader of the opposition Gambia Democratic Congress has condemned Agriculture Minister...
Police announce crackdown on foreigners driving commercial vehicles
By Tabora Bojang
Police have announced a special traffic enforcement to crackdown on use of...
Chipa Yi to be awarded D45,000 compensation
By Flex Dan
The chairperson of the National Human Rights Commission has informed Gainako Online...
GOV’T DISTRIBUTES $100,000 AMONG GAMBIAN BRONX FIRE VICTIMS
Press release
Washington DC, 19 May, 2022: The Embassy of The Gambia to the United...
Aubameyang retires from international football
Gabon captain and Barcelona striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang has retired from international football, a fortnight...
ATHLETICS CHAMPIONSHIP FINALS TOMORROW
The national athletics championship got under way yesterday with gruelling heats in track and...
Men of Excellence: Hazrat Abu Bakr (ra)
Friday Sermon delivered by Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad(at)
Friday Sermon delivered at Masjid Mubarak, Islamabad,...
World a ‘virtual tinderbox’ for catastrophic levels of severe malnutrition in...
Soaring food prices driven by the war in Ukraine and pandemic-fuelled budget cuts set...
Conduct unbecoming of a president
President Barrow's latest and recent fit ofanger was un-called for and to his detriment
The...
Mirror, mirror on the wall
Some weeks ago, President Barrow installed his new cabinet and made a speech to...
The historical grandeur of Islam, contemporary challenges of the Muslim Ummah...
Allowing in inglory ...
‘Formenting discord and instability’: Gambian journalists distressed at WPFD celebrations
Every May 3, journalists in The Gambia join their colleagues and the rest of...
The Search for a Lost Brother By Yankuba Mamburay
Excerpt
MONROVIA
Anxious about what lay ahead the following day and the ensuing days, I found...
Finance Leadership Forum holds AGM
The Finance Leadership Forum (FLF) , an association of finance professionals, has recently held...