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NEA SAYS IT STOPPED D15K MONTHLY FUEL PAYMENTS TO VP, ENVIRON MINISTER

By Tabora Bojang The executive director of National Environment Agency (NEA) Dr Dawda Badjie yesterday told the National Assembly Finance and Public Accounts Committee that the D15,000 fuel allowances paid to the Vice President and the Minister of Environment which auditors flagged as unjustified has been stopped. ‎The committee was considering the financial statements and audit report...

NEA SAYS IT STOPPED D15K MONTHLY FUEL PAYMENTS TO VP, ENVIRON MINISTER

By Tabora Bojang The executive director of National Environment Agency (NEA) Dr Dawda Badjie yesterday told the National Assembly Finance and Public Accounts Committee that...

Ministers Ceesay, Badjie make case for Gambia at Türkiye-Africa forum

By Yeni Şafak Turkish and African business leaders, policymakers, and diplomats gathered for the final day of the 14th World Cooperation of Industries (WCI) Forum in İstanbul, as two days of high-level dialogue, trade talks,...

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BCC councillor defiant amid legal threat from mayor

By Tabora Bojang Banjul City Councillor Fallou Gallas Ceesay has described a cease-and-desist letter sent to him by lawyers representing Banjul Mayor Rohey Lowe as...

GAMBIA ON TRACK TO ACHIEVE UNIVERSAL ELECTRICITY TARGET 

By Arret Jatta President Adama Barrow has said The Gambia is on track to achieve universal electricity access by the end of 2026, ahead of...

3 NAMs drop suit against Clerk over removal from Ecowas Parliament

By Tabora Bojang Former Gambian Ecowas parliamentarians Fatoumata 'Touma' Njai of Banjul South, Samba Jallow of Niamina Dankunku, and Kebba Barrow of Kombo South have...

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By Lamin Cham The Governor of the Central Bank Buwa Saidy on Monday addressed a convergence on African trade financing organised by the Ghana International...

UN rapporteur flags arrest of GALA protesters, removal of auditor general 

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GAMBIA HANDBALL PREXY APPOINTED INTO CAHB ETHICS COMMISSION

The President of the Gambia Handball Association Lamin King Colley has been appointed as member of the Ethics Commission of the African handball Confederation, CAHB. A letter from the continental body said the decision to...

GAMBIA HANDBALL PREXY APPOINTED INTO CAHB ETHICS COMMISSION

The President of the Gambia Handball Association Lamin King Colley has been appointed as member of the Ethics Commission of the African handball Confederation,...

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Seven languages and one confused classroom

By Lt. Col. Samsudeen Sarr Rtd I listened to Dr Habibatou Drammeh, The Gambia's Minister of Basic and Secondary Education, on Coffee Time with Peter Gomez on Tuesday, 10 February 2026. She was impressive, clear,...

GAMBIA HANDBALL PREXY APPOINTED INTO CAHB ETHICS COMMISSION

The President of the Gambia Handball Association Lamin King Colley has been appointed as member of the Ethics Commission of the African handball Confederation,...

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NEA SAYS IT STOPPED D15K MONTHLY FUEL PAYMENTS TO VP, ENVIRON MINISTER

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