Mr Bai Matarr Drammeh, a businessman, appearing before the Janneh Commission has stated that the Jammeh Foundation for Peace sometimes had no money to pay auditors. He was summoned in relation to the said foundation. He told the commission that he was a board member in 2005 at the foundation, and also deputy chairman of […]
The former Minister of Local Government and Lands, Ismaila Sambou stated before the Janneh Commission that it was not proper to allocate 28 plots of land to the former president, Yahya Jammeh. He was summoned along with Momodou M. K. Colley, who is also a former Local Government and Lands Minister in connection to the […]
At its sitting last week Saine pleaded not guilty to all counts including charges on seditious intention. The courtroom was a mixture of a bipartisan crowd, heightened by commotion and a war of words and worsened by the lack of electricity. Abdoulie Saine the former national assembly Member of the APRC is facing two counts […]
Former Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Edward Gomez, yesterday went through vigorous questioning before the Janneh Commission, posed by Counsel Bensouda in connection to the sale of Kairaba Beach Hotel. Mr Gomez told the Commission that he has been a legal practitioner for 38 years. At this juncture, he was shown a document believed […]
Mardy Sarge, a hotelier and the proprietor of Bungalow Beach and Sarge’s Hotels, yesterday appeared before the Janneh Commission in connection to the Jammeh Foundation for Peace. He said the foundation was a charitable foundation, noting that he never read the constitution of the foundation. He testified that in 2002 he became involved in the […]
As some countries around the world are deeply worried about their aging population, threatening future workforce, The Gambian youthful populace has skyrocketed. And the able bodied men fit for the farm and other works of life are left redundant with lock potential. The greater number remains unemployed with little or no prospect of making it […]
The former APRC National Assembly Member Abdoulie Saine, takes to the dock today following an adjournment last week after being bailed in the sum of D150,000 with two Gambian sureties aged 30 or above with valid identity cards and each surety to depose to an affidavit of means. According to the particulars of offence, on […]
Mr. Karamba Touray, Auditor General at the National Audit Office, appearing before the Janneh Commission in connection to an audit carried out on the “Daily Observer” newspaper company. According to him, the audit on the Observer came as a request from the office of the former president through a letter dated 4th June, 2015. He […]
Mr. Muhammed Manjang, Managing Director of Social Security and Housing Finance Corporation yesterday appeared before the Janneh Commission in connection to the leasing of Ocean Bay and Sun Beach Hotels respectively. He said he became the MD of SSHFC on the 7th of March, 2017 but prior to that he was an employee of Standard […]
Dear Sir, Re: The Partial Reaction of the Police Force to Hate Speech Is and Will Continue To Be the Main Threat to Our National Security I write to express my profound disappointment with your institution under your leadership with regards to the increasing rise of partiality on the execution of your duties as servants […]