The Editor-in-chief of Gainako Online Newspaper, Yusuf Taylor, was arrested and charged with “obstructing a police officer” and detained for four hours at the Senegambia Police Station on Tuesday, 5 July, 2022. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins its affiliate the Gambia Press Union (GPU) in condemning this act […]
Author: LamToro News
Police Arrest Bafuloto Murder Suspect
PRESS STATEMENT FROM THE POLICE: Police in the West Coast Region have taken into custody a Bafuloto man believed to have stabbed his own brother to death, after an argument last week. The incident took place in Bafuloto early last week when Edward Nzally (Accused) had an argument with his […]
Fugitive who allegedly killed his father and fled to Senegal apprehended
PRESS STATEMENT FROM THE POLICE: Saajuma Keita, a 30-year-old native of Tanji in the West Coast Region, who allegedly stabbed his own father to death and absconded to Senegal has been arrested and is currently held in the custody of the Gambia Police Force. The suspect, who managed to evade […]
Governments of The Gambia and Japan sign food assistance worth D125 million
BANJUL, 7 July 2022: The Honourable Minister of Foreign Affairs, International Cooperation and Gambians Abroad, Dr. Mamadou Tangara, on Thursday, 7 July 2022 presided over yet another signing of Exchange notes for the delivery of Japanese food assistance under the Japanese Food Assistance Programme for The Gambia at the Ministry […]