The death has been announced of Major Maba Jobe, former Army Commander of the Gambia Armed Forces (formerly Gambia National Army) from 1991 – 1992. He died on Wednesday, 12th July 2023, and was laid to rest the same day. Major Jobe was born in Farafenni but was residing in […]
Inna lillahi wa inna ilayhi raji’un. The death of a matriarch is painful and is the end of an era. The reality of death is harsh yet inevitable and inescapable. Tuku Jallow, who had greatly influenced countless lives across the Gambia and the Gambian Diaspora, has left for the final […]
Inna lillahi wa ina illaih-e-raji’oon As one Indian Polymath and philosopher, Rabindranath Tagore, wrote, “Immortals never die, and death is not extinguishing the light; it is only putting out the lamp because the dawn has come.”Omar Amadou Jallow is gone physically, but his spirit is alive with us. As the […]
Colonel Lamin F.K Jammeh, Director of Policy and Plans at the Defence Headquarters in Banjul has passed away today, 10th May 2023. According to an obituary announcement posted the Ministry of Defence the sad event occurred this morning at the Edward Francis Small Teaching Hospital in Banjul. The funeral ceremony […]