Tag: Gambia

News, Security

Commissioner Banda granted bail, Cautionary statement obtained

Commissioner Lamin Banda, the head of Policy and Planning at the Gambia Police Force was on Tuesday granted bail following his arrest and detention last Sunday, LTN has learnt. The embattled commissioner and others including a Nigerian scrap metal dealer are being investigated by the Special Investigation Unit (SIU) of […]

News

Epitaph: Tuku Jallow

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 […]

News, Politics

The Gambian electorate must not be taken for granted

The crushing defeat of the ruling National People’s Party (NPP) in the capital city, Banjul, the nation’s business hub, KMC and the provincial capital, Brikama, in the most contested mayoral and chairmanship elections, sent shockwaves through the party and beyond. NPP has heavily invested to pull a win in the […]