“When beggars die, there are no comets seen/The heavens themselves blaze forth the death of princes” Shakespeare…. A “beggar”, someone whose services have been poor. A “prince”, someone whose services to nation and people is indescribable in size and magnitude. Even the heavens cry with the passing on of such[Read More…]
Year: 2018
Gambia: Tributes Pour In For UDP’s Femi Peters
(JollofNews) – Poignant tributes have been pouring in on Facebook to the Gambia’s ambassador to Sierra Leone, Ingram Reginald Femi Peters, who died on Saturday after a brief illness. Born in 1946 in Banjul, Mr Peters, appeared in the parliamentary elections in 1987 as a candidate of the Gambian People’s[Read More…]
Gambia: APRC’s Seedy Njie Says His Arrest Was Politically Motivated
(JollofNews) – A spokesman for the Gambia’s former governing Alliance for Patriotic Reorientation and Construction (APRC) party has told JollofNews that his arrest on Friday was politically motivated. Seedy Njie, a former nominated National Assembly Member was picked up by some plainclothes officers of the previously unknown State Intelligent Unit[Read More…]