(JollofNews) – The Gambian regime of President Jammeh is banning all forms of demonstrations to preserve peace and security in the West African country, the minister of the Interior said. OusmanSonko said the Gambia under the leadership of President Yahya Jammeh has registered huge developments and the government would not[Read More…]
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Gambian Wins £4 Million Scratchcard Jackpot In UK
(JollofNews) – A Gambian man who is working as pub kitchen manager has scooped the UK’s biggest ever scratchcard jackpot of £4 million while on his dinner break – but then went back to finish his shift. Dedicated Amadou Gillen, 46, bought two £10 scratchcards from a newsagents during a[Read More…]
Religion Corner: Virtues of Fasting (part one)
(JollofNews) – Salman (RA) reports that “On the last day of Shabaan, Rasulullah (SAW) addressed us and said, ‘O people there comes over to you a great month, a most blessed month in which lies a night more greater in virtue than a 1000 months. It is a month in[Read More…]
Gambia: Court Urged To Halt Opposition Members’ Case
(JollofNews) – Lawyers representing the embattled leader of the opposition United Democratic Party (UDP) and 19 of his supporters Thursday urged the high court in Banjul to halt proceedings pending the determination of the constitutionality of some of the charges against them by the Supreme Court. The opposition members who[Read More…]
Democracy And The Rule Of Law Is The Solution To A Progressive Gambia
(JollofNews) – My editor, please allow me space once again in your paper to add my voice to the majority of already frustrated Gambians who are pushing for regime change, which will bring democracy and the rule of law in the Gambia. It has by far been overdue that we[Read More…]
Jammeh Warns Against Meddling In Gambia’s Affairs
(JollofNews) – President Yahya Jammeh of the Gambia has called on foreign countries to stop meddling in the internal affairs of his country. He said the Gambia is a sovereign nation and would not submit to the dictates of any powers. The tiny West African state is being ruled with[Read More…]
Gambia: Just For Laughs
(JollofNews) – I’ve been doing a lot of thinking about my childhood and all it entails, whether innocent or calculated. It is innocent when we use to think we are older than the person if we are taller than them and it is calculated if you gobble your mburoe akara,[Read More…]
ICC’s Prosecutor Explains Court’s Position On Gambia
(JollofNews) – The chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, Fatou Bensouda, has said that the Hague-based court is monitoring the ongoing political crisis in the Gambia. The Gambian born jurist has been criticised by some Gambians in the diaspora for turning a blind eye to the Gambian regime’s heavy-handed[Read More…]
Gambia’s Opposition Leader Warns President Jammeh
(JollofNews) –An opposition leader in the Gambia has warned President Yahya Jammeh against using force to sustain his grip on power. Halifa Sallah of the People’s Democratic Organisation for Independence and Socialism (PDOIS), said using truncheons, cudgels, tear gas canisters, hose pipes, rubber bullets, live bullets and mass graves to[Read More…]
Gambia’s Appeal Court To Hear Opposition Leader’s Bail Appeal
(JollofNews) – The Court of Appeal of the Gambia presided by Justice Edrissa Fafa M’bai today agreed to hear the bail application of 20 members of the opposition United Democratic Party (UDP), who were nicked last month for taking part in an ‘unauthorised’ protest against the regime of President Yahya[Read More…]
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