(JollofNews) – A Gambian man who used a stolen identity card to claim benefits and get a job at a Formby hotel was jailed for 12 months. Mustapha Bayo, 33, pretended to be a Frenchman called Jean Djedje after arriving in England some seven years ago.

(JollofNews) – Two former senior Gambian officials who wilfully and recklessly caused huge monetary lost to the government were yesterday fined over D15 million by a special criminal court in Banjul.

(JollofNews) – Ebrima Jawara, son of former Gambian leader, Sir Dawda Jawara has on Tuesday been indicted by prosecutors with three other senior officials of the West African nation’s agricultural department of stealing more than D8 million dalasis (USD $216,216.22) from the state.