(JollofNews) – The Secretary General of the Gambia’s Press Union (GPU), Saikou Jammeh, has expressed optimism about the future of Gambian media as the new political dispensation is taking shape. The past 12 months have been proven to be very exciting for media practitioners who continue to enjoy great moments of freedom punctuated[Read More…]
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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…]