(JollofNews) -In a shrunken global community thanks to the Internet, word gets around pretty fast. As I arrived Demba Doo from Dabnani on Sunday evening, a clearly agitated friend called to say I must respond to a critique against my contention that the National Assembly’s (NA) purported amendment of section[Read More…]
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London Letter With Dida Halake: Fatty And Tambedou RIGHT On Age Amendment Bill!
This is the case for the prosecution presented by Halifa Sallah in Foroyaa and Lamin J Darbo in Kaironews:- “The only available mechanism to amend the Constitution lies in the procedure delineated at Section 226, which states, at 226(1):- “subject to the provisions of this section, an Act of the[Read More…]
London Letter With Dida Halake: CFA 240 Million: Gift Or “Management” Deposit?
(JollofNews) – Why would Senegal’s equivalent of Gambia’s own “tycoon” Amadou Samba “GIFT” newly elected President Barrow of The Gambia “2 houses”? Mar Thiam is Senegal’s tycoon who helped Dictator Yahya Jammeh of The Gambia to build the Banjul Airport building and the Arch 22. Barrow’s Government is yet to[Read More…]
Gambia: On The Spot: Dida HALAKE: I hate lying, cheating and thieving
(JollofNews) – Dida Halake is a household name in the Gambia. He was a former managing director of the Daily Observer Newspaper and is a regular writer on Gambian and African affairs. In this edition of On The Spot, Mr Halake talks about his happiest times, his earliest memories and[Read More…]
London Letter With Dida Halake: PURA Vs AFRICELL And The President’s Office
(JollofNews) -Like everyone else I have read the story in Pa Nderry Mbai’s Freedomnewspaper. It is an important public-interest story and deserves to be out there and we thank Pa Mbai for it. Nevertheless, as the known facts stand, the charge of “corruption” is rather premature and muddies the waters.[Read More…]
London Letter With Dida Halake:My Advice To Amadou Samba
(JollofNews)- Dear Mr. Samba, It is your own advice that you gave me in 2008 (on record) that I want to give you. When your mentee Yaya Jammeh refused to vacate State House, I also gave him his own advice to his friend Gadafy: “Go!” In your own words in[Read More…]
London Letter With Dida Halake Obama Can’t Be President Again – Nor Can Jammeh’s Ghost!
(JollofNews)- A heated English pub discussion on a Sunday evening, my dear readers, is brought to you as a “London Letter”. It all began with a consensus that we Londoners DO NOT want The Donald to visit our city. Allowing him to address the Houses of Parliament would be sacrilege,[Read More…]
London Letter With Dida Halake: Re: What is Isatou Saidy-Njie WORTH?
(JollofNews) – Question: What is Isatou Saidy-Njie WORTH (Madi Jobarteh) Answer: Minus Infinity = -(2^(N-1)) = The Most Negative Value PS: I treated her with the same disdain when I was Daily Observer MD – even taking her story off Daily Observer and GRTS. Hence why this ZERO pushed for my detention.
London Letter With Dida Halake: Henry Carrol’s Pomposity (Pedare) And Magistrate Omar Jabang
(JollofNews)- A friend from the Daily Observer around 15 years ago (currently an Editor) rang to remind me of my “taking the piss” of Henry Carrol all those years back – and asked me to read the good Henry’s recent pedare in the pages of the Daily Observer. A few[Read More…]
London Letter With Dida Halake: Is Gambia’s CDS Now In-Charge Of The Gambia?!
Note: As readers may recall, I applauded President Barrow’s earlier decision to retain Yahya Jammeh’s Chief of Defence Staff. Many readers were of a different opinion to mine and, sadly, the story below of torture against a young man which the CDS himself accepts to be true, proves me wrong.[Read More…]
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