Imam Ba-Kawsu Fofana last week led the Friday congregational prayers at the Presidency thanks to the intervention of Serahule elders,a dependable source hinted JollofNews. Ba-Kawsu kept thousands of Gambians talking when he was last Friday seen on the pulpit at the State House mosque, delivering the sermon for the first[Read More…]
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NRA Embarks On Installation Of Road Traffic Signs In GBA
The National Roads Authority (NRA), is currently embarking on the installation of road traffic signs in the Greater Banjul Area as part of efforts to curb road traffic accidents/crashes on the roads. Meanwhile, other strategic parts of the country will be covered as well in the not-long-distant future. The new[Read More…]
President Barrow To Meet Gambians Soon
The Gambian President Adama Barrow is later this month expected to make a river crossing to the North Bank Region of the country to begin the 2022 Meet The People Tour amid economic turmoil and waning public trust and confidence in his government. Meet The People Tour is a constitutional[Read More…]
My Child Died Of Tainted, AKI Victims Tell MCA
Barely five days after the Medicines Control Agency (MCA) Regulatory Officer, Tijan Jallow, made headlines by disrupting assumptions about Acute Kidney Injury (AKI), victims have Friday lambasted the agency for blaming floods as the source of poisoning. Grappling with difficult emotions, AKI victims spokesperson, Ebrima E.F.Saidy, told journalists that he[Read More…]
Media Release: President Barrow Commends Chiefs For Strengthening Diplomacy
President Adama Barrow of The Gambia on Thursday, November 3rd 2022, received Chiefs from across the regions in the country. The Chiefs were at the Presidency to report on their recent visit to Guinea Bissau to pay condolences on the demise of Paramount Chief Fernandes Augustus. Addressing the gathering, President[Read More…]
Gambia Diplomat Insists No Alternative To Democracy
Despite recent come back of coup d’etat in some West African Countries like Mali, Gambia and Equatorial Guinea, the system of government has been vehemently criticised by critical stakeholders. Delivering a keynote speech at this year’s West African Leadership Summit held in Lagos, The Gambian High Commissioner to Nigeria, Muhammadou[Read More…]
Madi Jobarteh: Department Of Forestry Should Not Mislead
The Department of Forestry has issued a press release today claiming that no inch of Monkey Park will be affected by the construction of a new US embassy. The press release accuses the Gambia Environmental Alliance of misleading the public about this issue. Apparently, it looks like it is the[Read More…]
Forestry Department Clarification On The Status Of Monkey Park
Following the recently announced acquisition of a portion of land in Bijilo for a new U.S. Embassy complex and a subsequent press release from The Gambia Environmental Alliance (GEA), the Department of Forestry (DoF) wishes to inform the public that GEA’s press release is entirely inaccurate and therefore, misleading. Map[Read More…]
MCA Official Disrupts Assumptions About AKI
As the Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) is trickling through the country, the Medicines Control Agency (MCA) Regulatory Officer, Tijan Jallow, has disrupted all the assumptions about AKI. Speaking to journalists during a press conference held Monday at the Central Medical Stores in Kotu, Jallow acknowledged the ambient panic triggered by[Read More…]
Health Authorities Step Up Efforts To Fight AKI
In wake of the Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) crisis, health authorities are stepping up efforts to fight the disease that has left 70 children dead. Media professionals have been urged to disseminate the correct information on AKi, and amplify the Ministry of Health’s dedicated messages. The Deputy Director of Health[Read More…]
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