Ebrima G. Sankareh, the spokesman of The Gambia government has dismissed rumours making rounds on social media that Seedy Njie, former nominated National Assembly in Yahya Jammeh government has been appointed vice chairman of the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) to replace Malleh Sallah who is going on retirement.
Sankareh has made it clear to The Point that the report is false.
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Lab technician brands Jammeh’s HIV/AIDS treatment false
Jul 24, 2020, 11:08 AM
Edward Francis Small Teaching Hospital (EFSTH) lab technician, Landing Momodou Faal, yesterday testified against former President Yahya Jammeh’s HIV/AIDS Alternative Treatment in 2007, admitting there is no cure for the disease.
Courts rules Yank’s witnesses won’t be heard by video link
Jul 22, 2020, 10:43 AM
Justice Ebrima Jaiteh of the High Court in Banjul on the 20th July, 2020, ruled in the murder case involving Yankuba Touray that the witnesses of the accused cannot be heard by video link. This followed an application made by the defence counsel, Abdoulie Sissoho, to allow the witnesses of the accused namely, Mamie Minteh-Touray, Bakary Minteh and Mariama Minteh to testify by video link.
The Gambian Republic is solid and stable Says Hassoum Ceesay
Apr 22, 2020, 1:37 PM
As The Gambian Republic clocks 50 years Friday, 24 April,2020, Gambian historian and museum curator, Hassoum Ceesay, who is also the director general of the National Centre for Arts and Culture has said in an interview with this medium that the ‘Republic of The Gambia which was declared 50 years ago ‘is solid, sound and stable’.
Gen. Saul Badjie denies involvement in Dec. 30th attack
May 22, 2020, 12:35 PM
Lieutenant Gen. Saul Badjie, former commander of the Republican National Guards (RNG) and close aide to former President Yahya Jammeh has strongly denied his alleged involvement in the December 30th attack on State House.
Thieves vandalise Children’s Center
Jul 1, 2020, 11:08 AM
Thieves recently broke into the offices of Bakoteh-based Centre for Street Children and Child Trafficking Studies (CSCACTS), vandalizing cupboards and files in what appeared to be a desperate search for money and items like computers.
3 Senegalese fishing boats refused landing at Tanji
Apr 7, 2020, 1:35 PM
As the fight against the deadly coronavirus intensifies, officials of The Gambia Immigration Department (GID) at Tanji Fish Landing Site have refused the landing of three Senegalese boats carrying more than forty people.
Taranga FM boss escaped due to bribery
Jun 25, 2020, 11:41 AM
Ebrima B. Njie,former prison officer, said in his testimony yesterday before TRRC that prison’s chief officer, Kalilu Sanneh, was bribed to help the escape of former Taranga FM boss, Ablie Ceesay from Mile 2 (the state central prison).
