The Gambian President, Adama Barrow, has banned all foreign trips by officials, including himself, to reduce public spending. The presidential spokesman, Ebrima Sankareh, who confirmed the...
The President of Gambia, Adama Barrow, has declared a state of emergency and imposed a nationwide night curfew for 21 days as COVID-19 cases continue to...
Gambian President Adama Barrow Tuesday said President Muhammadu Buhari was key to the ouster of Yahya Jammeh, former president of the country, during the political crisis...
No less than 50 supporters of ex-President Yahya Jammeh have been arrested by police in Gambia for harassing followers of newly sworn-in leader Adama Barrow amid...
By Reuben Abati… I have very vivid memories of my last visit to The Gambia. This was in 2013 when President Goodluck Jonathan paid am two-day...
The political impasse in The Gambia may have come to an end as reports filtered in late Saturday that Yahya Jammeh had fled into exile. Jammeh,...
Ousted Gambian President Yahya Jammeh is prepping up to go on exile after he accepted to step down following last ditch diplomatic efforts made by the...
Disgraced former President Yahya Jammeh has one more chance to prevent bloodshed and avoid a violent removal from office. With troops already on ground inside The...
Scores of Gambians are beginning to leave the shores of their country in droves with fears on the rise that President Yahya Jammeh’s attempt to overturn...
Adama Barrow, acclaimed winner of The Gambian presidential poll, who was meant to be sworn-in Thursday but is hiding in Senegal on the advice of ECOWAS...
By Joseph Edgar… Nigerians in their enthusiasm are edging on our President to send troops. Everybody is feeling a sense of de ja vu, it will...
The Gambia’s National Assembly jolted ECOWAS member countries on Monday as it announced extension of President Yahya Jammeh’s tenure by three months beginning from Wednesday. Jammeh...
The political tension in the troubled West African country of Gambia has just been upped another notch after four ministers resigned their positions as the end...
By Reuben Abati… “Happy New Year, my brother” “What do you mean happy new year, more than two weeks into the New Year. Have I not...
Gambian President-elect Adama Barrow will stay in Dakar, Senegal until his inauguration on January 19 following political turmoil in his native country over the last political...
The African Union has warned headstrong Gambian leader Yahya Jammeh that it will cease to recognise him as the legitimate president of the West African country...
The Supreme Court of Gambian has received an injunction filed by President Yahya Jammeh’s lawyer ordering the halt of the swearing-in of president-elect, Adama Barrow. Jammeh’s...
The lower legislative chamber of Nigeria, the House of Representatives will on Thursday debate a motion seeking to provide a safe haven for Gambian President Yahya...
We are just hearing that the Gambian courts could not seat, the returning officers at the elections have fled the country and the ECOWAS mediation team...
General Ousman Badjie, Gambia’s army chief has pledged his support for President Yahya Jammeh in the face of a possible regional military intervention by ECOWAS to...
The electoral commission chairman in Gambia, Alieu Momar Njai is now on the run after he fled the country following threats on his life. According to...
Two private radio stations in Gambia’s capital of Banjul have been ordered shut by security forces sent by Gambia’s President Yahya Jammeh. That much information was...
In the discharge of his mandate as the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) mediator for The Gambia, President Muhammadu Buhari has activated the process...
By Reuben Abati… When President Yahya Jammeh of The Gambia conceded defeat after the December 1, Presidential elections in that West African country of 1.9 million...
The Gambian comedy of errors By Joseph Edgar… President Jammeh of The Gambia has captivated the world with his eccentric approach to governance. He has held...
Two days after making a u-turn by rejecting the outcome of the last presidential election citing serious anomalies, Gambia’s incumbent, Yahya Jammeh according to the ruling...
By Joseph Edgar… It was a very friendly conversation with a tinge of humor, serious banter and a lot of prayers wishing his successor well. This...
By Edwin Okon jr… After twenty-two years in power, Gambia’s President Yahya Jammeh graciously conceded defeat on Friday, December 2, 2016 to his opponent Adama Barrow...
Just like Goodluck Jonathan of Nigeria, reports say that Yahya Jammeh of Gambia is set to concede defeat to the opposition in the just concluded presidential...