[Foroyaa] Ousman Sillah, National Assembly Member (NAM) for Banjul North has asked his colleagues to address diaspora voting for the forthcoming December election in the next ordinary session of the National Assembly.

[The Point] Kombo East District Sports Committee (KEDSC) over the weekend held a meeting with village representative for the 2021 Kombo East District inter-village football tournament.

[The Point] One of the struggling teams in The Gambia Football Federation (GFF) 2nd Division League, Immigration FC have at last won a game again in the league after defeating Samger FC 1-0 in their week-25 fixtures played at Basori last week Tuesday...

[The Point] The Young Scorpions and their coach have scooped yet another award, this time from the Sports Journalist Association of The Gambia (SJAG) at the 11th National Sports Award and Gala held at the Sir Dawda Kairaba Jawara International Confer...

[The Point] Africans' daal. Let me just start with the Gambia. Remember when US President Joe Biden announced he was going to give 11 million immigrants legal status and a path to citizenship? Gambians especially were elated, because nothing frustrat...

[The Point] The National Environmental Agency (NEA) and the Ministry of Agriculture (NEA) in collaboration with partner institutions on Tuesday validated the Environmental and Social Management Framework for the Resilience of Organisation for Transfo...

[The Point] A senior programme officer at the National Council for Civic Education (NCCE) has reiterated the need for all to embrace tolerance, pluralism and peace building ahead of December Polls.

[The Point] In a Statement released yesterday morning, the NGO Peace Hub The Gambia expressed concern with the rising trends of hate speech in the media and across public platforms. The NGO considers these as "a major threat" to the country's nationa...

[The Point] The Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) has announced it has registered 856,719 Gambians for the 2021 Presidential Election slated for 4 December.

[The Point] Operatives of the country's narcotic agency have arrested a Bissau Guinean with 146 grams of 400 milligrams cocaine, The Point has been reliably informed.

[The Point] Women Lives Matters, a movement established to fight for the safe labour and delivery of women in The Gambia has strongly rebutted what it called the "false and malicious" statement of Baba Jah against women who died during labour.

[The Point] The existence of fishmeal plants along the country's coast has once again emerged in the spotlight with a concerned citizen adding his voice to the burning issue.

[The Point] BANJUL, 6 July 2021: The Republic of The Gambia has been nominated to chair the Africa Group of Permanent Representatives at the United Nations in New York for the month of July.

[The Point] Hon. Sidia S. Jatta National Assembly Member (NAM) for Wuli West has said that Permanent Secretaries (PS) cannot represent or speak on behalf of the ministers when national matters are being discussed at the parliament.

[The Point] The number of drug users in sub-Saharan Africa is expected to increase by nearly 150% by 2050, according to new research by the ENACT programme at the Institute for Security Studies, in partnership with the Frederick S Pardee Center for I...

[Foroyaa] In 2006, the UDP allied with the NRP to contest the elections. Many of their supporters calculated that those who were identified to belong to the Mandinka ethnolinguistic group and the Fula ethnolinguistic group would unite to give the all...

[Foroyaa] The regional group tribunal presided over by the seven District Chiefs of the Upper River Region (URR), have ordered one Ba Yoro Camara from Baja Kunda village, to vacate from the residence he has been dwelling in for the past fifteen years...

[Foroyaa] The National Assembly on Monday 5th July 2021 adjourned the session of the adjournment debate because cabinet members failed to attend.

[Foroyaa] The Social Security and Housing Finance Corporation (SSHFC) has made an application before the Kanifing Industrial Tribunal seeking the court to strike out the Corporation's name in the suit against 145 former employees of Ocean Bay Hotel.

[Foroyaa] Staff of the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) stationed in Manduar Touba are currently facing technical issues after the voter's card printing machine failed to print the processed card on Saturday, 3rd July 2021.

[Foroyaa] The seven (7) Manduar-Mankinka youth who were released on different dates (30th June and 1st 2021), were on Friday 2nd July, 2021 asked to report to Brikama Police Station and upon arrival, they were re-arrested and put behind bars.

[Foroyaa] Gambia's Defence Minister Sheikh Omar Faye, has reaffirmed the commitment of Government in combating insecurity in the Gulf of Guinea region.

[Foroyaa] The prices of fuel have increased again as of first (1st) July 2021. The price of petrol has increased from D56.11 to D57. 86, while diesel rose from D53.42 to D55.42.

[Foroyaa] The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has issued a press release dated 5th July, 2021, strongly condemning the attack on a United Democratic Party (UDP) voter registration monitoring team by a group of people in Kanilai.

[Foroyaa] The National Assembly Public Enterprise Committee (PEC) Chairman, Halifa Sallah, has said that they are steadfast to end the public enterprises' backlog in submission of financial statements and activity reports starting from the year ended...

[Foroyaa] Scores of Gambians who ply the Kun-Barra crossing point in Niamina, have bemoaned the challenges they grapple with at the said crossing point.

[Foroyaa] Vice President Dr. Isatou Touray and some senior Government officials, commenced a nationwide sensitization on Friday 2nd July, 2021, on peace building and peaceful coexistence and migration, as the nation prepares for the forthcoming elect...

[Foroyaa] Lawyer Abdoulie Fatty, representing two civil society organizations and a ward councillor against the Mayoress of Banjul and two others, said the Mayor lacks the power to give attestation.

[The Point] Gambian actress Mariama Colley on Saturday unveiled two of her international awards she won at the international category at the Ebunjan Theatre, Kanifing.

[The Point] Malang N. Fofana, a programme manager at the National Nutrition Agency (NaNA) has disclosed that The Gambia is going to experience a double burden of malnutrition, whereby obesity and overweight co-exist alongside under-nutrition.