BY Ndey Sowe The West Africa Network for Peace Building (WANEP), held a forum with female security officers across the country, to mark 16 days of activism to end gender based violence at the National Nutrition Agency (NaNA) Headquarters on Monday December 10th, 2018. The forum was meant to create a platform for participants [...]

A wrestler over the weekend fainted after sustaining severe beatings. By Abdoulie Fatty A wrestler over the weekend fainted after sustaining severe beatings. Held at the Serrekunda West mini-stadium, Abo Sarr of Ebo Town endured a night to forget in the lead up to his shock loss to “Sakajor” of Jabang Mbolloh. The two [...]

Assan Hansen By Sulyman Bah Gambian-born Assan Hansen is one of the finest to emerge from amateur boxing in Germany in a final recently. Twin brother to Ousainou –also a boxer in the same category – Hansen reached Germany men’s finals after shoving aside adversaries he’d been pitted with beginning from the qualifiers. He [...]

Photo: Brikama United By Sulayman Bah Real de Banjul was over the weekend subjected to their first defeat of the season by a Brikama United side playing at home. The Sateba Boys had their previous two fixtures at the Boxbar and made home advantage count again when they squared a resolute Real de Banjul. [...]

Pipes Set Ablaze By Madiba Singhateh and Hatab Nyang Pipes laid from the Nassim fish-meal factory in Sanyang into the sea were on Wednesday, 5 December, 2018 set ablaze on the very day. The pipes were meant to discharge the water from the treatment plant to the sea, when the factory resumes operations. The [...]

Claimants queuing for ID cards By Kebba Secka The Commissioner for ID cards, Mr Ebrima Manneh, on Thursday 6 December, confirmed the non-processing of cards at the Kanifing South Branch for four hours. Manneh made these statements known to the public following a visit by this reporter to verify the information of the non-issuing [...]