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The Point has learned from competent sources that Mr. Ndeneh Faal, a renowned businessman who was convicted and sentenced to jail for drug peddling, was last Wednesday released from prison. Mr. Faal, Mr. Musa Suso, the former Kombo North parliamentarian and Victoria Goddard, a beautician, were ... [Gambia News]

The 18th edition of the May Day Sports organised by the Gambia National Olympic Committee (GNOC), has once more crowned Gambia Police Force (GPF) as the 2008 champions of the yearly sporting event that pits various departments and institutions against one another as part of celebrations ... [Gambia News]

In his response to a question raised by Baboucarr Senghore of The Point, during his recent press conference, which was designed to inquire why the opposition in the Gambia appears to be dormant, Halifa Sallah claimed that he had just written a letter ... [Gambia News]

The protracted sedition trial against Fatou Jaw Manneh, a US-based Gambian journalist, was on April 24, 2008, adjourned to April 30 by Magistrate Buba Jawo of the Kanifing Magistrates Court. Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) sources in The Gambia reported that the adjournment was ... [Gambia News]

The 2ndprosecution witness in the trial of the 95 Babylon ‘assailants’ has said that on March 25, he saw a multitude of armed people coming from Makumbaya to Babylon but was not in the picture as to their mission. Sheikh ... [Gambia News]

Lt. Colonel Serign Modou Njie, State Guard Battalion Commander, on Tuesday testified before Senior Magistrate Kayode of the Banjul Magistrates Court in the trial of Government theft case involving Manlafi Sanyang, Lt Bakary Camara and Domenico Fedelish. The trio are ... [Gambia News]

The cross-examination of the prosecution witness (PW7), Sub-Inspector Kalilu Sanneh, who headed the patrol team, continued on Monday, 21 April, before Magistrate Kumba Sillah Camara at the Bundung Magistrates’ Court. During the cross-examination, Defence Counsel Lamin ... [Gambia News]

Continuing his evidence under cross examination by defence counsel Lamin Jobarteh, the NIA operative (name withheld), who testified in the sedition trial of journalist Fatou Jaw Manneh, on Monday, 21 April, said he is a graduate of Armitage High School and had served ... [Gambia News]

More than one hundred residents of Busumbala were, on Wednesday, 23 April, left homeless, following a demolition exercise, which was carried out by agents working for the State. A distraught family head, Ansumana Kinteh, who spoke to this reporter, said he ... [Gambia News]

This paper has learn through authoritative official sources that the Central Bank of The Gambia (CBG) has decided to take possession of Bayba Financial Services and Savings and Credit company with effect from April 25th2008. In a notice ... [Gambia News]