By Nangayi Guyson – Bissau – AFP-Guinea Bissau’s state television broadcaster has been down for four months with broken transmitters and a staff who have gone unpaid for about as long, its director said on Wednesday. “We have been at a standstill since July because of a breakdown of transmitters,” Eusebio Nunes, head of the state-owned Guinea Bissau National Television (TVGB), told AFP. TVGB which was created in 1989 is poorly-maintained and lacks equipment According to Nunes , the reporters have only two cameras, one of which is broken, a single editing table and no vehicle. The staff, consisting of... Continue Reading
By Own Correspondent – The defence is expected to open it’s case in the voire dire trial involving the nine foreign nationals who are standing trial at the special narcotics court at the Banjul Magistrates’ Court for being found with one and half tonnes of cocaine reported to be worth one billion United States dollars. This followed yesterday’s announcement by the state prosecutor that they have closed their case in the voire dire trial over the cautionary statement of the first accused, Mr. Gazi. Concluding his testimony under cross-examination by defence counsel Lamin Camara, the prosecution’s independent witness, Bubacarr Khan,... Continue Reading
By Own Correspondent: The Government of the Gambia has said it will continue to support and partner with the United Nations to advance the global response to the economic crisis, climate change, environmental degradation, poverty, education, political instability, infectious diseases and gender empowerment. This was declared by the minister of Fisheries, Water Resources and National Assembly Matters, Lamin Kaba Bajo, who is currently overseeing the Foreign Affairs Ministry in Banjul. Bajo was speaking at a cocktail reception held at the Coco Ocean Hotel on Monday as part of commemoration of this year’s United Nations Day. UN Day is celebrated on... Continue Reading
By Own Correspondent – The trial on four counts of treasonable offences preferred against the former chief of defence staff of the Gambia armed forces, Lt. General Lang Tombong Tamba, and ex-chief of naval staff, Rear Admiral Sarjo Fofana, resumed yesterday at the special criminal court in Banjul amid tight security. Yesterday’s proceedings saw the testimonies of two prosecution witnesses: Lamin Manneh, a security officer, amd Muhammded Sowe, a police officer, attached to the Major Crime Unit. Tamba and Fofana are facing charges of conspiracy to commit treason, concealment of treason and treason. They were indicted by state prosecutors in... Continue Reading
By Own Correspondent – Nigerian State Security Service (SSS) Tuesday seized an illegal arms shipment containing “rocket launchers, grenades and other explosives,” thought to be headed for Gambia. According to the Nigerian media, the shipment, containing 13 containers, is being held at the country’s largest shipping port, in Lagos. Security was immediately tightened at the Apapa Wharf last night as SSS, Police, Customs and naval officials condoned off the area where the ship was being detained and its contents examined, leading Nigerian daily, This Day, reported. The paper quoted state security officials as confirming the seizure, but said while they... Continue Reading
