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Gambia’s Supreme Court on Tuesday postponed hearing in a petition filed by outgoing President Yahya Jammeh to challenge the results of the Dec. 1 presidential election which he lost to Adama Barrow. The court’s registrar said “the case has been adjourned until Jan. 16, since only one of the...

Gambian Information Minister Sheriff Bojang has resigned to protest President Yahya Jammeh’s refusal to accept defeat in last month’s presidential election, reports say. Efforts to contest the results were “an attempt to subvert the express will” of the Gambian people, he said in a statement...

The Presidency has said that President Muhamamdu Buhari-led federal government is ready to evacuate Nigerians in The Gambia if things gets out of hands. Senior Special Assistant to the President on Foreign Affairs and Diaspora, Abike Dabiri-Erewa, who is optimistic that all will be well said...

Nigerian judges reportedly hired by Gambian dictator, Yahya Jammeh, to help him with election case won't be going to Banjul, The Gambian city for the Supreme Court sitting. A Nigerian and Gambian legal experts told AFP on Monday that although five Nigerian judges and one from Sierra Leone had...

Nigerian judges have been fingered in the ongoing crisis in Gambia. Gambian lawyers and members of the opposition have accused President Yahya Jammeh, of using “mercenary judges” from Nigeria, and other officials sent as technical assistants to the country’s judiciary, to hound dissidents...

Nigerian Human Rights lawyer, Femi Falana has said that President Muhammadu Buhari of Nigeria and former President John Mahama of Ghana have no moral right to ask Gambia’s president, Yahya Jammeh to obey the Economic Community of West African Communities. A statement issued by Falana said...

The mediating team mandated by the Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS to intervene in the political impasse brewing up in The Gambia has again schedule to meet with President Yahya Jammeh. This was part of the outcome of the closed-door session held today at the Presidential...

Gambia's President, Yahya Jammeh has shut down Paradise FM, the fourth radio station to be shut since last week, one of its presenters said on Monday. This is coming as West African leaders were due to meet in Abuja today to discuss the crisis. Paradise FM was closed on orders allegedly...

President Muhammadu Buhari will on Monday host West African leaders on the political situation in The Gambia. Mr. Buhari in Abuja will performed his role as ECOWAS mandated mediator aimed at finding last solution to the political turmoil brewing in The Gambia after Yahya Jammeh refused to step...

Reno Omokri wants President Muhammadu Buhari to obey the Economic Community of West African States , ECOWAS by releasing Shiite leader, Ibrahim Zakzaky and former NSA, Sambo Dasuki before asking President Yahya Jammeh of Gambia to relinquish power. In a series of Twitter post, Omokri wrote...

Gambia’s First lady, Zineb Jammeh, has expressed firm love and support and love for her husband, President Jammeh. In an interview with the Daily Observer, the first lady described President Yahya Jammeh as a very devoted leader who is able to ensure peace and stability in a country. "It is...

President Muhammadu Buhari has said that West African leaders, will take a “major decision” on the political impasse in The Gambia, at a meeting in Ghana on Saturday. This was revealed by his spokesman, Garba Shehu, on Friday. “A major decision on the impasse is expected to be taken at that...

The US embassy in the Gambia has advised US citizens living in Gambia to leave the country as tension continues to rise following whether Gambian President, Yahya Jammeh will step down this January for the President-elect, Adama Barrow to to be sworn-in as the country’s new President, ...

Gambian President Yahya Jammeh has hired mercenaries in preparation for war as he promised not to step down after losing last month's election. The West African group of nations Ecowas has threatened to oust Mr Jammeh by force if he does not step down when his mandate ends on 18 January. It...

General Ousman Badjie, Gambia’s army chief has declared that President Yahya Jammeh has the ‘unflinching loyalty and support’ of the army. General Badjie made the declaration via a New Year message published in the pro-government Observer newspaper. He said, ‘‘May I please seize this...

The Chairman of the Gambian Electoral Commission has fled the country following threats to his life, his nephew said on Tuesday. Alieu Momar Njai had declared Adama Barrow the winner of the Dec. 1 presidential election, but President Yahya Jammeh has refused to relinquish power, challenging...

There is so far no sign that Gambia President, Yahya Jammeh, plans go any where on 19 January as he appears to be digging in. The latest action by his government was the closure of another private radio station Hilltop Radio, based in Banjul. Recall that Teranga FM Radio was the first to be...

Embattled Gambia's President, Yahya Jammeh has shut down privately owned radio station Taranga FM that provides access to the President Elect, Adama Barrow and team. Popular independent Gambian radio station Taranga FM was forced off the air by national security forces Sunday afternoon. One...

Gambia President, Yahya Jammeh in a new year message vows not to step down while accusing the Economic Community of West African States bloc (ECOWAS) of declaring a war against his country. Parts of his new year message read, “I have noticed that there are appeals in some quarters for me to...

Gambian President Yahya Jammeh has insisted on Wednesday that he would not leave office in January despite his defeat in an election this month, and called for a new vote. “Justice must be done and the only way justice can be done is to reorganise the election so that every Gambian votes...