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Woman Loses Right Eye In Lovers’ Tiff

According to news monitored on a Senegalese newspaper, L’Observateur, one Sokhna Sall lost her right eye and could be completely blind after having had acid splashed on her face by one Seynabou Kebe, with whom she had a scuffle. Sokhna was suspected of having an affair with the ex-husband of Seynabou Kebe, Amadou Diop, who is a younger brother to the late husband of Sokhna Sall. According to eye witnesses, Sokhna, a widow with three children, got her face seriously burnt with acid and is being...

NUGS/UTG students union in constitutional stalemate

The constitutional impasse engulfing the national union of Gambian students (NUGS) seems to have taking a shape for the worst as the ousted University of the Gambia Students’ Union (UTGSU) representative at NUGS, Mr Ebrima Sanneh, is showing no sign of backing out. On Monday Mr Sanneh walked into our office complex with a six page document purportedly from NUGS. The document, entitled "NUGS IPRO debunks UTGSU", accused the latter of political victimization against their president. It also...

Kanifing East to end banditry

Inter-faith alliance formed In the wake of a spate of criminal activities in Kanifing Estate, the mosque committee of the area, headed by Imam Baba Leigh and the Catholic Church of the blessed Sacrament Central Committee, headed by Rev Father Peter Lopez, on Tuesday convened a maiden inter-faith meeting at the Kanifing Estate Community Centre, to deal with the menace which continues to threaten the residents. Kanifing Estate has been alarmed by a spate of criminal attacks on residents by scums...

US$3.3M order slammed on TK Motors, Kabo Air

TK Motors and Kabo Air have been ordered to pay the sum of US$3,300,861 to O’ Corporation Ltd for recklessness and abuse of process and delay, causing loss, damages and injury to the plaintiff. O’ Corporation instituted a civil suit  after it purchased an aircraft, Boeing V27 with registration number 5V PTA. As the highest bidder at the sale, O’ Corporation was prevented by the defendants from taking possession of the aircraft resulting to its destruction. Handing down his judgement, Justice...

Porter sentenced

Modou Sanneh, a porter at Serrekunda “Sandika”, was yesterday convicted and sentenced to four months mandatory jail term with hard labour by Magistrate Pa Harry of the Kanifing Magistrates’ court. Modou Sanneh was charged with threatening one Absa Cham, a barkeeper at Dippa Kunda with a knife on the 24th April, 2007. When the charge sheet was read to him, he pleaded guilty and begged the court for mercy.  He told the court that he was just cracking jokes with her (Absa Cham). He further...