A PARADOX OF POOR AND QUALITY LEADERSHIP FROM UDP RANKS I will open this sentence by paraphrasing the acclaimed Nigerian columnist, Sam Omatseye who in these troubling times of the ravaging plague (Covid-19), philosophized that leaders are never any thing you expect them to be. Omatseye argued that of all…

Parody of a Revolution: Gambia Gangster Republic Take it for granted or consider it as a very special case of criminality and low expectations, our revolution, country, and government is hijacked by ‘incompetently incompetent’ thugs. Believe it or not, our president by design or by default is refusing to lead…

GAMBIA AT 55: A CONSUMER REPUBLIC Sometime back in February, as Gambia and Gambians all over the world celebrate national independence; I refused to celebrate or call our country independent. Why should I and by extension all of us celebrate 55 years of hollow and meaningless independence? I wondered. Are…

A SPECIAL TRIBUTE AND EULOGY TO SIR DAWDA KAIRABA JAWARA By Lamin Jassey Sir Dawda Kairaba Jawara, GCMG was born in Barajali, on 16 May, 1924. He was a politician who was a significant national leader of The Gambia serving as its Prime Minister from 1962 to 1970, and then…

By Alhassan Darboe Essa Bokarr Sey, the public relations officer for OIC event organizing secretariat in The Gambia has spoken out about the confusion surrounding Gambia’s hosting and hosting rights to OIC heads of states summit slated to take place in Banjul later this year.Gambia’s minister of Foreign affairs Momodou…

A bunch of incompetent cronies connived among themselves to sabotage World’s second biggest inter-governmental organisation event in The Gambia.A mystic philosopher once wisely remarked “the map is not the territory, the menu is not the food, the chart is not the cause of events and coincidences are never mere coincidences.” …