By Own Correspondent – President Yahya Jammeh has underscored the importance of petroleum resources in the social and economic transformation of the country, noting that this needS not to be over-emphasised. In a statement read on his behalf by Aja Dr Isatou Njie-Saidy, Vice President and Minister for Women’s Affairs, at the official ceremony inaugurating the Gambia National Petroleum Company (GNPC) service station, President Jammeh said exploration activities in the past have indicated The Gambia’s endowment in petroleum resources and, therefore, several efforts have been spearheaded in preparing ourselves for a successful take-off. He stated that the enactment in 2004,... Continue Reading
By Own Correspondent – The Special Criminal Court yesterday acquitted one Rameh Trawally who was standing trial for murder, after it ruled that the prosecution’s case “lacks evidence”. “I hold that the prosecution had woefully failed to prove their case beyond reasonable doubt that Rameh Trawally was culpable for the offence he stands charged,” presiding judge Joseph Ikpapa said in delivering judgment. Trawally was accused of murdering one Ahmed Faal by chopping his neck from his body with a cutlass in June 2009, at Sanyang village in the Kombo South district of West Coast with malice aforethought. However, following his... Continue Reading
26 July 2011 – The international medical aid agency Medécins Sans Frontières MSF (Doctors Without Borders) is deeply concerned by the relocation of Somali refugees in Dadaab to Ifo 3 extension camp. The relocation, which began yesterday under the auspices of the UNHCR, has been carried out with little transparency or consultation with other agencies on the ground and the refugee community. Some 200 families per day are being relocated to Ifo 3, a camp with little existing basic services, including water and sanitation. It is expected that the camp will hold a total of 60,000 refugees, which is 20,000... Continue Reading
By Nangayi Guyson – At least seventy-eight people have been reported dead after a Moroccan military aircraft crash into a mountain in the south of the country, the army says. The Moroccan C-130 Hercules aircraft crashed near Guelmim, just north of the disputed Western Sahara territory. The plane was travelling from Dakhla, in the Western Sahara, to Kinitra in northern Morocco. It crashed at about 09:00 local time (08:00 GMT)due to poor weather conditions as it was attempting to make a scheduled stop at a military air base some 10km (six miles) east of Guelmim. It was carrying 81 people:... Continue Reading
By Correspondent Chinyere Ogbonna – National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has uncovered a clandestine laboratory for the illicit production of Methamphetamine in Lagos State, South –West Nigeria. The production centre a three bed room bungalow located around Iba, Ojo Local Government Area of Lagos State has a production capacity of twenty to fifty kilogram’s per cycle, hence making it a large production centre similar to what is found in Mexico. However, officials of NDLEA are working to ascertain the possibility of a link with other international drug networks. Chairman and Chief Executive of the Agency, Ahmadu Giade who pledged... Continue Reading
