Opposition Parties in Disarray, Jammeh  Measure the Drapes

By Capt (Rtd) Alhajie Kanteh, Contributing Writer

Efforts to give our country, The Gambia, a new direction, have been quite a task. One would have thought that by now the country’s opposition would have embraced each other, not for their own sake, but for the sake of the country that they all presumably love. It’s sad to say that out of this fallout of the so-call battle of ideology, the only winner is president Jammeh who is bent on the path of dictatorship and totalitarianism. Listening to the STGDP, come up with plans to see off the entire opposition leadership on a “meet the people’s tour” similar to the one Jammeh embarked on a few months ago, is encouraging. This to my mind would give the people the chance to compare our president’s senseless propaganda as opposed to that of the opposition out to offer concrete democratic alternatives and meaningful development. Listening to an elected president of a country telling the electorate that election will not remove him from power can be extreme hard to swallow. That is precisely the reason why the opposition should take the president to task and demand an explanation on the issue. If indeed the opposition is to make headway on issues closer to the minds of the people, then they must be seen to be trailing Jammeh, scrutinizing every word of his such as this latest show of foolishness.

Ramadan Is Gambia’s Last Chance For Change—Koukoie

RAMADAN MUBARAK TO ALL GAMBIANS

By Koukoie Samba Sanyang, Contributing Writer

Dear Fellow Gambians let us know that Ramadan is our last chance to change. If we have already created a meaning for our Ramadan, it’s never too late to improve it. Oh dear Gambians Ramadan means the month of getting closer to our Lord Allah the creator. We have to get to bow down, humiliate ourselves before Him, cry to Him and feel safe again. We should feel His presence everywhere. We have to get to laugh with Him and thank Him, Al Kareem, for everything He has blessed us with in our lives. Alhamdulillah. In this Holy month of Ramadan with the great sacrifices and fasting, may the brutal bursts of rapture subside, and may your bodies be the lotus submerged and surrounded by the cool water of Allah’s bliss permeating your bodies with a pure bright awareness.

State Guard  Commander Gen. Lamin Bojang Booted Out!!!

Jammeh Effects Minor Changes In The Army

By Staff Reporter Bakary Gibba & Pa Nderry M’Bai

Email: panderrymbai@gmail.com

Tel# 919-749-6319

As insecurity grips Gambia’s President Yahya Jammeh, the Gambian leader  has effected another changes in the army—with the State Guard Commander Brigadier General Lamin Bojang booted out of the State House, the Freedom Newspaper can report.  Mr. Bojang is the latest casualty of Jammeh’s unfinished purging of the army. Gen. Bojang has been moved to the Gambia National Guards, under close surveillance amid distrust between the military and the President.  No reason was given for General Bojang’s  redeployment,  but competent State House sources said the Head of State is “hatching” another plot to get rid of potential officers in the Armed Forces. According to a news release issued by the President’s office late Friday, Gen.  Bojang has been replaced by Chief of Staff Brigadier General Sering Modou Njie, who also doubles as State Guard Commander.  Mr. Njie was in charge of the State Guards before his elevation as Chief of Staff. 

16 Years: JAMMEH “MARRIED” FOUR WIVES!!!

The Scoop Of The Year

The State House On The Spotlight

By Pa Nderry M’Bai, Raleigh, NC

Email: panderrymbai@gmail.com

Tel: 0011-919-749-6319

Since coming to power through a “bloodless” coup in July of 1994, Gambia’s President Yahya Jammeh has been engulfed in an unstable marital life, characterized by separations, divorces, and “secret” polygamous marriages—even though he ( Mr. Jammeh) had a strong grip of the impoverished country—once referred to as the “smiling” Coast of West Africa.  In a span of 16 years, Mr. Jammeh has married to four ladies—three of whom are Gambian born natives, while the fourth one is a Moroccan. These are top state secrets known to few people in Banjul. One has to be part of the Kanilai family tree to know such deep secrets we are posed to declassify online today.  Out of the four marriages Jammeh entered into, two were made official, while the other two were treated as a “secret” affair. Jammeh’s Protocol team, family members, and some close aides in the military were aware of the four marital relationships the Gambian leader had tied in the past.

The Real July 22^nd Revolution – I Section: Nation School

By Baba Galleh Jallow                                             

The real July 22^nd revolution firmly believes that the idea of the Family Nation can be actualized through the agency of the nation as a school, the Nation School. This means, of course, that the state must act not only as an institution of governance but also as a conscious politico-educational institution whose primary role is to facilitate and enhance the rigorous political education of the people. We refer not to the kind of political education that merely tells the people what good the government is doing, but the kind that will empower them to assume their rightful status and play their roles as the ultimate custodians of political power and authority. Through a sustained process of the proper kind of civic education, the people will learn to respect political authority and political authority will learn to recognize and assume its proper status as the loyal servant of the nation. Within the framework of the nation as one big school, the political leadership will recognize itself and be seen to behave as at once the head teacher and head pupil of the country. Needless to say, Yahya Jammeh is utterly incapable of even contemplating such a scenario; which is why he represents a crippling obstacle to Gambian advancement and needs to disappear from the country’s political landscape.