Abdul Hamid Adiamoh is a Nigerian journalist and publisher of Today Newspaper in the Gambia.
He left Nigeria during the Abacha administration and settle in the Gambia, where he established himself as a business journalist with the Daily Observer Newspaper.
His arrest and bail of 200,000 Gambian dalasi[3] (US$ 9500) coincided with the conviction and sentencing of Fatou Jaw Manneh, another journalist who was found guilty of a 2005 article.
[6][7] Finding the report to be untrue, TODAY of June 11, 2009 retracted the story, and published a public apology.
Despite these efforts, Adiamoh was arrested, detained for five days, before he was charged for false publication and broadcasting, a criminal offence under Gambian laws that could carry a maximum sentence of D250,000 fine or a six-month imprisonment term.