GRA delays tax filing and payment deadline by two months
Gambia Revenue Authority has announced it has pushed filing and payment of personal income taxes to 31 March.
The move is a result of the coronavirus crisis.
The authority...
UDP Student Wing Responds To Seedy Njie’s Recent Statement Towards Their Leader
The student wing of the United Democratic Party (UDP) wishes to send a very strong message to Seedy SK Njie over the recent frivolous and cynical ill...
Top cleric Baba Leigh talks about his fractious and bitter relationship with Jammeh
By Adama Makasuba
Top imam Baba Leigh has detailed his fractious and bitter relationship with ex-president Yahya Jammeh.
Imam Leigh testifying before the TRRC went down memory lane on...
“A Deserved Move” – Coach Tom Sainfiet Reacts To Top Striker’s Move To Italy
By: Muhammed Lamin Drammeh
The head coach of the senior national football team of The Gambia, Tom Sainfeit has reacted to Assan Ceesay's move to US Lecce in...
Citizens’ Alliance says IEC has refused to take its additional signatures, announces fresh legal...
Citizens’ Alliance has issued a statement saying the Independent Electoral Commission has refused to receive additional signatures the party submitted to Election House – and announced it...
Cristiano Ronaldo Statue Divides Opinion in India
A newly unveiled statue of Portuguese football star Cristiano Ronaldo is dividing opinion in India. Placed in the western Goa state, where football is hugely popular, officials...
We’ll sue you! IEC warns ‘Operation No Illegal Voting’ group
The Independent Electoral Commission has accused an advocacy organization of illegally conducting voter sensitisation in the Upper River and West Coast regions.
IEC said in a statement: “It...
SOLDIERS SENTENCED TO DEATH IN SECRET TRIAL MUST NOT BE EXECUTED
Death sentences imposed on soldiers accused of participating in December’s attempted coup d’état in Gambia are a cruel violation of the right to life and the right...
Fear and Terror In Foni As Gambia’s Chief Witch President Yahya Jammeh Embarks On...
There is unease in much of Foni, in the Western Region of the Gambia, where the President Yahya Jammeh originates from. Once again, local residents in the...
TRRC: NOVEMBER 11: Driver Details How 4 Army Officers Fell into Trap Set by...
By Lamin Njie
A former driver in the Gambian army on Monday detailed how Peter Singhateh and other soldiers hid in flowers on the night of November 11,...
‘Big Thief’ Ebou Jallow Lashes out at TRRC
By Lamin Njie
Former AFPRC junta spokesman Ebou Jallow has lashed out at the TRRC over its Tuesday's hearing.
In a statement made available to The Standard newspaper, Jallow...
GUNJUR: IGP Flees after Attack on Car
The Inspector General of Police Mamour Jobe was whisked away Saturday after his car came under attack in Gunjur.
The IGP was on a visit to the town...
WHO warns slow vaccine roll-out prolonging COVID-19 pandemic
As the European region currently fights a resurgence of COVID-19 transmissions, the World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Office for Europe on Thursday called upon the governments in...
Gambia’s Biggest Political Falsehood
By Lamin Gano
The things that unite us as Gambians are stronger and more important than our differences. And if there is one single issue in 2016 that...
Gambia high commission in UK holds farewell event for Francis Blain as curtain comes...
The Gambia High Commission to the United Kingdom, on Saturday 19 June 2021, bade farewell to the out-going High Commissioner, His Excellency Mr. Francis Blain, at a...
Deportation: Foreign minister says Germany hasn’t furnished Gambia statistics on Gambians lined for deportation
The minister of foreign affairs has said the Gambia government has not received any communication from German authorities on the number of Gambians that have been prepared...
The Senegalese Transport Union Boss, Gora Khouma Takes President Jammeh to the Cleaners!!!
“He acted without consultation and raised the charges for the border crossing to 400,000CFA ($800)”. “He signed ECOWAS protocols and yet doesn’t adhere to them”. “He doesn’t...
“I’m A Thousand Percent Better” – Kaba Bajo Rates Himself Over Kamaso
By: Muhammed Lamin Drammeh
With The Gambia Football Federation Presidential elections looming, the incumbent Lamin Kaba Bajo has rated himself a thousand per cent better than his opponent...
Former Haiti Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe who is also founder of GVG to grace...
The chairman of the board of Global Voice Group Laurent Lamothe will attend The Fatu Network Heroes Awards 2019 scheduled to take place on 14 March.
Mr Lamothe,...
GFA leader Darbo pins Gambia’s ‘deplorable’ situation on corruption – as he insists his...
By Adama Makasuba
The leader of Gambia For All has linked The Gambia’s 'deploration' situation to corruption vowing a GFA government would put an end to scourge.
Speaking at...
