Amadou Samba clears the air about Panama Papers saga
Gambian top businessman, Amadou Samba, has broken the silence over the alleged $900 million offshore account “wrongly” linked to him in a publication dubbed the Panama Papers,...
Are police, prosecutors looking for GDC NAM?
Judicial sources have intimated to The Standard that state prosecutors and police are looking for Demba Sowe, the National Assembly Member for Niamina West.
Sowe is reportedly wanted...
National think tank finally launched
A 19-member national think tank, an apolitical and multi-disciplinary expert body selected to create policy direction for the government, was launched yesterday.
The think tank is tasked to...
Former President Jammeh’s Four Presidential Aircrafts Up For Sale
Gambia Government is expected to sell four presidential planes of the former President Yahya Jammeh who ruled the country with iron fist for the past 22 years....
Finance Minister Delivers Budget Amendment Bill
The Minister of Finance and Economic Affairs, Amadou Sanneh has today moved the ‘Appropriation Act (Amendment) Bill 2017’which is a presentation of The Government's budget to the...
AfDB Appoints Gambia’s Oley Dibba as Director Human Capital, Youth & Skills Development
The African Development Bank (AfDB) has announced the appointment of Ms. Oley Lucretia Clara Dibba-Wadda as Director of Human Capital, Youth and Skills Development with effect from...
Mayor Yankuba Colley Calls For The Reopening Of The Bakoteh Dumpsite
The Mayor of Kanifing Municipal Council and Former Ruling APRC National Mobilizer, Yankuba Colley has called on the government to reopen the Bakoteh Dumpsite after it was...
GFF APPOINTS FORMER ARMY CHIEF LANG TOMBONG TAMBA AS VICE CHAIRMAN OF THE MANAGEMENT...
By Lamin Drammeh
The former Chief of Defense Staff under the Jammeh administration, Lang Tombong Tamba has bounced back following his appointment as vice chairman of a newly...
Daily Observer newspaper resumes operation
Following its temporal closure over tax arrears, the Observer Company has today, Wednesday, June 28th resumed operations.
The Observer Company, publishes the country's leading and biggest newspaper...
Another deadly car accident in CRR, one killed
Tragedy struck the community of Sinchu Njanko and the surrounding villages in the Naimina District of the Central River Region (CRR) early Tuesday as a fatal car...
President Barrow to launch National Think-Tank tomorrow
President Adama Barrow will officially launch the National Think-Tank tomorrow, Thursday, June 29th, the State House has confirmed.
The grand launching will take place at the Grand Tent,...
“I Cried At The Senegalese High Commissioner’s Office”–Fatoumatta Tambajang
The Overseer of the Vice President's office and Minister of Women Affairs, Fatoumatta Tambajang Jallow has said that she cried at the office of the Senegalese High...
Insider Says Government Should Monitor Councils
A government Insider has blamed The Ministry of Local Government and Lands for its failure to check millions of revenue collected by the councils. The insider also...
President Barrow Meets Religious Leaders
Gambia's religious leaders meet President Adama Barrow as part of the events celebrating the Muslim Feast of Eid Al-Fitr at the Office of the President in Fajara.
The...
Jammeh killed more Jolas than any other tribe – Imam Baba Leigh
Imam Baba Leigh, the Imam of Kanifing East Central Mosque has insisted that exiled former President Yahya Jammeh killed more Jolas than any other tribe during his...
GDC expels executive member Musa Batchilly
The Gambia Democratic Congress (GDC) has expelled Mr Musa Batchilly from the party with immediate effect, a senior member of the party has confirmed.
Its not clear why...
President Barrow delivers maiden Koriteh message
President Adama Barrow has delivered his maiden Eid-Fitr (Koriteh) message 2017 calling on all Gambians to maintain the tolerance, discipline, integrity and hard work cultivated during this holy...
Jammeh Family Complains Of Hunger Since The Departure Of The Former President
Gambia’s former President Yahya Jammeh’s family in Kanilai is complaining of hunger since Jammeh left the country in January and went into exile.
Araba Jammeh one of his...
The man behind the US$27 million clinic
The construction of Gambia’s first specially designed, international standard hospital in the Tourism Development Area has started in earnest but not much is known about the man...
Buba Sangnia, Longest Serving Immigration Officer Back As DG
Buba Sanyang known to many as Zil was first appointed as acting director general of Immigration Department in November 2009 after he took over from Sakou Drammeh...