Bar association boycotts courts
Bruce Asemota, Point Newspaper
The Gambia Bar Association (GBA) has called on all it members to boycott the courts of the four Nigerian judges forthwith, until further notice.
The...
NED gives US$39,995 grant to Gambia Press Union
The National Endowment for Democracy (NED) has in February 2017 approved a US$39,995 grant for the Gambia Press Union (GPU), a statement from the umbrella body for...
‘Do away with tribal politics, put Gambia’s interest first,’ says OJ
The Point Newspaper: Omar Jallow alias OJ - PPP leader and Gambia’s Agriculture minister, during a political rally held at Latrikunda German organized by the PPP KM...
7 former APRC NAMs join UDP
By Lamin Cham, Standard Newspaper: All incumbent National Assembly Members from the seven constituencies in the North Bank Region who were all elected on the APRC ticket...
OJ: Jammeh Has 133 Compounds
By Madi S Njie, Standard Newspaper: Omar Jallow, alias OJ, the leader of the PPP and member of the governing Coalition 2016, has alleged that whereas former...
Acting VP Tambajang visits Gambia’s embassy in Washington
Madam Fatoumata Jallow Tambajang, Acting Vice President and Minister of Women's Affairs on Tuesday, March 28, visited the Gambian embassy in Washington DC in the margins of...
Journalists trained on election coverage & security ahead of Parliamentary elections
Over a dozen of Gambian journalists on Tuesday, March 28, began a three-day intensive training on elections coverage and security in electoral process ahead of the upcoming...
Former NIA Director General & Co Case Suffers Setback
By Lamin Sanyang
The criminal trial involving nine former NIA officers that was scheduled for plead taking has suffered a setback before Justice Kumba Sillah Camara of the...
Mother narrates daughter’s death on ‘back-way’
By Omar Bah, Standard Newspaper
A 20-year-old girl, who left home in Bakoteh to visit her sister at London Corner and later surfaced in Niger on the ‘back-way’...
New charges for NIA 9
By Baba Sillah, Standard Newspaper
After several adjournments, state prosecutors have finally filed fresh bill of indictment against the former head of state intelligence, Yankuba Badgie and eight...
REPEAL AND REPLACE
BY BUBACARR DRAMMEH
One of the promises of the new administration is to enact laws that will reflect a democratic society. In their quest to do, I believe...
SCORPIONS DELIVER AT LAST
By Lamin Drammeh
The scorpions of the Gambia, delivered arguably their best performance away from home when they beat Central Africa Republic 2-1 in an exciting friendly match...
Three Former Army Officers Reinstated-Deployed To Foreign Service
Credible sources have informed The Fatu Network that three former officers of The Gambia Armed Forces have been reinstated and are currently waiting to be deployed to...
‘General Saul Badjie Was Overseeing Police Intervention Unit’ -Police Spokesperson
By Lamin Sanyang
General Saul Badjie, former Commander of the Republican National Guard and close aide to former President Yahya Jammeh was also overseeing the Police Intervention Unit...
Single Mum Allegedly Charged With ‘Insulting President Barrow’ To Open Her Defense Tomorrow
By Lamin Sanyang
Ms Fatou Badjie, a single mother of Jabang Village who was accused of insulting President Adama Barrow is expected to enter her defense tomorrow, Tuesday,...
Barrow rallies Coalition partners on tour
By Lamin Cham, Standard Newspaper
President Barrow has managed to sail through the uncertainty that surrounded his position at the start of his campaign tour of the country....
SIX AMBASSADORS-AT-LARGE APPOINTED
President Adama Barrow has appointed six Gambians to serve as ambassadors-at-large, a Foreign Affairs Ministry official confirmed yesterday to The Standard.
They are Moses Jallow, Fatou Ceesay, Saul...
‘I am going to win Jeshwang seat’ – GDC’s MC Cham
Gambia Democratic Congress (GDC) candidate for Jeshwang Constituency in the upcoming National Assembly elections has expressed confident that he will win the race.
MC Cham, the party’s youth...
Electoral Commission Chief urges journalists to be professional in reporting
By Kaddijatou Jawo, Point Newspaper
Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) Chairman Alieu Mamor Njai has urged journalists reporting on elections to carry out their work with professionalism and in...
Writer Demands Better Working Conditions
Dear Editor,
I want to draw your attention to the flight of poor civil servants with poor salaries deemed lowest in the world. Civil Servants cannot afford house...