Police Issue Statement on Ex-Interior Minister Ousman Sonko
CORRECTION ON THE PUBLICATION OF DAILY OBSERVER APRIL 10TH EDITION THAT STATES “EX-INTERIOR MINISTER HAS NO CONNECTION IN THE ATROCITIES COMMITTED BY THE FORMER REGIME”
The office of...
KANDEH MAKES FRESH ELECTION RIGGING ALLEGATIONS
The opposition Gambia Democratic Congress (GDC) has not still legally challenged last month’s National Assembly election results, but the party leader Mamma Kandeh, has renewed the party’s...
Ferries get new boat, dispels stampede rumour
he authorities at the Gambia Ferry Services have confirmed that a new ferry has been acquired and will be coming to Banjul shortly.
A source who spoke to...
Cherno Marena back as Solicitor General
The Standard has learned that the former Solicitor General and Legal Secretary at the Attorney General’s Chambers and Ministry of Justice, Cherno Marena has bounced back as...
GCCI Calls On Government To Support Indigenous Businesses
By Lamin Sanyang
Alieu Secka, Chief Executive Officer CEO of The Gambia Chamber of Commerce and Industry GCCI has called on the new government of President Adama Barrow...
GCCI To Give Five Business Awards
By Lamin Sanyang
The Gambia Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) in marking its 50th Anniversary will Friday, May 12, award five of the most successful business personalities...
Ex-NIA 9 trial adjourned as Attorney General seeks more time to reorganize house
The ongoing trial of the nine former officers of the National Intelligence Agency on Wednesday suffered a setback and adjourned as requested by the Attorney General to...
Defense Counsel complains Star FM’s Sarjo Barrow misreports facts in ex-NIA 9 case
The Lawyer for Yankuba Badjie, the first accused person in the ongoing trial of the nine ex-NIA officers facing murder charges at the High Court have complained...
Sibeth Ndiaye, one of the faces behind the Emmanuel Macron victory
Senegalese born Sibeth Ndiaye is one of the crucial people behind the successful campaign that has seen Emmanuel Macron becomes the new President of France, reports Jeune...
Gambia’s Jammeh-era central bank governor sacked
The head of Gambia's central bank Amadou Colley, appointed by the previous President Yahya Jammeh, has been sacked.
No official reason has been given for the sacking and...
Ecowas adopt 8-year regional plan to end statelessness
A regional action plan to end statelessness in West Africa was yesterday adopted by ministers from the region at a meeting organised by the regional body in...
Citizen reacts to Gambian ISIS boy
Fatima Touray, a resident of Bakau Newtown, yesterday walked into the offices of The Standard to express her dissatisfaction about the viraled Gambian in ISIS video.
This paper...
IMAM FATTY: AHMADIS SHOULD HAVE THEIR OWN CEMETERY
A former Imam of State House Mosque, Alhagie Abdoulie Fatty, has broken his silence on the recent video of a Gambian man paying allegiance to ISIS and...
VETERAN JOURNALIST PAP SAINE IS APPOINTED GAMBIA FOOTBALL FEDERATION’S MEDIA ADVISER
By Lamin Drammeh
As part of their drive towards consolidating the gains made in the development of football in the past few years, the President and Executive Committee...
‘Solo Sandeng fainted in front of Yankuba Badjie’ – 2nd witness tells court
Omar Bojang, a native of Old Yundum and NIA Director for West Coast Region who is the second prosecution witness in the ongoing murder trial involving the...
Defense Counsel says first state witness should be accused of killing Solo Sandeng
Moses BJ Ritchards, Defence Counsel for Sheikh Omar Jeng, 3rd accused person in the ex-NIA 9 ongoing murder trial has said if anyone is to be accused...
22nd ANNUAL INVESTMENT CONFERENCE ENDS IN NEW YORK
By Lamin Drammeh
The Fatu Network is honored to provide exclusive coverage on the 22 annual Sohn investment conference that came to a spectacular end at David Geffen...
HELLO MR PRESIDENT….
Cost of Living....
Mr President... the Ramadan is just around the corner and many have begun preparations for this sacred, but expensive month. It is clear that when...
Njogu Bah acquitted
Magistrate Janneh-Njie of the Banjul Magistrates’ Court on 3 May 2017 acquitted Njogu Bah, former secretary general and head of the civil service, who was charged with...
EX-STATE HOUSE PRESS OFFICER SPILLS BEANS ON CHIEF MANNEH
The former director of press and public relations at State House, Mam Sait Ceesay, has said that Chief Manneh’s disappearance was not only because of a BBC...