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...
POLICE FIND CORPSE BURIED WITHOUT POSTMORTEN
By Mustapha Jallow
Tujereng Police officers, on Friday, 17 March 2017, found the corpse of a woman in a virgin land at Tujereng, near Jah Oil. According to...
PRESIDENT BARROW’S TOUR
By Foroya Newspaper
The announcement that President Barrow is to undertake a provincial tour has met with divergent views. Many associate the tour with the current electoral campaign...
WHICH STAKEHOLDERS ARE MEMBERS OF COALITION 2016?
By Foroya Newspaper
WHICH STAKEHOLDERS ARE MEMBERS OF COALITION 2016?
Coalition 2016 which supported the current President as an Independent presidential canididate in the 1 December 2016 presidential election...
NOTICE OF EMERGENCY GENERAL MEETING
To: The Members of the Gambia Bar Association
NOTICE OF EMERGENCY GENERAL MEETING
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, of an Emergency General Meeting of The Gambia Bar Association to...
GOOD MORNING PRESIDENT BARROW
Sulayman Jeng
Birmingham, UK
Jumma Mubarak Your Excellency and all my audience. My sceptics will crucify me today for faulting my promise to discuss NAWEC. My choice of espouse...
Justice Ministry to create Special Adviser position on judicial reforms
Gambia’s Ministry of Justice is on the verge of creating the post of a Special Adviser to the Attorney General.
The Special Adviser’s responsibility will be to provide...
Ousman Sonko’s extradition imminent
By Bruce Asemota, Point Newspaper
A high-level delegation comprising senior government officials from the Gambia Immigration, prisons, police, Foreign Affairs Ministry and the Ministry of the Interior on...
FOREIGN PATHOLOGISTS ARRIVE FOR SANDENG AUTOPSY
By Baba Sillah, Standard Newspaper
Foreign pathologists have arrived in the Gambia for forensic examination on the exhumed corpse of the late Solo Sandeng and possibly others whose...