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POLICE TARGETED UN INVESTIGATORS WITH BOOZE AND WOMEN -witness tells TRRC
By Aisha Tamba
A former CID officer at Barra police station during the detention of the West African migrants in 2005 has told the TRRC that current Interior Minister Yankuba Sonko, who was once Crimes Management Coordinator, instructed him to take the UN investigators looking into the migrant killings to a bar, get them drunk, give...
POLICE TARGETED UN INVESTIGATORS WITH BOOZE AND WOMEN -witness tells TRRC
By Aisha Tamba
A former CID officer at Barra police station during the detention of the West African migrants in 2005 has told the TRRC...
Price control not the solution to stop price rises- CBG
By Tabora Bojang
The Governor of the Central Bank of The Gambia, Buah Saidy has warned against the introduction of price control on food commodities in the country arguing that such a move is not...
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Police to withdraw security from foreign diplomats unless…
By Omar Bah
The Gambia Police Force have issued a statement on Tuesday warning that countries who are not providing security to Gambian diplomatic missions...
Barrow commissions D50M printing machine at GPPC
By Tabora Bojang
President Adama Barrow has said that his government is determined to strengthen the country's public enterprises to generate and protect the much-needed...
Suruwa Jaiteh’s lawyer withdraws in Bakau alkaloship court case
By Bruce Asemota
Senior Counsel Sheriff Marie Tambadou has withdrawn his legal representation for Suruwa B. Wawa Jaiteh in a suit pending before Justice Ebrima...
‘Jammeh sanctioned migrants’ killing’
By Aisha Tamba
Former Interior Minister Babucarr Jatta has yesterday told the truth commission that the massacre of the West African migrants was sanctioned by...
Senegal opposition leader arrested as supporters clash with police
Reuters) - Senegal's main opposition leader, Ousmane Sonko, was arrested on Wednesday after hundreds of his supporters clashed with police in the capital while...
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Kitabu Fatty: Comedian turned politician
Kitabu Fatty is a popular Mandinka comic actor who recently caused a ripple when he dropped a pebble in the lake by announcing his intention to set up a political party, the Progressive Democratic...
Kitabu Fatty: Comedian turned politician
Kitabu Fatty is a popular Mandinka comic actor who recently caused a ripple when he dropped a pebble in the lake by announcing his...
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GFF LEAGUE THIS WEEKEND Thrillers in Basori, crackers in Yundum
By Muhammed Lamin Drammeh
The GFF league enters Week Eight this afternoon with thrillers expected in Basori and the National Technical Training Centre in Yundum.
The first encounter will be played in Yundum where two wounded...
GFF LEAGUE THIS WEEKEND Thrillers in Basori, crackers in Yundum
By Muhammed Lamin Drammeh
The GFF league enters Week Eight this afternoon with thrillers expected in Basori and the National Technical Training Centre in Yundum.
The...
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Beware of popular thinking
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Since a lot of people are liking, doing or saying this or that thing, then it must be right or a very good idea. If most people accept it, then it probably represents...
GFF LEAGUE THIS WEEKEND Thrillers in Basori, crackers in Yundum
By Muhammed Lamin Drammeh
The GFF league enters Week Eight this afternoon with thrillers expected in Basori and the National Technical Training Centre in Yundum.
The...
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POLICE TARGETED UN INVESTIGATORS WITH BOOZE AND WOMEN -witness tells TRRC
By Aisha Tamba
A former CID officer at Barra police station during the detention of...
Time too limited for paper ballot – IEC
By Omar Bah
The Independent Electoral Commission has shelved its plans to use ballot paper...
4 arrested over latest Niamina killing
By Amadou Jadama
The Standard has been reliably informed that police in the Central River...
Mai Fatty calls for political funding bill
By Omar Bah
The Gambia Moral Congress leader has called for a political funding bill...
Price control not the solution to stop price rises- CBG
By Tabora Bojang
The Governor of the Central Bank of The Gambia, Buah Saidy has...
GFF LEAGUE THIS WEEKEND Thrillers in Basori, crackers in Yundum
By Muhammed Lamin Drammeh
The GFF league enters Week Eight this afternoon with thrillers expected...
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ST Brikama Boyo offers 6-year academic scholarship to a kid fan
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Policeman ordered to answer court or face jail
By Bruce Asemota
Justice Ebrima Ba Jaiteh of the High Court in Banjul has ordered...
Germany deports 20 more Gambians
By Omar Bah & Mafugi Ceesay
A group of Gambians deported from Europe arrived at...
Senegal suspends Two TV Channels over broadcasts of protests
Senegalese authorities on Thursday suspended the signal of two private television stations for 72...
Women empowerment crucial to poverty reduction – Trade Minister
By Awa Macalo
The Minister of Trade has said empowering women through trade can be...
Foreign Ministry receives information technology and office equipment worth over D2.3...
BANJUL, 3 March 2021: The Gambia Government through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, International...
Wayoto youths embark on cleansing exercise
By Olimatou Coker
Lamin Wayoto West Youth Development Association together with the Village Development Committee...
Caritas Gambia distributes 300 bicycles to schools
The Catholic Development Office (Caritas Gambia) through their partner the Rotary Ireland last week...
NDMA HOLDS STAFF RETREAT AT TENDABA CAMP IN LRR
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STAKEHOLDERS DEMAND TO MEET BARROW OVER DRAFT
By Omar Bah
Representatives from political parties, civil society and religious organisations have unanimously agreed...
Anti-Corruption bill to return soon
By Omar Bah
The highly anticipated anti-corruption commission bill will be retabled at the National...
Police to withdraw security from foreign diplomats unless…
By Omar Bah
The Gambia Police Force have issued a statement on Tuesday warning that...
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The testimony of Martin Kyere, the “lone survivor” of the mysterious killing of West...
Barrow commissions D50M printing machine at GPPC
By Tabora Bojang
President Adama Barrow has said that his government is determined to strengthen...