Three civil servants arrested after suspected cannabis was allegedly found concealed in a government vehicle have been fined a total D1,050,000 after been found guilty by the Brikama Magistrates’ Court. The three – 29-year-old Adama Tabally from the Ministry of Finance; 28-year-old Yankuba Nyassi and 30-year-old Musa Jammeh from the Ministry of Agriculture – were […]
President Adama Barrow has hit back at opposition leader Ousainu Darboe over his claim that he would not win the December 2026 presidential election even if he were to open the vaults of Central Bank and spent the money on electioneering. Barrow made this remark during the ongoing Meet The People Tour meeting in Taibatu, […]
Activist group, Gambians Against Looted Assets (Gala), which staged mass street protests last year over the sale of assets seized from former president Yahya Jammeh, has called on President Barrow to provide his government’s response to the recommendations in the report of the National Assembly special select committee into the handling of the assets by […]
The Gambia Teachers’ Union (GTU) has sought to clarify concerns surrounding the recently introduced Staff Quarters Maintenance Fee, the allocation of GTUCCU lands and calls for the resignation of the union’s president and his executive. In a statement shared with The Standard yesterday signed by the executive members of the union addressed to teachers and […]
Vice President Muhammed Jallow has called for urgent and collective action to tackle malnutrition in The Gambia, describing nutrition as a critical pillar of human capital development, productivity and national prosperity. He made the call on Wednesday while officially launching the National Nutrition Policy 2026–2035 and Strategic Plan 2027–2031. The launch, organised by the National […]
The Coalition of Progressive Gambians, a non-partisan citizen organisation, has issued a strong call for opposition unity ahead of the 2026 presidential election, urging political leaders to drop partisan interests and rally under the national flag to rescue the country, or miss out. In a press statement issued yesterday, signed by its secretary general Celestine […]
The Gambia has been ranked the 4th worst country to work in Africa and 193rd globally, with workers taking home an average of just $85 — approximately D6,290 — per month after taxes. The damning ranking is contained in the 2026 salary data compiled by LiveGDP.com, which assessed take-home pay after mandatory deductions across all […]
The United Democratic Party (UDP) spokesperson for North Bank Region, Karamo Njie, has taken issues with the leader of the Gambia Democratic Congress (GDC), Mamma Kandeh, who is now allied with the governing NPP, asking him to ‘shut up’ if he does not have anything substantial to tell the rural people about their plight. Njie […]
GRA Commissioner General Yankuba Darboe has declared that tobacco taxation must be judged not by how much revenue it generates, but by how many lives it saves. Delivering a keynote address at the convergence of the Association of Public & Environmental Health Officers – The Gambia (APEHOG) on the theme “Non-Communicable Diseases and Tobacco Taxation: […]
By Fatou Gassama Magistrate I Jallow of Kanifing has ordered that the name of one Adama Bah be retained on the register of voters after dismissing a claim objecting his possession of a voter card. The objection was filed against him by one Ebrima Ndow who claimed that Bah is not a Gambian citizen. In […]
The main opposition United Democratic Party (UDP) leader Ousainu Darboe has declared that President Barrow is so unpopular that he now agrees with other politicians who believe that removing him may not necessarily require one united opposition front. “Other party leaders have held this view before and I too believe that even one party can […]
President Barrow has spoken of his great delight at what he saw and heard at a meeting in Sabi Village in the URR during his current Meet The People Tour. Writing on his official Facebook Page, Barrow PORG, the president said: “I was deeply moved by the warm reception from dozens of supporters who gathered […]
Controversial Tujereng Islamic cleric Imam Musa Boto Saidy who called the Manjago community members “Kafir” has apologised for the offensive comment after the community petitioned the Supreme Islamic Council and the Ministry of Religious Affairs over the matter. Handling the matter, the Minister of Religious Affairs Hamat Bah presided over a reconciliation meeting where the […]