Police in Fajikunda have in custody a confessed serial fatal rapist. The arrest and subsequent detention of Essa Jarjue is helping the police reach to the bottom of fatal rape and burglary cases in Serekunda and Kombo North areas. Before his Friday’s arrest, police launched investigation on the mysterious deaths […]
Month: June 2017
Ramadan the Month of the Holy Qur’an and Piousness
By Dr Alhagi Manta Drammeh (PG CerTHE, FHEA, FRSA), Professor of Islamic Studies & Contemporary World and Researcher at the University of Dundee The month of Ramadan (fasting) is an annual training for a Muslim to return to his Creator, to purify and cleanse themselves from impurities. It is departure from […]
What’s Halifa’s Hidden Agenda?
That is the highest level of hypocrisy. Mr Sallah is speaking from both sides of his mouth. Not so long ago, at the very beginning of the Transition, he said it was unconstitutional to appoint Mrs Tambajang the VP but now he is calling for a Transitional Justice System to […]
Observer Closure: GRA Remains Defiant
By Abdoulie John Frantic efforts by the Gambia Press Union to unseal the offices of the Observer Media Company, publisher of the Daily Observer newspaper, bore no fruit. A meeting involving the GPU and Gambia Revenue Authority (GRA) officials ended without a breakthrough. “We couldn’t agree on anything with Gambia […]
Why Observer Must Pay Taxes!
Daily Observer Possibly Traded Illegally Since It Was Taken From Baba Jobe! When I briefly took over as MD of the Daily Observer between November 2007 and June 2008, there was a fight between Amadou Samba and myself from day one about the financial situation at the Observer Company. The […]
Mr. President Dump Bureaucrats!
By Lang Barrow Mr. President please give priority to the most pressing needs of the Gambian people and the economy. Your success depends on forgetting about the long awaited so-called blue print from your think tank you have been talking about. They are too bureaucratic to produce any thing different […]
Barrow Assures Justice Security for All
President Adama Barrow today met with members of the Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances. The Group operates as part of the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights in Geneva. Chairperson and Rapporteur Houria Es-Slami said that the Group’s primary task was to assist families in […]
2 Gambians Succumb to London Fire
A Gambian mother and her daughter were among the 17 people who succumbed to for that engulfed west London block of flats. Mary Mendy (54) and Khadija Saye (24) were last heard from shortly after the fire broke out. The duo lived on the 20th floor of Grenfell Tower flat. Khadija’s friend […]
Daily Observer Closed Down
By Lamin Cham The Daily Observer, the legendary name in Gambian newspaper industry, which began publication in May 1992, has been shut down on the orders of the Gambia Revenue Authority, GRA, reliable sources told The Standard yesterday. According to our sources, the GRA officials moved in to lock up […]
Cabinet Identifies Priority Sectors
President Adama Barrow last night presided over the third Cabinet meeting at Fajara. Unlike the previous government, the current administration has been keeping the public abreast with what has been discussed and agreed. In the last meeting, ministers, among others, laid emphasis on the need to effectively communicate with people […]
Lawyer Badjie Bailed, Redeployed
By Abdoulie John The Legal Adviser of the Gambia’s spy agency was on Monday evening granted bail after he had been detained for 72 hours at Kairaba Police Station. The arrest and subsequent detention of Bubacarr A.M.O Badjie sparked public uproar, with activists calling for his immediate and unconditional release. […]
Falana Tells Gambia To Comply With ECOWAS Judgments
Solicitors of the Accra-based Media Foundation for West Africa have written to the Gambia government urging them to comply with the judgments of the ECOWAS Community Court. In a letter signed by Lawyer Femi Falana, the solicitors want their two clients – journalists Musa Saidykhan and Chief Ebrima Manneh – […]