Born on 25 April 1973, Firdaus did her schooling in Banjul before receiving her Bachelor of Law degree from the International Islamic University Malaysia in 2000.
[2] On 14 September 2007, the Gambian president Yahya Jammeh appointed her the Secretary of State for Justice and Attorney General of the Gambia.
[3] The following month, Firdaus headed a Gambian delegation sent to Taiwan.
[2] She was one of the recipients of the title Officer of the National Order of the Republic of The Gambia, conferred by Jammeh in May 2009.
[5] In 2011, a corruption case involving 880,250.00 Gambian dalasi was filed against Firdaus at the Banjul Magistrates’ Court.