The president of United Cargo Workers Union, Alfred Marshall has on Wednesday January 13, 2021, said that they have called off a strike action which they had commenced after their demands had been partially met following negotiations with shipping companies at the Ministry of Labour in Freetown. He added that during the engagement with shipping...Read More
Speaker of the regional Parliament of the Economic Community of West Africa State (ECOPARL) has expressed optimism that the region will rise again stronger and more resilient in the wake of the global COVID-19 Pandemic which has greatly affected the operations of the regional parliament. Rt. Honorable Sidie Mohamed Tunis made this optimistic comment whilst...Read More
Magistrate Mark Ngegba of the Freetown Magistrate Court No. 1 has admitted one Osman Bangura to bail in the sum of Le30 million in a matter in which he allegedly converted 31 bales of used clothing (valued over Le 18,000,000) to his own which had been entrusted to him by Alhaji Bundu Bangura for sale....Read More
John Momoh and Mohamed Alie Kamara were both sent into remand after they were arraigned before Magistrate Mark Ngegba at the Freetown Magistrate Court No.1 on Pademba Road in Freetown on alleged theft of electronic items and physical cash valued over Le11, 300,000, property of Sidiratu Mariama Jalloh. Police alleged that the accused persons on...Read More
Mohamed Bangura and Alpha George were both sent into remand after they appeared before Magistrate Mark Ngegba at the Freetown Magistrate Court No. 1 on Pademba Road in Freetown on alleged theft 40 pairs of slippers valued at over Le 4,000,000, property of Kadiatu Sesay. Police alleged that the accused persons on December 16, 2020,...Read More
The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) chaired by the Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Hon. Segepoh Solomon Thomas has informed representatives of Ministries, Departments and Agencies in Committee Room 1 on Wednesday January 13, 2021 that, it could not proceed with its scheduled public hearings with MDAs relating to the COVID-19 Audit due to the absence of...Read More
The Auditor General’s report indicated that the Government of Sierra Leone mismanaged payments for overseas travels after they reviewed overseas travel payment vouchers and the accompanying supporting document of the Parliamentary Service Commission and the Office of the Vice President of Sierra Leone. The 2019 report shows that the Parliamentary Service Commission had overseas travel...Read More
Magistrate Marke Ngegba presiding at Court No.1 on Pademba Road has on Wednesday, January 13, 2021, remanded 27-year-old Tamba Manni, a laborer accused of possessing an AK 47 rifle without lawful justification. The accused, Tamba Manni is arraigned on the charges of conspiracy and unlawful possession of arms and ammunition. According to the particulars of...Read More
The CEO of GUICOPRES, Mr. Kerfalla Camara alias KPC is to invest in football in Sierra Leone in the same way he has invested in other areas in the country. He told Premier News that through his passion for football he has become the owner of a legendary club on the African continent, Hafia F.C.,...Read More
David Solomon Koroma aka Double King, a local musician, has on Monday January 10, 2021 said that he will soon release a new song titled ‘Blessing’. He informed Premier News in an interview that, the song encourages people to have faith in God and be prayerful. “In different ways we all need God’s blessings in...Read More
