The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has concluded an investigation of the Governor of the Bank of Sierra Leone (BSL), Professor Kelfala Morana Kallon over remarks he made at a pre-legislation presentation to Parliament on November 22, 2021, in which he said, he “bribed” people who were hoarding the Leone to bring it back into the banking...Read More

Dili, Timor-Leste, Southeast Asia, Thursday, 19 May 2022: Sierra Leone’s Minister of Planning and Economic Development (MoPED), Dr. Francis Mustapha Kai-Kai has called at the office of the President of the National Parliament of Timor-Leste, His Excellency Aniceto Guterres Lopes, requesting for support for Sierra Leone’s bid for a seat in the non-permanent category of...Read More

Four people have been held in custody  in connection with the killing  of Mohamed Kamara, a student of  the United Brethen in Christ (UBC) school in Bo, according to police sources. An autopsy conducted on the remains of Kamara had shown that he died due to strangulation on Friday May 13, 2022. He deceased was...Read More

Sierra Leone’s Ministry of Basic and Senior Secondary Education (MBSSE) and education dignitaries from 16 Africa Countries have developed and presented a manifesto which seeks to address gender inequality in education in Africa and the World at large. The manifesto was developed during a 3-day high-level dialogue at the Bintumani Conference Centre in Freetown. The...Read More

The Ministry of Basic and Senior Secondary Education (MBSSE) has said in a statement that aggrieved students alleged to have paid monies to unknown person, who do not have no connection to the Wellington Senior Secondary School (Orphanage) for them to be assisted to take the ongoing West Africa Senior Secondary Certificate Examination (WASSCE). MBSSE...Read More

Justice Momoh Jah Stevens presiding the Sexual Offense Model Court on Friday, May 20, 2022, sentenced 33-year-old Alhaji Fofana to 15 years in prison for sexually penetrating an  eight-year-old girl. The convict was before the court on one count of sexual penetration of a child contrary to Section 19 of the Sexual Offences Act of...Read More

Six (6) newly recruited paralegals from three chiefdoms – Kori, Kamajei and Bumpeh  –  in Moyamba District have benefitted from a one-day capacity-building training at the head office of the Legal Aid Board on Wilberforce Street in Freetown on Wednesday, May  18, 2022. The paralegal were recruited with funding from the United Nations Development Programme...Read More

The Guma valley Water Company in collaboration with the Office of the Chief Minister and Ministry of Water Resources on Thursday, May 19, 2022 handed over the project site for the construction of the Angola Town Water Supply System to China Henan International Corporation Group (CHICO) at a ceremony at Angola Town which was witnessed...Read More