By Mohamed Babatunde Thorpe  In a somber event at Kingtom Cemetery in Freetown on Saturday, November 11, 2023, twelve young people were laid to rest due to suspected complications arising from Kush smoking. The collaborative efforts of Sinneh Kamara, Head of National Burial at Connaught Hospital Mortuary, and the newly appointed CEO of the National Drug...Read More

By Fatima Kpaka  James Ramadan Sesay, a security guard has, on Monday November 13th, 2023, been arraigned in court before Magistrate Mark Ngegba of Pademba Road Court no 1 for allegedly assaulting military personnel. The accused was charged for the offense of Assault Occasioning Actual Bodily Harm contrary to section 47 of the Offense Against the Person...Read More

The Minister of Information and Civic Education, Hon. Chernor Bah, has been given a hero’s welcome in his hometown of Jimmy Bagbo in Bo District on Saturday, November 12, 2023. Thousands of people lined the streets to cheer on the Minister, who was appointed to his position by President Bio in July 2023. In a...Read More

By Fatima Kpaka  Mohamed Sal, a business, was on Monday 13th November 2023 sent on remand by Magistrate Mark Ngegba of Pademba Road Court No1 for allegedly obtaining over Le 200,000,000 from one Yusuf Turay and Adama Turay by intentionally and falsely pretending that he will facilitate their travel to Canada and the United States of...Read More

By Sallieu S,Kanu  IMF staff and the Sierra Leonean authorities have reached a staff-level agreement on economic policies to conclude the eighth and final review of the 60-month ECF financed program, releasing about US$20.4 million in financing once the review is formally completed by the IMF Executive Board, the IMF said in a statement on...Read More

By Fatima Kpaka The Minister of Finance, Sheku Ahmed Fantamadi Bangura, has called on Ministries, Departments and Agencies to stay within agreed projects and programmes in the 2024 budget. “To achieve the deliverables of the Big Five Game Changers, MDAS must implement only policies, programmes and projects that have been agreed in this Budget,” he...Read More

By Fatima Kpaka The Minister of Finance, Sheku Ahmed Fantamadi Bangura has on Friday, November 10, 2023, presented the Bill entitled “The Appropriation Act, 2024”, to  Parliament with the theme, “Restoring Macroeconomic Stability While Protecting the Poor and the Vulnerable”. The event attracted Ministers of Government, international partners, professional heads of Government institutions, the media,...Read More

By Stephen V. Lansana The Sierra Leone Chapter of the West African Insurance Companies Association (WAICA) is hosting this year’s Annual General Meeting (AGM) and Education Conference with the theme: “Aligning Insurance Practice in the 21st century to serve public and private sectors”, at the Mamba Point Hotel, Lagoonda Resort, Aberdeen in Freetown. The three-day...Read More