By Sallieu S. Kanu President Julius Maada Bio on Saturday, July 15, 2023, appointed the leader of the Nation Grand Coalition (NGC) party, Alhaji Dr Kandeh Kolleh Yumkella (KKY) as the Chairman, Presidential Initiative for Climate Change, Renewable Energy and Food Security. His appointment came following the re-election of President Bio for a second term...Read More
By Sallieu S. Kanu The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has urged newly appointed/elected and former public officials to declare their income, assets and liabilities to the Commission. “The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) wishes to remind all newly appointed/elected and former Public Officers that Section 119 (1) of the Anti-Corruption Act 2008 as repealed and replaced by Section...Read More
By Sallieu S. Kanu The Independent Procurement Review Panel (IPRP) on Friday urged the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MoFAIC) to adhere to public procurement laws to avoid evaluation processes that are not in tune with the 2016 Public Procurement Acts and Statutory Regulations, 2020. The Panel said in its ruling that...Read More
By Sallieu S. Kanu The Country Director of the Amazonian Initiative Movement (AIM-SL) Sierra Leone, Madam Rugiatu Neneh Turay has served as the keynote speaker on a conference on Ending Female Genital Mutilation (FGM)’. The conference with the theme, ‘Catalyzing and globalizing actions to end FGM’ was held in Kigali, Rwanda. The conference brought together ...Read More
By Desmond Tunde Coker Sierra Leone senior male football team Leone Stars have been drawn alongside Egypt, Guinea-Bissau, Ethiopia, Burkina Faso, and Djibouti in the FIFA World Cup 2026 preliminary qualifies in Group A. During the draw, the Confederation of Africa Football (CAF) divided the nine groups of six countries each based on their current...Read More
By Sallieu S. Kanu The United States continues to be concerned about irregularities in the election results announced by the Electoral Commission for Sierra Leone (ECSL), the U.S. Department of State spokesperson said in a statement on Friday. Matthew Miller said, “Independent parallel vote tabulations and analyses by accredited national and international observation missions raise...Read More
New York City-based mining company, Tresor Gold, is currently raising capital to scale its gold projects in Sierra Leone for production within 18 months, while also pursuing strategic acquisitions of critical metal projects in West Africa. The company is leveraging geotechnical data, predictive analytics and local expertise to identify areas of favourable mineralisation, and through its intelligent research of artisanal activity and soil sampling,...Read More
By Alimatu Jalloh The Supreme Court of Sierra Leone, presided by the Honourable Chief Justice, His Lordship Justice Desmond Babatunde Edwards has on Thursday dismissed the recusal application made by Charles Francis Margai, Solicitor and Counsel for Patrick John and the PMDC (1st and 2nd Plaintiffs) against the Hon. Chief Justice and Hon. Justice Ansumana...Read More
By Sallieu S. Kanu Standard Chartered Bank and Access Bank Plc (Access) have entered into agreements for the sale of Standard Chartered’s shareholding in its subsidiaries in Angola, Cameroon, The Gambia, and Sierra Leone, and its Consumer, Private & Business Banking business in Tanzania. Each transaction remains subject to the approval of the respective local...Read More
By Fatima Kpaka The Legal Aid Board has secured the discharge of eighteen accused persons from separate High Court sittings across the country from 5th June to 12th July 2023. Four of the accused persons were discharged by Justice Sulaiman Bah in Freetown; three by Justice Cosmotina Jarrett in Freetown; five by Justice A.R Mansaray...Read More
