By Fatima Kpaka Tombo, the heartland of the APC in the Western Area Rural District, turns green, as Chief Abdul Kadiru Kaikai paid the people an honorable visit in getting them to believe that President Bio inarguably deserves another term. Abdul Kadiru Kaikai, a dynamic young man, passionate about the governance system of President Bio,...Read More
Analysis finds global practice is a major driver of marine ecosystems’ destruction and is estimated to run up to $50bn A patrol vessel escorting a Chinese-flagged fishing ship after it was caught illegally operating in Argentina’s exclusive economic zone. Photograph: Argentina’s Navy Press Office/AFP/Getty Images Developing countries are losing billions of dollars due to illegal, unreported...Read More
By Alusine Sesay The government of Sierra Leone has authorized the deforestation of communities through the lifting of a ban on logging and transporting of timber. It could be recalled that the government of Sierra Leone through the Ministry of Internal Affairs announced the temporal suspension of all logging and transporting of timber products across...Read More
By Alimatu Jalloh A High Court in Freetown president by Justice Komba Kamanda on Tuesday, November 1, 2022, sentenced Ibrahim Bangura alias No 9 to 270 months in prison for conspiracy, aggravated robberies and unlawful possession of firearm. According to the particulars of offense, the convict Ibrahim Bangura Alias No.9 on April 1, 2017, at...Read More
By Alhaji Haruna Sani Allen town Community Advocacy Youth Organisation (ACAYO) has on Sunday, October 30, donated school materials worth millions of Leones to sixty (60) vulnerable primary school kids. School materials donated included school bags, books, pens, pencils, crayons, erasers and geometry sets, all of which worth over Le 15,000,000 (Fifteen Million Old Leones)....Read More
By Alimatu Jalloh Hawa Samba, an estate agent,, made her first appearance before Magistrate Peter Gogra of Pademba road court No.6 in Freetown on one count charge of obtaining money by false pretenses contrary to section 32 (1) of the Larceny Act 1916. According to the particulars of offence, on diverse dates between 1st to...Read More
Sierra Leone’s President Dr Julius Maada Bio on Tuesday November 1, 2022, received agricultural machinery from the Chinese Government to boost the country’s efforts at tackling food insecurity through modern farming techniques. President Bio noted that the machines, donated through the generosity of the People’s Republic of China, are a huge structural complement to the...Read More
By Fatima Kpaka Sahr Amarah, a retailer, was yesterday sentenced to 12 months in prison for maliciously wounding one Amna Amarah after pleading guilty to the offence. He made his first appearance before Magistrate Peter Gogra of Pademba road court No.6 in Freetown and was charged with two counts of wounding contrary to section 20...Read More
By Fatima Kpaka A carpenter James David, 30, was on Monday, October 31, 2022, sentence to 18 months in prison for CCTV theft. The accused made his first appearance before Magistrate Peter Gogra of Pademba road court No.6 in Freetown and was arraigned on one count charge of Larceny contrary to section 2 of the...Read More
By Fatima Kpaka The scene crime officer at the Scientific Support Unit, Police Constable 13274 Hassan Bangura on Monday, October 31, 2022 narrated the roles he played on the alleged murder investigation of one Memunatu Bangura. The accused persons Mai Dumbuya, Tamba Lebbie, Alfred Kargbo, Ishmael Samura and Peter Kalokoh are standing trial before magistrate...Read More
