By Minkailu Koroma & Abdul Gogra Fishermen and women at the Tambakula Wharf in the Aberdeen community have on Tuesday 18th October 2022, expressed their grievances over what they say is neglect of the wharf by the Government of Sierra Leone. According to the Harbor Master, Mr. Yayah Kamara, “The harbor is presently without a...Read More
By Fatima Kpaka Magistrate Peter Gogra of Pademba road court No. 6 has on Friday 21st October 2022 remanded in custody Momoh Bangura and Santigie Kindo Kamara for falsely pretending that they could facilitate the travel of Foday Lahai Kamara from Sierra Leone to Canada, for which the second accused person obtained the sum of...Read More
Alimatu Jalloh Magistrate Mark Ngegba, of Court No. 1 on Pademba Road has on Friday 21st October, 2022 refused an application by defence counsel representing the Mayor of Freetown, Yvonne Aki-Sawyer, requesting that a statement which Corporal 12225 Fanta Fofanah had made to the police be given to them to aid the proper conduct of...Read More
By Fatima Kpaka A 12 man jury has been empanelled at the High Court presided over by Justice Monfred Sesay to try a case of murder in which Christopher Lavalie, also known as “pigeon” , is accused of murdering Josephus Cornelius Metzger. State Prosecutors are claiming that Christopher Lavalie murdered Josephious Cornelius Metzger in Freetown...Read More
By Alimatu Jalloh BBC Media Action under the PRIMED Project has on Thursday 20th October 2022 boosted the Sierra Leone Broadcasting Cooperation (SLBC) by handing over a brand new radio studio and two other radio studios which it had refurbished to the Management of SLBC. The official handing over ceremony took place at the broadcasting...Read More
By Fatima Kpaka In preparedness for the 2023 Budget Appropriation hearings, Parliament of Sierra Leone has on Monday, October 17, 2022 engaged Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDA) at the New Administrative Building of Parliament at Tower Hill in Freetown. The Director of Parliamentary Budget Office (PBO), Ibrahim Jimisa, has said that they had invited participants...Read More
By Alusine Sesay Food insecurity in Sierra Leone has further deteriorated, with over one million people (15 percent) facing severe hunger, according a lean season food security analysis which was jointly conducted by the Ministry of Agriculture and the World Food Program (WFP) in August. The Food Security Monitoring System analysis showed the significant impact...Read More
By George M.O. Williams The Governor of Ismailia in Egypt, Major General Sherif Fahmy Bishara has on Tuesday October 11th, 2022, discussed investment and economic development with Ambassador Sadiq Silla, the Sierra Leonean Ambassador to Egypt. The Sierra Leone Ambassador and his delegation were welcomed at the Governor’s office in central Ismailia in Egypt. In...Read More
By George M.O. Williams The first female of Damietta Governorate in Egypt, Dr. Manal Awad, has on Monday October 10, 2022, held talks with Sierra Leone’s Ambassador aiming at improving bilateral trade. The discussion was held at the Governor’s office in Damietta, Egypt. In her official statement, she said it was a good opportunity for...Read More
BANJUL, Oct 14 (Reuters) – Gambia’s government on Friday said the number of child deaths from acute kidney injury, thought to be linked to Indian-made cough syrups, has risen to 70 from a previous toll of 69. President Adama Barrow gave the update at an emergency cabinet meeting which he convened on Thursday to discuss the...Read More
