Detective Police Constable 13905 Mohamed Yusuf Jalloh attached to the Trans National Organized Crime Unit (TOCU) has on Tuesday, March 22, 2022 tendered 37 cartoons of Tramadol in the preliminary investigation into the alleged Importation of drug involving a Nigeria National Marcel Okechuku Zoro. The accused Marcel Okechuku Zoro was arraigned before Magistrate Sahr Kekura...Read More
The Legal Aid Board (LAB) has conducted series of town hall meetings with over 500 stakeholders in Freetown, Waterloo, and Tombo in the Western Area Rural District. The engagements commenced in Freetown on Friday, March 11, 2022; followed by another in Freetown on Wednesday, March 16; Waterloo on Friday, 18 March 18, and Tombo on...Read More
Ali Ahmad Hudroge has on Tuesday, March 22, 2022, testified in the ongoing preliminary investigation into the alleged Le1 billion theft involving his office assistant Mohamed Alami Tarawally. The accused Mohamed Alami Tarawally made his second appearance in court and was arraigned on one count charge of Office Breaking and Larceny. According to the particulars...Read More
Only 38% of the Auditor General’s recommendations were implemented in the last six years (2015-2020), according to finding of the Audit Tears: “Audit Uptake and Integrity in Sierra Leone” done by the Institute of Governance Reform (IGR). The Executive Director of IGR, Andrew Lavallie said on Tuesday that there is every need for local and...Read More
As many as 70 cattle, sheep and goats have died due to a strange disease which has so far infected more than 200 animals across Kamasodo Chiefdom in Port Loko District. Chernor Jalloh is one of the affected cattle herders in Tain Kabereh town. He said that earlier they observed that two cattle were sick...Read More
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) on Wednesday, March 23, 2022, published update on actions and interventions on the Auditor General’s Reports 2019 and 2020. See below full update: UPDATE ON ACC’s ACTIONS AND INTERVENTIONS ON AUDITOR GENERAL’S REPORTS 2019 AND 2020 (No.2) The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) in this second media release wishes to update the general...Read More
Vietnam always wishes to be a long-term and stable rice supplier for Sierra Leone as its domestic production has not yet met the demand, Vietnam’s Minister of Industry and Trade Nguyen Hong Dien said at a recent meeting with Sierra Leone’s counterpart Edward Hinga Sandy. Dien appreciated the latter’s proposal for considering the re-signing of...Read More
“Despite our role in agriculture and land use, mining companies would infringe on our rights, whereas stakeholders would plan, enforce and adjudicate land issues with mining companies in the chiefdom without the involvement of women,” says Mary Hailowell, Chairlady of Simiria Chiefdom, Tonkolili District. Women remain extremely vulnerable in prominent mining districts, especially when established...Read More
Sierra Leone stars touched down in Antalya as they prepare for a busy week taking Togo’s Les Éperviers, the Lone Stars of Liberia and the Diables Rouges of Congo Brazzaville. Leone Stars will face their Togolese counterpart tomorrow Thursday, March 24, 2022 at the Mardan Sports Complex in Aksu, Antalya, Turkey. Leone Stars will be...Read More
The Chairman of the Union of Premier League Clubs in Sierra Leone Noel Kitami Horton on Monday, March 21, 2022 issued a press release calling on all clubs to withhold their participation in the ongoing Salone Premier League 2021/22 which resume on Wednesday, March 23, 2022. This came because the League is yet to have...Read More
