At least five Sierra Leonean migrants died in a fire incident in the Bouchrieh Dam region of Lebanon on March 11, 2023, the Consulate of Sierra Leone in Lebanon said in a statement on Sunday. The tragic fire incident left two others in a critical condition. It was not clear what caused the fire. It...Read More
By Fatima Kpaka Popular Hip-Hop rapper, Alhaji Amadu Bah, alias LAJ, has been convicted of robbery and assault and awaits his sentence by Justice Adrian Fisher slated for Friday 17th March. The judge said he will hand down a sentence following a statement by the defense for the bench to exercise mercy (plea-in-mitigation) on behalf...Read More
By Alimatu Jalloh Julian Awooner Renner Property Manager by Occupation was yesterday 13th March, 2023 charged to court for alleged assault and wounding on complainant Olufemi Syble Boyle Hebron. The matter against the accused came up before Magistrate Mark Ngegba of Court No. 1 on Pademba Road, in Freetown. The accused Julian Awooner Renner is...Read More
By Desmond Tunde Coker last Saturday Sierra Leone Commercial Bank (SLCB) defeated the winner of the four-team gala Rokel Commercial Bank (RCB)1-0 at the police field in Kingtom. The only goal was scored by Saidu Tom Kargbo. The purpose of the four-team gala is to foster good relationships among the banks. Three matches were played...Read More
By Victoria Moores Freetown International’s new terminal has five times the passenger capacity of the old facility and will be able to accommodate eight widebody jets. Turkish construction Summa has completed a new 14,000-m² (150,000-ft.2) terminal at Freetown International Airport in Sierra Leone, under a US$270 million build, operate and transfer contract with the Sierra Leone...Read More
By Alusine Sesay President Julius Maada Bio has asked the Governor of the Central Bank of Sierra Leone to proceed on leave, sources at the Bank said on Tuesday. Professor Kelfala Kallon was said to have received a letter to the effect on Monday. Dr Ibrahim Stevens, the substantive deputy governor, is to act as...Read More
By Ibrahim S. Bangura and Abdul Mansaray The Ballanta Academy of Music and Performing Arts has on Wednesday, March 8, 2023, at their Logie Wright Auditorium in Freetown unveiled ‘Remembering Our Legends’ project to recognize and honour past and present legends of the arts industry in Sierra Leone. The project, which was undertaken by the...Read More
AN ANALYSIS BY ALIMAMY LAHAI KAMARA The crowd was unimaginably massive! A confluence of indigenes from all direction sewn in hysteria – those in Masoila and Tintafor, who for years had dreamt of the resurrection of Lungi; those in Rutifunk, Kambia, and Lungi town, who for similar years had fought for an unseparated Lungi from...Read More
By Abu Bakarr Kargbo Freetown Terminal Limited, a subsidiary of Bollore Group, on March 7, 2023, celebrated International Women’s Day at their head office in Freetown with the theme: “Digital Innovation and Technology for Gender Equality”. International Women’s Day celebrated annually on March 8, as a focal point in the women’s rights movement, bringing attention to...Read More
By Ibrahim S. Bangura Amadou B. Jobarteh, a music lecturer at the Amadou Bansang Jobarteh Music School in the Gambia, has said that they are establishing a partnership with the Ballanta Academy of Music and Performing Arts to enable tutors at Ballanta to visit the Gambia, to give music lessons to their students on a...Read More
