Defense Counsel Applies for High Court Interpretation of Magistrate’s Ruling After Magistrate Sahr Kekura presiding over the Pademba Road Court No. 1 ruled against defense counsel on a jurisdictional objection raised in the matter between the State versus Alhaji Kemoh Sesay, former Minister of Works under the Koroma regime. Lead defense counsel, lawyer Charles Francis...Read More
President Julius Maada Bio has said on Thursday that, the Government will plant in excess of 5 million trees in the next five years in order to change Sierra Leone’s “brown-neck” image as the third most vulnerable country to climate change, . He made this statement in his speech during the State Opening of the...Read More
The Sierra Leone United Boat Owners Association (SLUBOA) at Kissy Dockyard, in the east of Freetown on Friday, May 6, 2022 appealed to the government to provide them with boats to efficiently improve their sand mining operations and lessen their constraints. They said that the boats would be meant for sand mining for the country....Read More
Abu Bakarr Turay Esq. popularly known as Kabaka, the Chief Executive Officer of Kabaka Multimedia and Entertainment (KME), has said on Monday, May 9, 2022 that the 5th edition of ECOFEST will hold on 25th and 26th November 2022. Kabaka said venue for the event will be communicated later. ECOFEST is a music festival that...Read More
Former Minister of Works and Public Assets, Honourable Alhajie Kemoh Sesay on Monday, May 9, 20 made his second appearance before magistrate Sahr Kekura of court no 1, Pademba Road in Freetown to answer to two counts of Cyber Staking and Cyber Bullying. Charles Francis Margai led the defense, followed by Melron Nicol Wilson, and...Read More
The National Council of Paramount Chiefs in Sierra Leone on May 7, 2022, held its regional consultation meeting which was attended by 190 Paramount Chiefs in Sierra Leone. The meeting which was held in the conference hall of the Port Loko District Council attracted the Vice President Dr Juldeh Jalloh, Speaker of Parliament Dr Abass...Read More
The ECOWAS Court of Justice has invited Sierra Leone’s Chief Justice, His Lordship Justice Desmond Babatunde Edwards to share his wealth of experience in Cabo Verde on ‘ECOWAS Integration Model: The Legal Implications of Regionalism, Sovereignty and Supranationalism’. Hon. Chief Justice Edwards left the country over the weekend for the ECOWAS Integration Model International Conference...Read More
Sierra Leone’s President, Dr Julius Maada Bio on Monday May 9, 2022, launched his country’s bid for a non-permanent seat in the non-permanent category of the United Nations Security Council for the period 2024/2025. The bid is themed: “Partnership, Multilateralism and Representative Approach to Sustained Global Peace and Security”. President Bio said that in just...Read More
Sierra Leone is one of the riskiest places to have a baby. Oneteen fears repeating her mother’s story of dying in childbirth. DISTRICT, Sierra Leone — The doctor asked Susan Lebbie to find two units of blood before her due date, but she trudged into the maternity ward with only a pillow, an overnight bag...Read More
The Sports Writers Association of Sierra Leone (SWASAL) on Thursda,y May 5, 2022 officially launched its website, Code of Conduct, Logo and special edition of its Sports World Newspaper at the Harry Yansaneh Hall, SLAJ Headquarters in Freetown. In his opening remark, chairman of the occasion Alhaji Komba applauded the Executive SWASAL for such a...Read More
