State House, Freetown, Wednesday 2 March 2022 — Saudi Arabia’s Minister of State for African Affairs, Ambassador Ahmed Abdul Aziz Kattan, has called at the presidency to pay a courtesy call on His Excellency President Dr. Julius Maada Bio, during a short ceremony. He said he was happy and honoured to be in Sierra Leone,...Read More
Former Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Internal Affairs Hassan Lee has been remanded at the Male Correctional Center by Magistrate Sahr Kekura of Pademba Road Court No.1 after he was arraigned for obtaining money by false pretenses contrary to section 32(1) of the Larceny Act of 1916. It was alleged on the charge sheet...Read More
The British High Commissioner to Sierra Leone, Lisa Chesney MBE has expressed interest in Tourism Ministry’s youth development and women empowerment programmes. She made this disclosure during a meeting with Sierra Leone’s Minister of Tourism and Cultural Affairs, Dr. Memunatu Pratt at the Ministry’s headquarters in Freetown. The British High Commissioner, who have been to...Read More
Sierra Organic Palm(SOP) has recently made the second payment of land lease to landowners in Kasseh, Bureh and Macontehchiefdoms of Port Loko District. The payment which amounted to over Le300 million is part of agreement sign by the investor and landowners for the operation of the company. Sierra Organic Palm has taken over from the...Read More
Prof. Osman Sankoh COR, aka Mallam O., Sierra Leone’s Statistician General and CEO of Statistics Sierra Leone (Stats SL) has been unanimously elected Vice-Chair of the United Nations Statistical Commission (UNSC). The United Nations Statistical Commission, established in 1947, is the highest body of the global statistical system bringing together the Chief Statisticians from member...Read More
Freetown Int. Conference Centre, Bintumani Hotel, Monday 28 February 2022 – President Dr Julius Maada Bio has publicly renewed his commitment to working with stakeholders and development partners to address trafficking in persons, a form of modern-day slavery that constitutes a crime against the individual and the state. In his keynote statement to the opening...Read More
The issue of overcrowding in our detention facilities – cells and correctional centers – is not new. The country’s post-war history is replete with this malaise. It is the biggest challenge the Legal Aid Board has had to grapple with since its inception in May 2015. It comes as no surprise the priority of the...Read More
The Ballanta Academy of Music and Performing Arts, on Saturday February 26, 2022 at the Bintumani Hotel, Aberdeen in Freetown held an ‘International Music Evening’. The Evening which was graced by over seven different nations, including: Sierra Leone, China, Guinea, India, The Philippines, Turkey, Egypt etc. brought various acts – singing, dancing, etc. through which...Read More
Magistrate Peter Gorgra of Pademba Road Court No.6 in Freetown has issued a bench warrant against George Koyama, a senior male staff at the Human Resources Department of the Ministry of Lands and Country Planning, after he failed to appear before him on Monday. The accused , George Koyama was dragged to Court for insulting...Read More
The newly appointed Resident Minister for North-West Region, Alhaji Alpha Sahid Bakar Kanu has said on Monday that, he would not necessarily return to the All People’s Congress (APC) party because it seems like the party did not need him any longer. He made this statement while commenting on his appointment and plans while serving as Minister for...Read More
