By Sallieu S. Kanu Sierra Leone has witnessed a sharp increase in fire incidents in 2025, with 201 outbreaks recorded nationwide between January and March,. These incidents resulted in 31 fatalities across 13 fires. Chief Fire Officer Nazir Kamanda Bongay told a regular news conference in Freetown on Tuesday that the Western Region reported the highest number of cases (119), followed by the Southern Region (35), Eastern Region (32), North-East...Read More
Corruption at the University of Sierra Leone has been exposed and defeated, following a damning investigative report that revealed major procedural breaches and financial improprieties. The findings have sent shockwaves through the academic community, prompting a retaliatory smear campaign against the Minister of Technical and Higher Education, Dr. Ramatulai Wurie. Dr. Wurie, a distinguished academic and one of Sierra Leone’s best-performing cabinet ministers, has been lauded for her courage in...Read More
Fatima Kpaka The Parliamentary Oversight Committee on Energy has engaged the Ministry of Energy in an intensive session to examine the partial concession plans for the Electricity Distribution and Supply Authority (EDSA). Discussions focused on transparency, efficiency, and the potential impact on the public. Deputy Chairman of the committee, Hon. Charles Abdulai, clarified the distinction between privatization and concession, emphasizing the importance of safeguarding public interest. “We are not privatizing...Read More
The Project Fiduciary Management Unit (PFMU) is a unit within the Ministry of Finance, which is charged with the responsibility for managing fiduciary—procurement and accounting activities of select donor projects funded by the World Bank, the African Development Bank, BADEA and others. The institution is staffed with professionals including accountants, many of which are chartered, as well as trained and experienced procurement specialists. The limited number of donor-funded procurement opportunities...Read More
By Fatima Kpaka Ibrahim Idrissa Fornah, a sales agent at Excel BioLife Limited, appeared before Magistrate Santigie Bangura at Pademba Road Court No.2 on Wednesday, April 16, 2025, for a fraud case involving over NLe 460,000. Fornah is facing two charges: fraudulent embezzlement under Section 17(1)(a) of the Larceny Act of 1916, and money laundering under Section 25(1)(a) of the Anti-Money Laundering and Combating of Financing of Terrorism and Proliferation...Read More
