By Ibrahim S. Bangura Generation Next Entertainment SL Limited, an entertainment company in Sierra Leone, will soon host a talent competition titled: ‘The Kontri Pot Best of Salone Talent Competition’ (KPBoS’). The upcoming competition aims to uncover talents in Sierra Leone and giving them the platform to showcase their gifts. The competition targets five categories: ...Read More
Sierra Leone’s President Dr Julius Maada Bio on Friday received the annual report from the Petroleum Regulatory Agency, PRA, assured them of looking through and called on them to do more reforms. In his introductory statement before presenting the report, Executive Chairman of PRA, Brima Baluwa Koroma, said they as a statutory body charged with...Read More
By Dr. Emmanuel Allicious Macpherson Sam, BCBA, LABA, Esq. The parliament of Sierra Leone recently voted to eradicate the trial-by-jury provision from the statutory laws in the country. In the legal proceedings of most countries, the trial process consists of two main formats: a bench trial, conducted with only a judge present, and a trial...Read More
By Fatima Kpaka In a landmark development, Sierra Leone’s Parliament has on Thursday, July 11, 2024, ratified a Concession Agreement with Gento Group of Companies for the design, financing, construction and operationalization of a modern seaport project. The agreement marks a significant milestone in the country’s infrastructure development and economic growth strategy. The project, located...Read More
By George M.O. Williams The University of Sierra Leone Teaching Hospital Complex (USLTHC) has on Thursday, July 11, 2024, handed over a cutting-edge Tissue Processor Machine donated by the American Society of Clinical Pathology to the histopathology department of Connaught Hospital. A Tissue Processor Machine is a critical piece of histopathology and pathology laboratories, designed...Read More
Ibrahim D. Antar Clarifies “My attention has been drawn to a recent press statement issued by the Minister of Information and Civic Education regarding the arrest of certain persons including an individual named Hussain Antar on certain egregious allegations,” said Ibrahim D. Antar, commonly known as Hussein in a statement he put out on Saturday. ...Read More
By Stephen V. Lansana Security forces in Sierra Leone have confiscatedvarious bomb-making materials, including 12.5 kg empty gas cylinders, High-grade TNT (Trinitrotoluene), Detonators, Firing devices, Timers and other bomb-making components disguised as powdered laundry detergents and soap and 7,847,100 Captagon pills valued at US$94,155,200, the Ministry of Information and Civic Education said in a statement...Read More
By Mariatu E. Tamba Amadu Wurie Timbo has been elected as the new Director the FOTTAL organization. Timbo’s victory in the recent Directorship and Chief Administrative elections at the FOTTAL Organization was nothing short of impressive. The election, which took place on Sunday, July 7, 2024, at the Fottal Organization’s headquarters, saw an incredible turnout...Read More
By: Win Stanley R. Bankole Johnson Politics is certainly not for the fainthearted. It requires grit, guts, brains and brawn all combined underpinned by most of all, by a discerning spirit. The latter is necessary to safeguard against falsehood, character assassination and deceptions all veiled as objective reporting. When American Ambassador Brian Hunt hinted that...Read More
MCC COMPACT: MUCH ADO ABOUT SOMETHING By Andrew Keili Much has been said recently about the MCC compact. Some say it is the solution to all our electricity problems. Others say it is merely being used as leverage by the American Government to keep a tight rein on the Bio Government to take electoral reform...Read More
