By Alimatu Jalloh Sierra Leone — High Court Judge, Honourable Justice Mark Ngegba, has sentenced David Johnson, a motor driver from Deep Eye Water along the Waterloo Highway, to 30 years imprisonment for transporting prohibited drugs without lawful authority. Johnson was arraigned before the High Court on two counts of Transportation of Prohibited Drugs without Lawful...Read More
By Tom Cleaver President Nikos Christodoulides on Thursday welcomed Sierra Leonean President Julius Maada Bio to the presidential palace, marking the first ever visit of a Sierra Leonean president to the island. The pair discussed bilateral relations and multilateral cooperation, as well as relations between Sierra Leone and the European Union, developments on the Cyprus problem, as...Read More
By Alimatu Jalloh Freetown, November 13, 2025: The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC), through its Prevention Department, has formally handed over a Corruption Risks Assessment Report to the Sierra Leone Produce Marketing Company (SLPMC). The presentation took place on Wednesday, 12 November 2025, at the SLPMC conference room, 3a Wellington Street, Freetown. The report forms part of the...Read More
By Fatima Kpaka KONO – Justice Santigie Ibrahim Sorie Bangura of the High Court in Kono has sentenced Mohamed Tarawalie, a young man, to ten years imprisonment after he pleaded guilty to a charge of store breaking and larceny. Tarawalie was arraigned on one count under Section 26(1) of the Larceny Act of 1916. According to...Read More
By Ibrahim S. Bangura FREETOWN – In a heartwarming initiative bridging continents, Wells Cathedral School from the United Kingdom has provided free music lessons to more than 100 aspiring musicians at the Ballanta Academy of Music and Performing Arts in Freetown. The program, which ran from October 20 to 23, 2025, offered instruction in guitar, drums,...Read More
