By Fatima Kpaka Firas Youssef, president and general manager of United Family Kingdom Investment, was on Friday, August 23, 2024, arraigned before Magistrate Sahr Kekura of Pademba Road Court No. 1 by one of his workers Mahmoud Mansaray for failing to pay NASSIT contribution. Defendant Firas Youssef was charged with non-registration of an employee contrary to...Read More
By George M.O. Williams Experts have attributed the collapse of many storey buildings and fences in Sierra Leone’s capital, Freetown, which claimed the lives of 13 people in July and August 2024, to the utilisation of substandard building materials and poor engineering design. This revelation was made during the monthly Inter-Pillar Coordination Meeting (IPCM) which was...Read More
By Sallieu S Kanu President Dr Julius Maada Bio on Friday, 23 August 23, 2024, officially turned the sod for the construction of seven new buildings and the rehabilitation of 24 existing structures at Bo Government Secondary School, according to a statement from the Office of the President. This project is part of a US$65 million...Read More
By Fatima Kpaka Abu Bakarr Yillah, 47, a police officer attached to the Operations Support Division of the Sierra Leone Police stationed in Kambia was on Thursday 22nd August 2024 sent to prison by Magistrate Santigie Bangura of Pademba Road Court No: 2 for allegedly murdering Fasineh Bangura. The accused made his first appearance in court...Read More
Initial results show homes in Sierra Leone’s capital fitted with heat-reflective roofing sheets can be up to 6C cooler By Eromo Egbejule in Abidjan Mohamed Koroma has lived in the Kroo Bay waterfront community in Freetown for more than 50 years but cannot remember a time when the weather has been as hot as it was in the...Read More
