Sierra Leone Extractive Industries Transparency Initiatives (SLEITI) on Tuesday, May 24, 2022 held a national sensitization and dissemination event on 2019 SLEITI report which is themed: “Promoting Sustainable Development Through a Transparent and Accountable Extractive Sector”. The event which was held at the Western Area Rural District Council hall in Waterloo was attended by policymakers, representatives...Read More
Sierra Leone’s President Dr Julius Maada Bio on Tuesday, May 24, 2022 unveiled a Le 5.3 billion paid into the accounts of the Community Development Agreement, (CDA) fund by the Kingho Mining Company, a subsidiary of Leone Rock Metals. The unveiling of the fund was done at the Ferengbeya Mining Site, Tonkolili District. The President said...Read More
By Fatima Kpaka Alhassan Kanney Bangura, 20, was on Wednesday, May 25, 2022 sent to jail by Magistrate Sahr Kekura of Pademba Road Court No.1 over an alleged theft of Le12 million from Hassan Musa Bangura, an Internal auditor at NASSIT and wife Umu Bangura. The accused was arraigned on two counts of house breaking and...Read More
The Judiciary of Sierra Leone through the Judicial and Legal Training Institute (JLTI) in collaboration with the National Cyber Security Coordination Centre and the OCWAR-Project have commenced a four-day judicial training on Cybercrime and Collecting of Electronic Evidence for 20 Judges of the Superior Court. In his statement, the Chief Justice, His Lordship Justice Desmond Babatunde...Read More
A building contractor John R. Taylor was on Wednesday, May 25, 2022 granted bail in the sum of Le250 million by Magistrate Sahr Kekura of Pademba road court No.1. The accused was arraigned on allegation of 30 thousand Pounds fraud. Taylor is before the court on one count charge of fraudulent conversion contrary to section 20...Read More
