Financial Intelligence Unit on July 25, 2022, commenced a five-day stakeholders’ workshop on anti-money laundering and combating financing terrorism. The Director of Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU), David N. Bobor said the workshop is to clearly identify the risk and vulnerability within their system that will enable them to put appropriate mitigating measures in combating money...Read More
Five accused persons – Mai Dumbuya, Tamba Lebbie, Alfred Kargbo, Ishmail Samura and Peter Kalokoh – were yesterday remanded in the male and female correctional centers in Freetown. They were arraigned on two counts of conspiracy to murder and murder. According to the prosecution, the accused persons on Sunday, May 5, 2022 at Big Water,...Read More
The Sierra Leone Medical and Dental Association (SLMDA) will trigger an indefinite strike action if the Government of Sierra Leone did not meet their demands as against July 31, 2022. The SLMDA said in statement on Tuesday, July 26, 2022, that their Executive members were invited by the Minister of Health and Sanitations (MoHS), Dr....Read More
The Sierra Leone Association of Journalists (SLAJ) has over the weekend ended its orientation program and inauguration ceremony for incoming executives of the association. The event, which took place at J & E Hotel, Koribundu Road, Bo City, southern Sierra Leone, was for newly elected and outgoing SLAJ executive members across the regions. Heads of...Read More
On 23 July 2021, a group of women sat expectantly in the audience of the Parliament of Sierra Leone, to witness a decision that changed their lives. It was the day lawmakers voted unanimously to abolish the capital punishment.“To see the death penalty abolished, I am so happy,” said Mary, one of the women in...Read More
As he poised for the All People’s Congress (APC) national secretariat leadership, two leading affiliated APC groups, the Global Rapid Hunt Unit Mothers and the National Grassroots Network have endorsed Lansana Dumbuya Esq. as the next Secretary General of the party. Speaking on Tuesday, July 21, 2022, at the legal luminary office, Soldier Street in...Read More
The Parliament of Sierra Leone on Monday , July 25, 2022, through its Pre-Legislative Committee hearings discussed two bills relating to land issues in Sierra Leone. The bills which were discussed are: 1. The National Land Commission Act 2022 and 2. The Customary Land Right Act 2022 The National Land Commission Act 2022, seeks to...Read More
The National Home-based football team of Sierra Leone will today engage the Blue Sharks of Cape Verde in Grand Stade de Marrakech from 6:00 PM (S/L) – 7:00 PM (Morocco). Sierra Leone on Sunday won the first leg thanks to Alie Conteh with the two goals that sealed the win after putting up a brilliant...Read More
The immediate past Captain of the National Under-19 Men’s Team and current skipper of Mid-West Cricket Club, Edward George Ngegba, has risen to the pedestal of glories by topping Sierra Leone’s run scorers’ list at ICC level with 639 pitch hunts in four years of international cricket. In his last three ICC U-19 tournaments, the...Read More
The Ministry of Finance on Monday, July 25, 2022 commenced a 5-day workshop on the Annual National Debt Sustainability Analysis (DSA) at the Leisure Lodge, Off Cape Road, Aberdeen in Freetown. The exercise is an almanac requirement to assess the country’s level of debt distress in the medium-to-long term to provide appropriate policy advice to...Read More
