By Alimatu Jalloh Augustine Fasuluku and Moses Musa, two accused persons were on Monday 10th July 2023 docked before Magistrate Sahr Kekura of Ross Road Court No.1 in Freetown for the offence of Housebreaking and Larceny and for Receiving Stolen goods respectively.The accused persons were apprehended on 27th June 2023 by Detective Sergeant 9685 Sesay...Read More
Magistrate Sahr Kekura of Ross Road Court No.1 on Monday July 17, 2023 remanded Ibrahim Kebay, Yusuf Kamara in the male correctional Centre and Isatu Kamara at the Female Correctional Centre respectively after the trio were implicated in the stealing of 200 bags of Parboiled Indian Rice. Kebay and Kamara are charged with the stealing of...Read More
By Desmond Tunde Coker The Ministry of Sports will for the first time get a female Minister. Mrs. Augusta James-Teima was appointed by H. E President Julius Maada Bio on Saturday. She is the treasurer of the Sierra Leone Athletics Association. She is also a lecturer and head of the Physical Health Education Department at...Read More
By Fatima Kpaka Magistrate Santigie Bangura of Pademba Road court No3 on Monday, July 17, 2023 remanded Mohamed Lamin Turay for allegedly killing his brother Ibrahim Turay. The accused is charged with one count of murder contrary to law. According to the particulars of the offence, the accused on Tuesday, May 16, 2023, at Pyke...Read More
By Sallieu S. Kanu President Julius Maada Bio on Saturday, July 15, 2023, appointed the leader of the Nation Grand Coalition (NGC) party, Alhaji Dr Kandeh Kolleh Yumkella (KKY) as the Chairman, Presidential Initiative for Climate Change, Renewable Energy and Food Security. His appointment came following the re-election of President Bio for a second term...Read More
By Sallieu S. Kanu The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has urged newly appointed/elected and former public officials to declare their income, assets and liabilities to the Commission. “The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) wishes to remind all newly appointed/elected and former Public Officers that Section 119 (1) of the Anti-Corruption Act 2008 as repealed and replaced by Section...Read More
By Sallieu S. Kanu The Independent Procurement Review Panel (IPRP) on Friday urged the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MoFAIC) to adhere to public procurement laws to avoid evaluation processes that are not in tune with the 2016 Public Procurement Acts and Statutory Regulations, 2020. The Panel said in its ruling that...Read More
By Sallieu S. Kanu The Country Director of the Amazonian Initiative Movement (AIM-SL) Sierra Leone, Madam Rugiatu Neneh Turay has served as the keynote speaker on a conference on Ending Female Genital Mutilation (FGM)’. The conference with the theme, ‘Catalyzing and globalizing actions to end FGM’ was held in Kigali, Rwanda. The conference brought together ...Read More
By Desmond Tunde Coker Sierra Leone senior male football team Leone Stars have been drawn alongside Egypt, Guinea-Bissau, Ethiopia, Burkina Faso, and Djibouti in the FIFA World Cup 2026 preliminary qualifies in Group A. During the draw, the Confederation of Africa Football (CAF) divided the nine groups of six countries each based on their current...Read More
By Sallieu S. Kanu The United States continues to be concerned about irregularities in the election results announced by the Electoral Commission for Sierra Leone (ECSL), the U.S. Department of State spokesperson said in a statement on Friday. Matthew Miller said, “Independent parallel vote tabulations and analyses by accredited national and international observation missions raise...Read More
