By Desmond Tunde Coker Freetown, Sierra Leone — Back-to-back Sierra Leone Premier League champions, Bo Rangers, have publicly called on the Sierra Leone Football Association (SLFA) to release their long-overdue prize money. Despite being crowned champions of the 2023/24 season on June 30, the club has yet to receive the financial rewards associated with their triumph. Delayed Payment Stirs Concerns Bo Rangers emphasized the critical importance of these funds for...Read More
By Sallieu S. Kanu The Republic of Sierra Leone is hosting the 42nd Technical Commission and Plenary of the Inter-Governmental Action Group against Money Laundering in West Africa (GIABA) from the 17th to 23rd November 2023 at the New Brookfields Hotel in Freetown. According to David Borbor, the Director General of the Financial Intelligence Agency Sierra Leone, the gathering provides a valuable platform for participants to exchange best practices, foster...Read More
By Abu Bakarr Kanu The Regional Stakeholders Meeting of the Sierra Leone Health Service Commission was held with the aim of promoting the decentralization of health services. The event brought together key stakeholders, civil society organizations, media personnel, and government representatives to discuss the commission’s role in improving the health sector through recruitment, appointment, and human resource management. Welcome Address by Acting Secretary of the Health Services Commission, Deema Kpalayieh...Read More
to the State by George M.O. Williams The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has entered into a No-Fault Settlement Agreement with Ecobank (Sl) Limited to pay back to the Commission the sum of Thirty-Four Million, Eight Hundred And Twenty-Five Thousand One Hundred And Seventy-Six (New) Leones Eighty-Seven Cents (NLE 34,825,176.87), the Commission said in a statement on Wednesday. The refund is the full money that was meant to pay tax to the...Read More
The Legal Aid Board (LAB) lawyers represented forty-one accused persons including two juveniles in separate trials in Freetown, Bo and Kabala between October 22 and November 18, 2024. Twenty-three of those represented were discharged in separate court sittings in Freetown including one presided over by the acting Chief Justice, His Lordship, Justice Nicholas Browne-Marke. Thirteen were released in Kabala by Justice A.M Bangura and the remaining five were released in...Read More
