By Mohamed Lamin Turay MORIBA TOWN, IMPERIE CHIEFDOM — The Sierra Leone People’s Party (SLPP) Chairman, Jimmy Batilo Songa, has officially commissioned a modern health facility in Moriba Town, bringing critical healthcare services to the heart of the Rutile community. The commissioning ceremony was marked by jubilant celebrations, with drums and singing echoing through the town as residents welcomed the long-awaited facility. The center, equipped with 24-hour solar-powered electricity, clean...Read More
By Ibrahim S. Bangura Sierra Leone — Social Welfare Minister Melrose Kaminty is under intense scrutiny following allegations that she defied a court injunction concerning a long-standing land dispute in the Kuntorlor community, Wellington. The injunction, issued by Justice Hannah Bonnie of the High Court of Sierra Leone on February 4, 2025, prohibits any development or interference on the disputed land located at Teneba Road, Approved School, Wellington. The order...Read More
By Fatima Kpaka FREETOWN — The Court of Appeal has sentenced 40-year-old businessman Nuru Deen Bangapoma Bangura to nine years in prison for Migrant Smuggling, in violation of Section 20(1) of the Anti-Human Trafficking and Migrant Smuggling Act, 2022 (Act No. 12 of 2022). Delivering judgment on Monday, Honourable Justice Tonia Barnett JA found Bangura guilty on one count of Migrant Smuggling, while acquitting both him and his co-accused brother,...Read More
Alexander Onukwue Sub-Saharan Africa is the global epicenter of self-reported feelings of anger, worry, sadness, and physical pain, a new Gallup survey showed. The region accounted for nine of the top 11 countries in the world with the largest share of adults reporting feeling worried: The top two were Sierra Leone and Guinea, where at least two in three adults reported feeling worried. Both countries also featured in Gallup’s top...Read More
Jendema, Pujehun District – October 10, 2025: In a decisive move to curb the rising tide of illicit drug trafficking and cross-border crimes, Sierra Leone’s Security Sector leadership convened a high-level stakeholder meeting in Jendema Town, Sorogbema Chiefdom, near the Sierra Leone–Liberia border. The meeting, chaired by National Security Coordinator (NSCoord) Abdulai Caulker of the Office of National Security (ONS), brought together key security leaders, government officials, community stakeholders, and...Read More
