By Fatima Kpaka Supreme Court Judge, Justice Nicolas Browne Marke has issued a bench warrant against APC Sheriff and eight others inmates for failing to appear before the court during the November Criminal Session. During the call over ceremony, the learned judge stated that he was at the Freetown Correctional Centre to verify how many inmates have returned to the facility, adding that upon his visit he noticed that a...Read More
A British Renewable energy group has entered a milestone agreement with Idris Elba and Siaka Stevens’ development company to build the first wind farm in Sierra Lepone as part of the Sherbro Island City Project. Announced at COP28, Octopus Energy’s generation collaboration and project with Sherbro Alliance Partners (SAP) will help accelerate the country’s renewable opportunity and collect vital data to foster greater investment into green energy on Sherbro Island,...Read More
The annual United Nations (UN) climate meeting, known as the Conference of Parties or COP, is taking place this week in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. This 28th edition of the conference aims to facilitate constructive discussions among governments and citizens on strategies to mitigate and adapt to the challenges posed by climate change. It is crucial for us to reflect on what this means for countries like ours. Climate change...Read More
Three Development Finance Institutions and a renewable fund manager have announced a co-investment of more than US$52 million for Planet Solar, a greenfield 50MW solar project in Sierra Leone. Planet Solar will be the first large-scale grid-connected solar Independent Power Producer (IPP) project, driving a diversified approach to addressing energy access in the west African country. The 50MW solar capacity is expected to avoid 53,000 tonnes of annual CO2 emission....Read More
By Fatima Kpaka Thirty-one year old Maada Albert Jonathan Browne and Hassan Hallowell both businessmen, were on Wednesday 6th December 2023 remanded by Magistrate Mark Ngegba of Pademba Road Court No.1 for allegedly being in possession of huge quantity of ‘Kush’. The accused persons made their first appearance in court and were arraigned on two counts of possessing the prohibited drugs without lawful authority contrary to section 8 (a) of the National...Read More
