The Minister of Information and Civic Education, Hon. Chernor Bah, has been given a hero’s welcome in his hometown of Jimmy Bagbo in Bo District on Saturday, November 12, 2023. Thousands of people lined the streets to cheer on the Minister, who was appointed to his position by President Bio in July 2023. In a ceremony attended by cabinet ministers, paramount chiefs, community leaders, and other dignitaries, Hon. Victor Foh,...Read More
By Fatima Kpaka Mohamed Sal, a business, was on Monday 13th November 2023 sent on remand by Magistrate Mark Ngegba of Pademba Road Court No1 for allegedly obtaining over Le 200,000,000 from one Yusuf Turay and Adama Turay by intentionally and falsely pretending that he will facilitate their travel to Canada and the United States of America. The accused was arraigned before the court charges of conspiracy and obtaining money by...Read More
By Sallieu S,Kanu IMF staff and the Sierra Leonean authorities have reached a staff-level agreement on economic policies to conclude the eighth and final review of the 60-month ECF financed program, releasing about US$20.4 million in financing once the review is formally completed by the IMF Executive Board, the IMF said in a statement on Monday. This came after an International Monetary Fund (IMF) team, led by Mr. Christian Saborowski,...Read More
By Fatima Kpaka The Minister of Finance, Sheku Ahmed Fantamadi Bangura, has called on Ministries, Departments and Agencies to stay within agreed projects and programmes in the 2024 budget. “To achieve the deliverables of the Big Five Game Changers, MDAS must implement only policies, programmes and projects that have been agreed in this Budget,” he said while presenting the 2024 proposed budget to parliament on Friday, November 10, 2023, with...Read More
By Fatima Kpaka The Minister of Finance, Sheku Ahmed Fantamadi Bangura has on Friday, November 10, 2023, presented the Bill entitled “The Appropriation Act, 2024”, to Parliament with the theme, “Restoring Macroeconomic Stability While Protecting the Poor and the Vulnerable”. The event attracted Ministers of Government, international partners, professional heads of Government institutions, the media, and members of the Civil Society Groups, amongst others. The Bill seeks to authorize expenditure...Read More
