By George M.O. Williams The Sierra Leone Police (SLP) has on Monday, July 31,2023, informed the general public that its personnel have arrested certain individuals, including senior military officers who according to the SLP had been working to undermine the peace and unleash violence in the Sierra Leone. The SLP informed the public about the arrests via a statement it put out on Monday July 31st 2023. The said persons...Read More
By Ibrahim S. Bangura Residents of Susan’s Bay, a slum community in Freetown, have on Monday, July 31, 2023, appealed for the Freetown City Council (FCC) to open five newly constructed toilet facilities for use to avoid open defecation at the wharf. Eight months ago, after the community experienced a fire disaster, residents found it difficult to access shelter and toilet facilities. In order to ease the difficulty and help...Read More
By Fatima Kpaka The Parliament of Sierra Leone has on Monday, July 31, 2023, debated and approved the Supplementary Appropriation Act 2023. The Act seeks to revise and make supplementary provision for the Services of Sierra Leone, 2023. The budget is estimated at Three Billion, Six Hundred and Eighty-Five Million, Five Hundred and Ninety Four Thousand Seven Hundred Leones (3,685,594,700). Presenting the Budget to Parliament, the Finance Minister, Sheku Ahmed...Read More
By Fatima Kpaka Momodu Bah, a sixty-year-old man, is being investigated before Magistrate Sahr Kekura for allegedly breaking into and stealing the sum of NLe152, 400 from a foreign exchange bureau owned by one Rahim Mohamed. Magistrate Kekura of court No 1. Ross Road admitted the 60-year-old to bail in the sum of NLe 500,000 with two sureties to stand in the accused’s recognizance. The sureties should reside in Freetown and...Read More
By Sallieu S. Kanu The Government of Sierra Leone has disbursed NLe274.6 million (US$13 million) as subsidy to the Electricity Distribution and Supply Authority (EDSA) for the first half of 2023. This disclosure was made by the Finance Minister Sheku Fantamadi Bangura when presenting the 2023 Government Supplementary Budget and statement of economic and financial policies in Parliament on Monday. “Mr. Speaker, Honourable Members, even in the midst of challenging...Read More
