By Alimatu Jalloh Detective Inspector Fatmata Bash Koroma attached at the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) on Monday, March 6, 2023, testified against one Aloysius Borbor Barbar who is before the court over allegation of financial impropriety. Testifying before Magistrate Marke Ngegba at the Pademba Road Court No. 1 in Freetown, Detective Fatmata Bash Koroma recalled that on February 22, 2021, a case was reported to the CID by one Ishmael...Read More
By Alimatu Jalloh A Non-governmental organization, the SOS Children’s Villages on March, March 6, 2023, commenced a five-day regional meeting of its West, Central and North Africa Regional Management Team to evaluate the five-year regional strategy of the organization. The Regional Meeting brings together representatives of the different regions at the Sierra Palm Hotel in Freetown. The meeting will enable them to get firsthand context of the SOS Children’s Villages...Read More
By Alhaji Haruna Sani Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) Secretariat and the Sierra Leone Chamber of Agri-business Development (SLeCAD) are to organize the 4th annual national scaling-up nutrition fair in Moyamba in their quest to boost nutrition in Sierra Leone. Ahmed Nanoh, Executive Secretary of SLeCAD, told a news conference in Freetown that the three-day nutrition fair will commence on March 9, 2023. He said that the fair is themed: “Eat...Read More
By George M.O. Williams The Sierra Leone Commercial Bank (SLCB) on Saturday, March 4, 2023, launched ‘Mi Yone Islamic/Hajj’ and ‘Women’s Banking’ accounts. The bank also held health walk where staff from the west and east of Freetown converged at the Sierra Leone Commercial Bank branch on Aberdeen Road and Cline Town, respectively, and walked to the headquarters on Siaka Stevens Street. The launch of the products was part of...Read More
Doha, Qatar, Sunday 5 March 2023 – Sierra Leone’s President Dr Julius Maada Bio has reiterated his commitment to the collective and shared responsibility to uphold the principles of the United Nations and affirmed his country’s renewed solidarity in advancing the Sustainable Development Goals, SDGs, and intensifying cooperation among Least Developed Countries, LDCs. The President, who was speaking during the General Debate at the Fifth UN Conference on LDCs, also...Read More
