Kangaroo fiscal policy may land JJ Saffa in trouble
November 6, 2019 By Ibrahim Tarawallie Minister Jacob Jusu Saffa should do the needful The Campaign for Human Rights and Development International (CHRDI) has demanded an immediate clean up in the...
View ArticleStatistics to aid Transport Ministry in data collection
November 6, 2019 The Ministry of Transport and Aviation has on Monday 4th November 2019 at the Ministry’s headquarters on 7th Floor Youyi Building in Freetown, held preliminary talks with Stats SL to...
View ArticleDuo granted Le80m bail for sexual penetration
November 6, 2019 By Yusufu S. Bangura Albert Leonard Johnson,20, and Abu-Bakar Kamara,20, were yesterday (Tuesday 5th November) granted Le40,000m bail each by Magistrate Abdul Sheriff presiding at the...
View ArticleNaCCED to address gang-related violence
November 6, 2019 NaCCED Chairman engaging stakeholders The National Council for Civic Education and Development (NaCCED) hosted a brainstorming session with four community leaders from the East end of...
View ArticleAfricell unveils ‘Be A Millionaire TV Show’
November 26, 2019 By Ibrahim Tarawallie Sierra Leone’s leading GSM operator, Africell Mobile Company has unveiled its end of year promotion dubbed; ‘Be A Millionaire TV Show’ on Friday November 22,...
View ArticleOrange to dish out over Le850 million
November 26, 2019 By Hassan Gbassay Koroma Orange CEO Aminata Kane Ndiaye making statement at the launching One of the leading GSM providers in Sierra Leone , Orange Telecom, has yesterday launched...
View ArticleGLOBAL LEADERSHIP SUMMIT WRAPS UP IN FREETOWN
November 26, 2019 Sierra Leone has joined over one hundred and sixty countries globally to host the Global Leadership summit. Last week saw the end of a string of summits throughout the country. The...
View ArticleEU film festival attracts more than 2,000 viewers
November 26, 2019 By Ibrahim Tarawallie EU Head of Delegation, Ambassador Tom Vens with film makers and students of Limkokwing University A film festival organized by the European Union in...
View ArticleAmb Omrie Golley Receives Warm Welcome in Kharlu Town
November 26, 2019 By Abdul Malik Bangura Ambassador Omire Golley and PC of YKK Chiefdom at his ancestral family grave Karlu Town in YKK Chiefdom, Pujehun District, Southern Province of Sierra Leone was...
View ArticleStakeholders Validate New Road Safety Strategy
November 26, 2019 (L-R) RSA Augustine Kai Tongi, World Bank Consultant Matin Small, RSA Deputy Executive Director, Ibrahim Sannoh & NTC Supt. Zainab Cline-Thomas The Sierra Leone Road Safety...
View ArticleFormer President Koroma’s Property worth USD$12, 534,500
November 27, 2019 By Hassan Gbassay Koroma Former President Ernest Bai Koroma Government investigator, Christopher Olu Campbell, attached to the Commission of Inquiry presided over by Justice Bankole...
View ArticleParliament to amend 2020 Finance Act
November 26, 2019 By Jariatu S. Bangura Following the refusal of President Bio to append his signature to the 2020 Finance Act, Speaker of Parliament, Dr. Abass C. Bundu, has informed Members of...
View ArticleIB Kargbo frowns at lateness of colleague MPs, Ministers
November 27, 2019 By Jariatu S. Bangura Deputy Leader of the opposition All People’s Congress Member of Parliament, Hon. Ibrahim Ben Kargbo has requested the Speaker of Parliament to look into the...
View ArticleGov’t signs $28.5M financing agreement with IFAD
November 27, 2019 By Ibrahim Tarawallie Deputy Finance Minister, Dr. Patricia Laverley and IFAD Director for West and Central Africa, Lisandro Martin signing the document The government of Sierra Leone...
View ArticleSLP in land grabbing scam
December 2, 2019 By Ibrahim K. Turay The family of late President Joseph Saidu Momoh’s wife, Hannah Momoh, has on accused the Sierra Leone Police of grabbing 8 acres of land plus 8 permanent...
View ArticleChildren craves more protection
December 2, 2019 By Hassan Gbassay Koroma National President for the Children Forum Network, Marfoh Mariam Kornya Samai, has called on government and other stakeholders to do more in protecting the...
View ArticlePresident Bio launches first national drone corridor
December 2, 2019 President Dr Julius Maada Bio has said that his government is indeed proud to launch the first national drone corridor in West Africa and putting innovative technology to the service...
View ArticleBEYOND BORDERS - Goodbye Ethiopia, hello Makeni and Segbwema
Goodbye Ethiopia, hello Makeni and Segbwema December 4, 2019 By Sulaiman Momodu (beyondborders.column@gmail.com) I am writing this piece onboard Ethiopian Airlines, the flag carrier of Ethiopia, which...
View ArticleSSHSL dishes out grants to parents
December 2, 2019 By: Frederick V. Kanneh Street Sports Hope Sierra Leone (SSHSL), an organization that focuses on taking vulnerable children out of the streets through sports, has on 26th November...
View ArticlePresident Bio warns against bad governance, corruption
December 4, 2019 President Julius Maada Bio has told the Judicial Training Workshop and Dialogue for Anglophone West Africa that bad political governance and corruption restrict civic space and destroy...
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