By Amin Kef (Ranger). In the wake of the 2022 Audit Report released by the Audit Service Sierra Leone (ASSL), the Gento Group of Companies, led by CEO Mohamed Gento Kamara, vehemently denies accusations of receiving double payment for the Waterloo Township Roads Contract. The audit report, which raised concerns over the handling of funds in the $42,782,727 contract with …

𝐁𝐲 𝐒𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐞 𝐅𝐨𝐟𝐚𝐧𝐚. On 7th July, 1999 President Ahmad Tejan Kabbah and the RUF leader, Foday Saybana Sankoh, signed the Lome Peace Accord. The Lome Peace Accord made provision for power-sharing between the Government of Tejan Kabbah and the RUF of Foday Sankoh. The RUF leader was accorded the status of a Vice President and some of his henchmen became …

𝟏𝟖𝐓𝐇 𝐎𝐅 𝐉𝐀𝐍𝐔𝐀𝐑𝐘, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟒 MY FELLOW SIERRA LEONEANS, During my New Year’s Message, I shared my firm sense of hope and optimism for our nation’s progress. My hope and optimism haven’t waned but instead reinforced by the decisive wins we have witnessed in the first two weeks of 2024. From our assumption of the IJN Security Council seat to the …

𝐁𝐲 𝐉𝐚𝐧𝐞 𝐁. 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐲 & 𝐇𝐚𝐣𝐚 𝐀𝐝𝐚𝐦𝐚 𝐊𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐚. Magistrate Saantigie Bangura has adjourned the alleged treason case between the State against the former President Dr. Ernest Bai Koroma to the 6th March, 2024 for hearing. This is in line with a motion order filed at the High Court by Defense Counsel with regards to the medical health condition of the …

As a means of strengthening bilateral relationship between the Shandong Police College of China and the Sierra Leone Police, on Wednesday 17th January, 2024, the Chinese Ambassador to Sierra Leone – His Excellency Wang Qing and team from the Shandong Police College led by their Vice President visited the Inspector General of Police – Mr. William Fayia Sellu at his …

Lawyers for Former President Ernest Bai Koroma have formally applied to the court to allow their client to travel to the Federal Republic of Nigeria on medical grounds. The court is now examining the veracity of the claim made by lawyers for the Former President. West African diplomats based in Freetown have disclosed that, in principle, the Sierra Leone government …

Before the end of December 2023, some local contractors were very optimistic about the government’s firm promise to settle a huge chunk of the verified domestic arrears owed them. However, they were deeply disappointed when they started getting all sorts of excuses from some senior officials in the Ministry of Finance including the Minister himself. In the beginning, they were …

The President of the ECOWAS Commission, Dr. Omar Alieu Touray arrived in Freetown yesterday, for talks with the Sierra Leonean government. Diplomatic sources confirmed that, the ECOWAS President is in Freetown to facilitate the temporal relocation of former President Ernest Bai Koroma to Nigeria. Some senior West African diplomats confirmed that, in December last year, the Sierra Leone government agreed …

His Excellency President Dr Julius Maada Bio yesterday received and welcomed the new United Nations Resident Coordinator in Sierra Leone, Madam Seraphine Wakana, who was appointed by Secretary General, Mr. António Guterres, in November 2023. The envoy, who was accompanied by the Senior Human Rights Advisor, Uchenna Emelonye, Peace & Development Advisor, Simonetta Rossi and Communication and Advocacy Lead, Osman …

𝐁𝐲 𝐉𝐚𝐧𝐞 𝐁. 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐲. The first accused in the ongoing Court Martial hearing of 27 serving Military personnel, Staff Sergeant Alhaji Koroma of the 11th Battalion and with Force Number RSLAF 18171601 yesterday pleaded guilty to mutiny, communicating with the enemy, aiding the enemy, and failure to suppress mutiny, all contrary to the Armed Forces of the Republic of Sierra …