The Company Secretary and Director of Corporate Affairs of the Sierra Leone Commercial Bank (SLCB), Victor T. Biandoma, Esq., has said in no uncertain terms that it is the policy of the bank to take legal action against any staff caught in fraudulent activities. The bank’s Management has a non-compromising tolerance for any sort of fraud committed by its staff …

The Office of the Prosecutor (“OTP”) of the International Criminal Court (“the ICC”) presents its compliments to the Permanent Mission of the Republic of Sierra Leone to the United Nations in New York. Reference is made to the 78th Session of the United Nations General Assembly (“the UNGA”), to be held at the United Nations Headquarters in New York, and, …

In support of President Dr Julius Maada Bio’s Free Quality Education program, the Chief Executive Officer of Unity Broadcasting, Mrs Elizabeth Kefue (nee Gembeh), on Wednesday donated a large quantity of school essentials including pens, pencils, books and uniforms to school pupils in Mattru Jong and Tihun Sogbini in the Bonthe district, Southern Province of Sierra Leone. The donation ceremony …

𝐁𝐲 𝐉𝐚𝐧𝐞 𝐁. 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐲. Principal Magistrate Mark Ngegba of Magistrate Court No.1 in Freetown yesterday remanded Ali Jaffal trading as Jaffal Blocks & Construction of 24 Main Motor Road, at the Pademba Road Maximum Male Correctional Centre, until the next adjourned date of 28th August 2023. The Lebanese businessman/building contractor Ali Jaffal was first arrested on Friday, 18th August, 2023 …

𝐁𝐲 𝐒𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐞 𝐅𝐨𝐟𝐚𝐧𝐚. 1. He is intelligent and smart J J Saffa has vast knowledge of many aspects of society and he is a public policy guru with deep knowledge of development issues. He understands governance processes and procedures and knows how to navigate his way within any system. 2. He is pragmatic and a problem solver. J J Saffa …

The World Bank Country Director for Ghana, Sierra Leone and Liberia, Pierre Laporte, yesterday met with the Minister and Management of the Ministry of Finance as part of his two-day working visit to Sierra Leone to discuss current and future engagements with the Bank. In his statement, Pierre Laporte thanked the Minister and his team for the meeting and engagements …

Chief Minister of the Republic of Sierra Leone, Dr David Moinina Sengeh, has met with executives of key union groups in the country as part of his ongoing engagement with stakeholders, traditional and religious leaders, talking about government’s Big Five Agenda. The groups included the Drivers’ Union, Market Women Association, Bike Riders’ Union, Petty Traders, Kekeh Riders, and Traders Union. …

The new United States Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary designate to the Republic of Sierra Leone, Bryan D. Hunt, on Friday visited the Sierra Leone Embassy in the USA, where he held fruitful discussions with Embassy staff and reassured them of the US continues bilateral collaboration between both countries. ‘According to the US Department of States, Bryan Hunt is a career …

The Transitional Justice Working Group of Experts based in Ethiopia was created by the Ethiopian Minister of Justice to work on Public Consultation and to design a comprehensive policy on Transitional Security. This group, who are presently in Sierra Leone, today (17 August, 2023), had fruitful discussions with the Family Support Unit (FSU) of the Sierra Leone Police at the …

Outgoing Ambassador of the United States to Sierra Leone, David Dale Reimer, has called on opposition parties, especially the All People’s Congress (APC), to dialogue with the government of President Julius Maada Bio, when he answered to questions about the US position on the recently concluded elections in Sierra Leone on Radio Democracy 98.1. “We’ve also called on dialogue between …