𝐁𝐲 𝐉𝐚𝐧𝐞 𝐁. 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐲 The Acting Chief Justice Nicholas Colin Browne-Marke has adjourned the alleged treason case between the State and the accused George Adams to the 22d October, 2024 for trial hearing. The matter came up yesterday at the High Court No. 1 before the Acting Chief Justice of Sierra Leone. George Adams is before the court with respect …

By Mohamed Fofanah [email protected] The Executive Chairman of the Petroleum Regulatory Agency (PRA), Brima Baluwa Koroma yesterday announced that PRA increased domestic revenue generation between January and September 2024 with three months to the end of the year. Speaking at the quarterly media update at the British Council Building at Tower Hill in Freetown, Mr Koroma said petroleum revenues of …

Jihad Basma, the third accused in the alleged 264 carats stolen diamond case from Kono is currently being coerced into negotiating with Benjamin Marrer, his accuser. Benjamin Marrer is claiming that, Jihad Basma bought a stolen diamond from his workers in Kono. Jihad Basma has always insisted that, he did not buy the alleged 264 carats diamond from his co-defendants. …

After several notifications to regularize their mobile money operations, NaTCA (National Communications Authority) on Wednesday, 2nd October, 2024 imposed a fine of Le500M each (Old Leones) on the two biggest Mobile Network Operators Africell and Orange. The fines were imposed for the deliberate contravention of the National Communications Authority Act 2022. Both companies are deemed to be operating their mobile …

In a dramatic turn of events, Jihad Basma and two other accused persons in the alleged stolen diamond case from Kono have had their bail rescinded and ordered to be kept in custody at the Pademba Road maximum correctional centre in Freetown. They had fulfilled all bail conditions in August before they were released from custody at the Pademba Road …

𝐁𝐲 𝐒𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐞 𝐅𝐨𝐟𝐚𝐧𝐚. Since President Dr Julius Maada Bio came to power in April 2018, significant reforms have taken place in the Judiciary. Magistrates and Judges no longer wait for orders from above to determine matters before them. The days when judgments and rulings of courts were dictated by State House are gone. Patriotic Sierra Leoneans are still celebrating the …

President Dr Julius Maada Bio on Friday, 27th September, 2024 lavished praises on his Vice President, Dr Mohamed Juldeh Jalloh, for having successfully led the process that earned Sierra Leone the MCC Compact. Speaking at the Fairmont Hotel in Washington DC after the formal signing ceremony of the MCC with the government of the United States, President Bio lavished praise …

𝐁𝐲  𝐓𝐀𝐌𝐁𝐀 𝐁𝐈𝐀𝐍𝐆𝐎 The Sierra Leone People’s Party Young Generation Council North America and New York Chapter recently organized a dinner and fundraising cocktail reception at New York, United States of America, between the 5th and 6th of September, 2024. This event was planned by the Young Generation leaders in North America, including the global youth ambassador Francis Barnett Hindolo, …

By Alhaji Saidu Kamara Supreme Court Judge of the Republic of Sierra Leone who doubles as Chairman of PPRC, Hon. Justice Abdulai M. Bangura has delivered a powerful keynote address on the theme Charting the way forward: A new constitution for an inclusive and stronger SLAJ’ at the 53rd AGM of SLAJ held this past weekend at Njala Venue, in …

In a stirring address at the 79th Session of the United Nations General Assembly yesterday, His Excellency President Julius Maada Bio called for urgent reforms to the UN Security Council, advocating for Africa’s rightful place in the global peace and security architecture. As the Coordinator of the African Union’s Committee of Ten (C-10) on Security Council Reform, President Bio led …