The Chief Immigration Chief Officer (CIO), Hon. Alusine Kanneh, has unveiled a new set of security uniforms for personnel of the Sierra Leone Immigration Department. At the official unveiling and launching ceremony at the Freetown City Council Auditorium on Friday, 1st November, 2024 Hon. Alusine Kanneh said, “Today is not merely a celebration of new attire-It is a statement of …

Accra, Ghana – 28th October, 2024 – Oyster Agribusiness, an innovative agri-tech company specializing in climate-smart agriculture, has raised US$2 million in funding to expand its operations and deepen its impact on smallholder farmers across Ghana. This milestone was made possible through the support of Root Capital, RDF Ghana, and Sahel Capital Social Enterprise Fund for Agriculture in Africa (SEFAA …

In a tangled web of corruption, manipulation, and controversy spanning across Liberia and Ghana, Angela List’s once formidable empire is crumbling. The collapse of her over two decades old marriage to Paul List, an Australian mining services mogul coupled with her entanglements with associates across business cycles is just but a trail of wrecked bridge of controversy tied in her …

The complainant in the alleged 264 carat diamond matter from Kono, Benjamin Marrer, has been accused of embezzlement and lack of transparency by his business partner and sponsor, Tom Efrati of Tomax Capital Management Incorporation based in Los Angeles, USA. The Chief Executive Officer of Tomax Capital Investment Incorporation, Tom Efrati, has written a letter of complaint against Ben Marrer …

President Julius Maada Bio on Tuesday, 8th August, 2024 held fruitful discussions with the King of England King Charles III on the upcoming Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting 2024 (CHOGM) at Samoa. In a Facebook post, President Bio said. “Today, I had a productive conversation with His Majesty King Charles III, the Head of the Commonwealth, in anticipation of the …

The new European Union Ambassador to Sierra Leone Jacek Krzysztof Jankowski presented his letter of credence to President Julius Maada Bio at State House in Freetown yesterday. In a Face Book post, President Bio said, “I received letters of credence from European Union Ambassador to Sierra Leone Jacek Krzysztof Jankowski at State House. We have strong relations with the European …

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 …