𝐁𝐲 𝐉𝐚𝐧𝐞 𝐁. 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐲. Mohamed Kamarainba Mansaray was yesterday brought in a Correctional Service Ambulance with registration number AJH342 escorted from his Annex Unit of Connaught Hospital to stand trial at the High Court, on main Law Courts Building along Siaka Stevens Street in Freetown. The 2018 Presidential Candidate and Leader of the Alliance Democratic Party (ADP) made appearance in …

His Excellency President Brig. (Rtd) Julius Maada Bio is expected to leave Freetown this morning on a four-day walking visit to Bo district in the Southern Region. Today, President Bio would be received in Mano Dasse by the Resident Minister in the Southern Region, Mohamed Alie and a retinue of traditional leaders. The President will depart Mano Dasse after breakfast …

𝐁𝐲 𝐉𝐚𝐧𝐞 𝐁. 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐲. At the Freetown High Court on main Law Courts Building Siaka Stevens Street, a thirty- five (35) year old male youth and a building construction labourer, Lahai Kamara has been sentenced to thirty-one (31) years imprisonment on conviction of murder. In his judgment dated 2nd November 2022, Justice Monfred Momoh Sesay, a Court of Appeal Judge …

At the just concluded African, Carribean and Pacific/ European Union (ACP/EU) joint Parliamentary Assembly session in the Mozambiquan Capital, Moputo on 1st November, 2022, Sierra Leone’s Hon. Saa Emerson Lamina lamented on the “severe threats” of terrorism and it’s attendant compendiums on the peace, stability and security of Africa. “Terrorism in sub Saharan Africa is a threat to Africa that …

His Excellency President Dr Julius Maada Bio has received agricultural machinery from the Chinese Government to boost the country’s efforts at tackling food insecurity through modern farming techniques. The consignment includes 400 Mobile Rice Threshers, 400 Winnowers, 60 Rice Whiteners, 400 Brush Cutters, 500 Rice Transplanters, 100 Chain Saws, 400 Knapsack Manual Sprayers, 200 Repair Tool Kits, 100 Hand Drills, …

“Mistakes are always forgiveable if one has the courage to admit them”, David Blunkett, former UK Home Secretary. A leaked audio about the Vice Chancellor and Principal of MMTU (Milton Margai Technical University), Prof. Philip John Kanu, venting out an angry emotion against some members of the Mende tribe went viral on social media last week. The hurt created by …

The President of the Republic of Guinea, His Excellency Colonel Mamady Doumbouya, on Friday 28th October 2022, returned home after holding successful bilateral discussions with His Excellency the President of Sierra Leone Brig. (Rtd) Julius Maada Bio in Freetown. President Mamady Doumbouya’s visit signifies the strong bilateral relationship between the two sister countries in the sub-region. Sierra Leone’s Vice President …

After an extensive debate, coupled with positive and critical contributions by MPs on both sides of the aisle, the Parliament of Sierra Leone has on Friday 28/10/2022 finally approved two related agreements aimed at revenue mobilization, after a division was signified by Opposition MPs on two successive days. The agreements were ratified by voting through a head count. The Opposition …

The Ministry of Basic & Senior Secondary Education (MBSSE) has through the Sierra Leone Free Education Project, disbursed the sum of Twenty-Nine Billion Six Hundred and Ninety-Three Million Five Hundred & Twenty Thousand [Old] Leones (Le 29,693,520.00) in the form of Renovation/Maintenance Grants to 538 ‘Government’ and ‘Government-Assisted’ primary schools in all sixteen districts. The beneficiary schools comprise Eastern Region …

The Director General of NCRA (National Civil Registration Authority) Mohamed M. Massaquoi is currently in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia attending the Sixth Conference of African Ministers responsible for Civil Registration and Vital Statistics (CVRS). Yesterday, Mr. Massaquoi was requested by UNECA (United Nations Economic Commission For Africa) to chair a session of CRVS Experts on “Building Integrated Civil Registration and Vital …