𝐁𝐲 𝐌𝐨𝐡𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐝 𝐅𝐨𝐟𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐡. National Social Security and Insurance Trust (NASSIT) yesterday celebrated global customer service week, calling the attention of the public to the importance of customer service and its value to the scheme. Customer service week has been celebrated by the scheme during the first full business week in October, the Director General of NASSIT, Mohamed Fuad Daboh announced …

𝐁𝐲 𝐉𝐚𝐧𝐞 𝐁. 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐲. The matter between the State against Alimamy Kamara, former Honorable Member of Parliament, former Minister of Youth Affairs and former Ambassador to the Islamic Republic of Iran has been adjourned to the 10th October 2022 for ruling on a no case submission. The matter came up yesterday at the Anti- Corruption Court on Siaka Stevens Street, …

𝐁𝐲 𝐇𝐚𝐣𝐚 𝐀𝐝𝐚𝐦𝐚 𝐊𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐚. After they allegedly collected monies from several individuals, claiming to facilitate their travelling to Australia, some employees of Q-net have appeared in court to answer to several charges before Magistrate Marke Ngegba of Court No.1 along Pademba Road in Freetown. According to the charges before the Court, the accused persons on dates unknown between the 1st …

His Excellency President Dr Julius Maada Bio has formally launched the National Electrification Plan Digital Platform at a high-level annual ceremony, to increase clean energy supply nationwide. He urged the two-day roundtable deliberations to address the issues of supply, availability, reliability, affordability, financing, and investment in the energy sector, pointing to a few critical discussion points including financing of the …

The Criminal Investigations Department of the Sierra Leone Police are currently investigating the top management of Orange Sierra Leone for obstructing the course of justice by refusing to cooperate with the special investigating committee set up by the Government of Sierra Leone in the aftermath of the 10th August violent insurrection. Police sources have confirmed that Orange SL is refusing …

The Sierra Leone Bar Association has in a letter addressed to the Managing Director of Rokel Commercial Bank accused him and the bank he heads of institutional bullying and workplace intimidation. According to the Bar Association letter, three of their members who work for the bank are victims of institutional bullying, workplace intimidation and sexual harassment. The three victims are …

𝐁𝐲 𝐒𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐞 𝐅𝐨𝐟𝐚𝐧𝐚. It is very sad that a leader of a political party does not know the criteria that ECSL Registration Officers use to register eligible voters in the ongoing voter registration exercise. Yesterday, the leader of the defunct “Unity Party”, the chatterbox Femi Claudius Cole was all over social media claiming that, ECSL Registration Officers in an obscure …

Rokel Commercial Bank, formerly Barclays Bank, was among the best and biggest banks in Sierra Leone in terms of operations and corporate governance. The three-man management committee instituted by the Tripartite Committee (The Bank of Sierra Leone, the Ministry of Finance and the National Commission for Privatization) headed by an honorable gentleman, Mr. John Dudley Okrafo-Smart (a Chartered Accountant) left …

𝐁𝐲 𝐌𝐨𝐡𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐝 𝐅𝐨𝐟𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐡. The equipment imported by a Ghanaian road construction company for the Kpetema-Mattru Jong road in the Bonthe district has been relocated from the Queen Elizabeth Quay II in Freetown to the site in Mattru Jong in Pujehun to start work in earnest. Maripoma Enterprises Limited which won the competitive bid a few months ago, imported equipment worth …

𝐁𝐲 𝐉𝐚𝐧𝐞 𝐁. 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐲. The Judiciary of Sierra Leone has commenced a three- day judicial recess for training of Court Registrars on the Management and Administration of Court Cases. The three-day judicial recess will hold from the 27th, 28th and 29th September, 2022 at main Law Court Building, Siaka Stevens Street in Freetown. According to a notice from the Office …