𝐁𝐲 𝐒𝐲𝐥𝐯𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐒𝐚𝐦𝐛𝐚.                                                              The Government of Sierra Leone and the Inter-Governmental Action Group against Money Laundering in West Africa (GIABA) have provided support for the conduct of a National Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing Risk Assessment on the nature and scale of ML/TF and related predicate crimes and vulnerabilities to Money Laundering and Terrorism Financing. This was confirmed by …

𝐁𝐲 𝐉𝐚𝐧𝐞 𝐁. 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐲.   High Court Judge sitting in Freetown on Main Law Court Building on Siaka Stevens Street, Justice Aiah Simeon Allieu has refused to grant an interim injunction against the conduct of the Bureh Chiefdom Paramount Chieftaincy (PC) election held on 20 July 2022. The decision of the Court was based on an application filed for the …

The Chief Executive Officer of the Blue International Group, Christian Wright, has held discussions with Sierra Leone’s Minister of Energy, Alhaji Kanja Sesay, together with representatives from the Ministries of Finance and Justice on the project and development cost for the Bumbuna Phase ll Project.   Christian Wright said that he had led the delegation to the Minister because they …

  INTERPOL last week issued an international arrest warrant against three Lebanese brothers for stealing a staggering stealing huge sums of money from Fawaz Group of Companies which owns Fawaz Building Materials, Sierra Paint and Design, Technotec and Sierra Frozen. The three Lebanese brothers (Rabih Faysal Hamdoun, Walid Faisal Hamdoun and Musa Hamdoun) reportedly embezzled about US$8M from Fawaz Group …

𝐁𝐲 𝐉𝐚𝐧𝐞 𝐁. 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐲.   Madam Randa Skeiky, a Lebanese national and a convict who is involved in a Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars case wad yesterday, at the Court of Appeal sitting in Freetown, granted bail in the sum of One Billion, Five Hundred Million Leones (The Old Leones). A Ruling on the application for bail pending appeal …

𝐁𝐲 𝐌𝐨𝐡𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐝 𝐅𝐨𝐟𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐡.   The National Public Procurement Authority (NPPA) has unveiled the third quarter of the 2022 public procurement price norm as part of an effort to bring uniformity in the prices of commonly used tools across Ministries, Departments, and Agencies (MDAs) when undertaking their procurement activities and ensure value for money. The Price Norm is a required blueprint …

𝐁𝐲 𝐇𝐚𝐣𝐚 𝐀𝐝𝐚𝐦𝐚 𝐊𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐚   Principal Magistrate Sahr Kekura of Court No.1 along Pademba Road yesterday granted bail to Karamoh Kabba and fourteen others in the sum of one hundred million Leones on their third appearance after listening to the evidence of the prosecution witness. All fifteen accused persons were before the court on summary trial on five count charges …

𝐁𝐲 𝐒𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐞 𝐅𝐨𝐟𝐚𝐧𝐚. After he retired from office in 2007, President Ahmad Tejan Kabbah portrayed himself as an international statesman. Even in retirement, he refused to openly criticize his successor President Dr Ernest Bai Koroma. When President Ahmad Tejan Kabbah died in Freetown in March 2014, President Dr Ernest Bai Koroma described his demise as “an irreparable loss to the …

We have closely followed the public statement issued by the authorities/Government indicating that all passengers departing and arriving at the Freetown International Airport with effect from 1st July, 2022 are required to pay a security fee of US$25 to enable authorities ensure safety of passengers at the Airport and the country through a cut edge and globally recognized border control …

𝐁𝐲 𝐉𝐚𝐧𝐞 𝐁. 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐲. In line with President Julius Maada Bio’s vision for infrastructure transformation, the Road Maintenance Fund Administration (RMFA) yesterday officially handed over a total of twenty brand new motorbikes to each Local Council. The purpose of the motorbikes is to supervise, monitor and evaluate roads construction work activities especially in far to reach terrains for effective and …