By Jane B Mansaray. Justice Abu Bakarr Binneh Kamara has sentenced Ibrahim Thoronka, a businessman to a jail term of four years or pays a fine of Fifty Million Leones. At a trial conducted in Freetown, Ibrahim Thoronka was convicted after he pleaded guilty to a criminal indictment of fraudulent concretion contrary to law. The particulars on the indictment state …

The SLPP Chairman, Kono District, Mr. Safea Leslie Moiwa and members of his executive last week made an on-the-spot working visit to the construction site of the Kono University of Science and Technology in Koidu Town. Speaking to the Global Times, The Kono district SLPP Chairman noted that, their visit to the construction site was part of their routine exercise …

Sierra Leone’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, has assured Sierra Leonean students in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia of job opportunities upon completion of their courses and subsequent return home. Professor David J. Francis was speaking during an interactive meeting with a cross section of Sierra Leonean nationals and students at the Sierra Leone Chancery in Riyadh on …

The Management of the Sierra Leone Road Safety Authority has welcomed Reverend Smart K. Senessie as the new Executive Director of SLRSA. This comes weeks after the renowned Clergyman was appointed by His Excellency President Dr. Julius Maada Bio on January 11, 2022 replacing Ibrahim Sannoh, the erstwhile Executive Director of the institution. Welcoming the new Executive Director, James Baggie …

The Chairman, Board of Directors of NRA (National Revenue Authority), Mrs. Tuma Adama Gento-Kamara has defied a directive from the Minister of Finance to stop a planned investigation into some business entities, which will result in “an unhealthy business environment, impacting on the financial and economic governance of the state”. It would be recalled that a letter from the Minister …

Since the 1930s when mining started in Diang Chiefdom, Koinadugu district, no tangible impact is said to have been created on the community. However, residents now say that with the coming of Cheng Li Mining Company in two years, they have recorded massive developments. The 660 million Leones paid as Surface Rent by Chengli Mining Company to Diang and Sambaya …

His Excellency President Dr Julius Maada Bio has pronounced Antonio Rüdiger as Brand Global Sierra Leone Football Ambassador during a brief ceremony attended by family members, well-wishers and government officials. Antonio Rüdiger is a Sierra Leonean-German professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Premier League club, Chelsea and the Germany national team. Director of Protocols in the Ministry of …

New Resident Ministers of Northwest and Eastern Regions, Deputy Ministers of Education, Health and Finance, Chairman Health Service Commission and Ambassador to the Islamic Republic of Egypt have subscribed to the oath of office before His Excellency President Dr. Julius Maada Bio. The Constitution of Sierra Leone requires that a public officer shall not enter upon the duties of his …

By Sorie Fofana. When President Alhaji Dr. Ahmad Tejan Kabbah returned from exile in Conakry, Guinea in March 1998, he came to the realization that it was time to open the doors of the Party for others to come in. Under pressure from some senior party members not to appoint non-SLPP members to key positions in the government, Kabbah decided …

The Secretary General of the Commonwealth, the Rt Hon Patricia Scotland QC, has paid a courtesy call on His Excellency President Dr Julius Maada Bio where she also commended the many steps his government has taken to curtail the spread of Coronavirus in the country. As head of the Commonwealth Secretariat, the central body that has served the 54 member …