By Jane .B. Mansaray. One of the Judges presiding at the Sexual Offences Model Court, Justice Suliaman Bah yesterday discharged a 23-year -old male construction worker, Lamin Kanneh for want of prosecution on a sexual penetration indictment, pursuant to Section 19 of the Sexual Offences Act No.12 of 2012. The accused person, Lamin Kanneh was discharged by the trial Judge …

Members of the recently constituted tribunal to investigate the Auditor General, Mrs. Lara Taylor-Pearce and her deputy, Tamba Momoh, have taken an oath before His Excellency President Dr Julius Maada Bio as required by law. Chairperson of the tribunal is Honourable Justice Nyawo Finda Matturi-Jones, JSC, a retired Supreme Court Judge, described by her peers as a fine woman with …

Special Representative of President Xi Jinping of the People’s Republic of China, His Excellency Yang Jiechi, has led a high-level delegation to meet His Excellency President Dr Julius Maada Bio, advance cooperation and convey goodwill from Beijing. H.E. Yang, who is the Director of the Central Foreign Affairs Commission, also extended warm regards from his government, saying that Sierra Leone …

Teachers are the most essential ingredients for achieving SDG4: inclusive quality education. They are also an essential part of the Government’s Free Quality School Education programme. This is why an unprecedented level of investment has been made towards enhancing the policies, incentives and welfare of teachers in Sierra Leone. Here a few (10) things you may not have heard about: …

Ali and Hisham Mackie have opened a hospital in Koidu City in memory of their late father, Pa Hussein Mackie. They have transformed the house their father built and in which they grew up into a free for all medical facility. The late Pa Mackie was a prominent diamond magnate and philanthropist. He was highly respected by the people of …

Some radical West Africa and African Heads of State have raised serious concerns over the AU and ECOWAS’ decision to ask Sierra Leone’s former President, Dr Ernest Bai Koroma to lead election observation missions in Africa when he is still actively engaged in local party politics in Sierra Leone. The former President continues to occupy the position of Chairman and …

Sierra Leone’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Prof. David. J Francis will lead his country’s delegation to this year’s Eighth Ministerial Conference of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) scheduled to take place between November 29 and 30 in Dakar, Senegal. The theme of the conference will be “Deepening China-Africa Partnership and Promote Sustainable Development to Build a …

In the presentation of the Government Budget and Statement of Economic and Financial Policies in the Well of Parliament on Friday, 19th November, 2021 the Minister of Finance, Dennis K. Vandi praised one of the leading local manufacturing companies, Jolaks Manufacturing Limited for maintaining production even during the outbreak of the devastating COVID-19 pandemic. Mr. Dennis Vandi said, “Mr. Speaker, …

Following a visit to Accra, Ghana recently where the Minister of Transport and Aviation, Kabineh Kallon met with a group of potential investors in the transport sector, a delegation from Ghana has arrived in Sierra Leone to explore possible areas of intervention. A team from Obiyaa Group of Companies locally based in Ghana yesterday met with the Minister of Transport …

According to the Minister of Finance, Dennis Vandi, in the Financial Year 2022, the Government of Sierra Leone will consolidate the construction of critical roads to facilitate the movement of agricultural produce, other goods, as well as people: In particular, Government will: Complete the Hill-side-By Pass Road; Complete the Lumley–Tokeh Road; Complete the Bo –Tikonko Road; Complete the Targrin–Lungi–Konakridee Road; …