By Sulaiman Jalloh     Sierra Leone’s Vice President Dr. Mohammed Juldeh Jalloh has on Thursday, August 15, 2024 at the new Brookfields hotel in Freetown launched the Fiscal Year 2025 national policy hearing and bilateral budget discussion with MDAs and stakeholders. Vice President Jalloh delivering the keynote address started

By Michaella Faith Wright     Ansu Jatta is a passionate young Gambian who is on a mission to uplift and empower school dropouts to become valuable members of society through his community-based initiative, Giver Foundation Network. Founded without external funding, that focuses on providing vocational education to vulnerable youth,

By Nasiru Dinn Koroma   At the St. Pious Catholic Church at Jagboima Section in Bo on August 11th, 2024, came alive with joy and gratitude as the congregation gathered to celebrate a momentous occasion: the reinstatement of Hon Paran Umaru Tarawally, the Clerk of Parliament, who recently emerged victorious

 By Aaron Parker     The West African Bankers’ Association (WABA) held its 78th Executive Council Meeting and 42nd General Assembly meeting in Sierra Leone. The event was hosted by the Sierra Leone Association of Commercial Banks (SLACB) in Freetown from the 8th to 9th of August 2024 at the

The Deputy Minister of Planning and Economic Development, Rev. Dr. Jonathan Titus-Williams on Wednesday, 14th August, 2024, urged ministry staff to prioritize professionalism and a results-oriented approach during a three-day capacity-building training program. The training, which focuses on ECOWAS protocols and policies, regional integration, and public service ethics, aims to

By Mohamed Mansaray in Kenema     Magistrate Mustapha Briama-Jah of Magistrate Court No.2 in Kenema has sentenced one Sao Thomas, a labourer of How-For-Do Lorry Park in Kenema to three (3) years imprisonment for larceny. The Accused was charged to court for larceny contrary to Section 2 of the

By Mohamed Mansaray in Kenema   Magistrate Mustapha Briama-Jah of Magistrate Court No.2 in Kenema has recently sentenced one Vandy Mannah and acquitted and discharged one Gbessay Kanneh. Two accused persons, Vandy Mannah, a mason who is a resident of Njala Village and Gbessay Kanneh, a tailor of Weima Town,

By Sulaiman Jalloh     Hon. Ibrahim Barrie of the opposition All People’s Congress (APC), representing the people of Bombali District has recently visited a Kush rehabilitation centre established by a young man identified as CEO Gaza in Makeni. The lawmaker has called for government’s intervention to support the Kush

By Sulaiman Jalloh   Deputy Leader of Government Business, Hon. Bashiru Sidikie, has, on Wednesday, 14th August, 2024, at the Parliament Building on Tower Hill in Freetown, warned all shipping lines in the country to stop collecting demurrage charges for a period of ten working days excluding holidays and weekends.

By Sulaiman Jalloh   The Minister of Communications, Technology and Innovation, Madam Salima Monorma Bah has, during the recent government’s weekly press briefing held at the conference hall of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, disclosed that government is in consultation with private companies in order to privatise