All of us are responsible to fight against Kush
By Amara Thoronka Drug intake and drug addiction are not new realities. They have been there for so long. From cocaine to brown-brown to ecstasy to heroin to marijuana to tramadol; harmful drugs have always been around and consumed. However, in the recent past of Sierra Leone, no harmful illegal drug has been so…...
Hon. Timbo blasts police over intervention in combating drug
By Sulaiman Jalloh Hon. Alpha Timbo has asserted that the Sierra Leone Police is failing and that the future of young people is being destroyed. The opposition lawmaker was speaking in Parliament during an engagement summoned by the country’s legislature on Monday, 18th March, 2024, to know the status of the fight against drug,…...
Parliament poised to battle Kush
By Sulaiman Jalloh Parliament has expressed concern over the alarming consumption and implications of the dangerous Kush drug across the country. The country’s legislature on Monday, March 18th, 2024, at parliament building engaged some public institutions crucial in combating the scourge. Hon. Bashiru Silikie, the deputy leader of government business and the chairman of…...
AfDB Executive Directors in SL on strategic visits
By Sheku Putka Kamara A delegation of seven Executive Directors from the African Development Bank (AfDB) is in Sierra Leone on a five-day consultation mission aimed at deepening the partnership between the Bank and Sierra Leone. The team which is led by Mette Knudsen from Denmark include Jonathan Nzayikorera from Rwanda, Rufus N. Darkortey…...
IG Sellu confirms arrest of three more ring leaders of Nov 26 failed Coup
By Sheku Putka Kamara Inspector Geenral of Police, Willaim Fayia Sellu has confirmed the arrest of one of the ring leaders of the Nov 26th, 2023 failed Coup d’etat. He said that the former military officer, former AFRC Minister and member of the APC party George Adams was arrested in Makeni by the Sierra…...
Maximizing revenue generation without hurting the masses
By Dadson A. Musa Taxation, dues and other legal means of collecting money helps government carry out its functions. In first world countries like America, England, China, etc. they take it very seriously and try very hard to avoid leakages. In fact, penalties for evading taxes are heavy and uncompromising. Taxation is the lifeblood of…...
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CRN-SL reacts to ‘missing’ 19 cartons of tramadol
By Sulaiman Jalloh Citizens Right Network Sierra Leone (CRN-SL) has reacted to report of 19 cartons of Tramadol allegedly missing at the Queen Elizabeth II Quay (Water Quay) last year. In a press briefing held on Wednesday, March 13, 2024, Ibrahim Bai Koroma, the executive director of CRN told journalists that his organization has…...
SL Commercial Bank Hits Le119B Profit in 2022
Sierra Leone’s leading financial institution, the Sierra Leone Commercial Bank (SLCB), today Thursday 7th March, 2024 announced a whooping profit before tax of Le119, 000,000,000 (One hundred and nineteen Billion Leones old notes) in 2022. After the deduction of tax and other expenditures, SLCB hit a net profit of SLE86,063,852, 000 (Eighty-six Billion and Sixty-Three […]
Tourist Board justifies demolition of beach bars
By Fatmata Binta Bah Fatmata Mida Hamid Carew, the General Manager of National Tourist Board gave reasons for the demolition of beach bars while speaking on the general status of beaches in the capital at the weekly government press briefing held by the Ministry of Information and Civic Education on 12th March, 2024. …...