By Dadson A. Musa One of Sierra Leone’s staple foods, cassava which up to 7 million people depend on mainly for energy sustenance had over the years suffered existential threat. It has been learned over the years through laboratory experiment that cassava does not only have carbohydrate but also has
By Dadson A. Musa The outgoing country director of International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), Sierra Leone office, Pascaline Barikenda has ended a fruitful and successful tenure in Sierra Leone. At a farewell meeting held at the NCPU office in Bo on the 11th June 2026 she entered the hall
By Tamba Steven Komba The Magistrate Court in Masiaka has sentenced a man to twelve months imprisonment after he pleaded guilty to stealing two mobile phones belonging to a resident of Koya Chiefdom. The conviction and sentence were handed down by Magistrate Harold Kamara on Wednesday, June 10, 2026,
By Tamba Steven Komba A suspected drug dealer, Amadu Unisa Mansaray, has been committed to the High Court for trial after the Magistrate Court in Mile 91 found sufficient evidence linking him to the unlawful possession of prohibited drugs, including cannabis sativa, Kush and tramadol. The ruling was delivered by
The Chairperson of the ECOWAS Ministers of Trade and Industry, who is also the Minister of Trade and Industry of Sierra Leone, Alpha Ibrahim Sesay, has urged colleague Ministers of Trade to bear in mind that there is only one ECOWAS, and deepening regional integration is to the advantage of
By Fasalie Sulaiman Kamara Sierra Leone has been actively engaged in Ebola preparedness, even though the World Health Organization (WHO) currently categorises the country as low risk. The Minister of Health, Austin Demby; the Executive Director of the National Public Health Agency (NPHA), Professor Foday Sahr; the Director of Surveillance
The leadership of the Sierra Leone Immigration Department, under Dr. Moses Tiffa Baio, Esq., as Chief Immigration Officer (CIO) has taken its decentralization services to the Southern Region, HQ of Bo, after successful implementations in Kenema and Makeni, in the North. The move seeks to ensure that access to immigration
By Mohamed Mansaray in Kenema The Presiding Magistrate in Kenema, His Worship, Magistrate Hadiru Daboh of Magistrate Court No.1 has sent to jail one Raymond Coker to Twelve Months (12) imprisonment for domestic violence contrary to section 2 subsection 1 (b) of the Domestic Violence Act No.20 of 2007. The
By Mohamed Mansaray in Kenema The Defendant, Joseph Marculay of Dodo Chiefdom in the Kenema Judicial District and Santigue Kargbo in Kenema City have been committed to High Court by his Worship, Magistrate George. B. Samai of Magistrate Court No.2 in Kenema for House Breaking and Larceny. Both Defendants
By Expo Times Reporter For the Chief Executive of Super Squad, the team is boyhood team ‘I played for during my early secondary school days, so I feel obligated to support the team.’ The team has been making an enviable mark to an extent that even sceptics agree that the
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