Guineans went to the polls
on Sunday October 18 to elect a new president, amidst extreme pre-election
tension and violence between supporters of the country’s two main political
parties.

So tense was the atmosphere
in Guinea six months before the elections, up to the eve of the elections that
the Speaker of the ECOWAS parliament and a delegation visited the country about
a week to observe the election and caution the government, parliamentarians,
political stakeholders and the entire nation …

Persons of Interest (POIs)
who were indicted by the recommendations of the somewhat controversial
Commission of Inquiry (COI) and the accompanying government’s White Paper
recently released, are reportedly urged to file an appeal at the Appeals Court
to prove their innocence, else they run the risk of being guilty as charged.

Already, the 90 days
ultimatum for POIs to seek redress at the Appeals Court is slowly elapsing and
very few individuals mentioned in the said report have so far report…

By
Mariama Hamadi

Running out of patience, the presiding
Magistrate of Pademba Road Court No. 1, Hannah Bonnie has made it categorically
clear that Osman Karankay Conteh and thirty other residents of Lunsar will
remain in remand if their solicitors fail to turn up in court.

The thirty one accused persons are before her on
Preliminary Investigation for alleged murder of the nephew of Paramount Chief
Bai Koblo Queen II of Marampa Chiefdom and for setting ablaze his properties
worth over ele…

By Mariama Hamadi

Magistrate Elizabeth Sheila Bangura Jalloh of
Pademba Road Court No7 has committed the matter of Sylvester Foday Bangura, a
SSS 1 pupil of Saint Edwards Secondary School to the High Court for proper
trial.

The offender in the above action was arraigned
before her for Preliminary Investigation after he was alleged to have killed
one Mohamed Sesay by stabbing him in his neck at Congo Town field.

Delivering her ruling shortly after the matter
was  mentioned by …

By Saidu Dumbuya

The Parliamentary Oversight Committee on Works
and Public Asset chaired by the Deputy Leader of Government Business in
Parliament, Hon. Bashiru Silike has on Monday, 19th October, 2020
embarked on a nationwide parliamentary oversight on road contractors in the
country.

The purpose of the oversight exercise, according
to the Chairman is to ascertain the operational work done and other challenges
affecting those roads.

The chairman averred that they are
doing one of…

DHL Express, the world’s leading international
express service provider, has been recognised as the second best place to work
in the world. The company ranked in the top 5 as one of the best workplaces in
the world.

In its 2020 employer ranking Great Place to Work
and FORTUNE recognised the extensive investments and implementations of various
initiatives to create a positive, motivating and appreciative working
atmosphere in more than 220 countries and territories.

Every year, Great Place…

Cabinet ministers are reported to be tossing and
turning unsure if their heads would fall under the guillotine when President
Bio announces the long awaited cabinet reshuffle very soon.

“It has been done and dusted,” a confidential State
House source told this press.

Whilst details of the reshuffle have been kept under
tight seal, it is certain, sources intimated, that some prominent high profiled
cabinet ministers will return to warming the bench whilst some significant new
players will …

Former Attorney General and Minister of Justice,
Joseph Fitzgerald Kamara, popularly known as JFK, who represented former President
Koroma and several former Cabinet Ministers at the Commission of Inquiry (COI)
has blasted that the outcome of the COI was vindictive and a vendetta against
his clients.

JFK made the statement on BBC radio after the President
released the government Whitepaper on the recommendations contained in the Commission’s
report past Thursday.

JFK stated that they were…

Director General of the National Telecommunications Commission
(NATCOM), Daniel Bobson Kaitibi, six months into his leadership of the
Commission has extended thanks and appreciation to board, management and staff
for the tremendous support that they have provided the Deputy Director-General
and him exactly six months since their joint appointments by His Excellency
President Bio.

DG Kaitibi also took the opportunity to update the media and the
public on what they have achieved so far as a Co…

In yesterday Monday edition, The Exclusive reported that the
United States Department of State has declared that the United States of
America will not issue almost all immigrant and non-immigrant visas to Sierra
Leoneans applying at the Embassy in Freetown. 

This, the release said, is due to continued delays by the
Government of Sierra Leone to accept its citizens who are subject to a final
order of removal.

Now, the Ministry
of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation in a pre…

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) in this
third media release, wishes to update the general public of the actions and
steps it has taken to address critical issues raised in the Audit Reports of
Sierra Leone 2015 – 2018. These interventions focused on aspects of possible,
or alleged corruption, and conducts inconsistent with the provision(s) in the
Anti-Corruption Act of 2008. 

After a thorough review, and analysis of the
aforementioned Reports, a total of twenty-one (21) issues attr…