The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC)
yesterday Tuesday 31st March, 2020 filed an indictment against the
Minister of Labour and Social Security, Alpha Osman Timbo, who also served as Minister
of Basic and Senior Secondary Education (MBSSE) of No. 17 Jalloh Street,
Wellington, Freetown and four others on fifteen (15) counts of corruption
offences including Misappropriation of public Property contrary to Section 36
(1); failure to comply with application procedures and guidelines contrary to
Secti…

Every Sierra Leonean may
have heard about the devastating virus called Corona that originated in the
People’s Republic of China in late December 2019, and has spread to nearly 200
countries across the globe, including tiny Sierra Leone, which yesterday Monday
30th March, 20202 confirmed a new case – one Abdulai Jalloh, who arrived
in Sierra Leone on 16th March, 2020 onboard Brussels Airlines but was
quarantined immediately he arrived.

As President Dr. Julius
Maada Bio told the nation in his …

Controversy has reportedly
erupted within the ruling Sierra Leone People’s Party (SLPP) over its gazetted
revised constitution.

A petition filed by the
Regional Executive and the general membership of the SLPP North America Branch states
that the gazetted revised SLPP Constitution contravenes the 1991 Constitution
of Sierra Leone, Act No. 6 of 1991; in particular, Chapter V, Part I (Section
41).

The Branch’s protest
letter written to the Commissioner of the Political Parties Registration …

The National Secretary General of the main
opposition All People’s Congress (APC), Ambassador Alhaji Dr. Osman Foday Yansaneh
has said the party will advise its members that were indicted by the
Commissions of Inquiry as Persons of Interest to challenge their indictment at
the Appeals Court.

Making the statement in response to the
summary of Commission of Inquiry No. 64 report made last week, the APC scribe
said even before the commissions were set up, they made a constitutional
opposition b…

With all the
countries facing the coronavirus threat having rushed into legislating
appropriate new laws to fight or ward off the disease from their countries, Members
of Parliament unanimously approved the Public State of Emergency declared by
President Dr. Julius Maada Bio on Tuesday 24th March, 2020 after two
days of heated debate.

Making the
proclamation, President Bio told the nation that by the authority vested in him
under Subsection 1 of Section 29 of the Constitution of Sierra Leone…

By Aruna Rashed Toma Bangura

Water Aid Sierra Leone has disclosed that more than 3,000,000 Sierra
Leoneans lack access to basic pipe borne water or covered well close to their
homes, thus making it harder to cope with the negative impacts of climate
change.

In recently commemorating the World Water Day, Water Aid SL in a press
release stated that the government must not forget the vital role water plays
in the prevention and readiness against the deadly coronavirus scourge as
various Mini…

By Aruna Rashed Toma Bangura

The Joint COVID-19 Education Response Team has announced that all
schools and tertiary institutions should close today Tuesday 31st
March, 2020 as one of the robust preventive measures against the deadly
coronavirus pandemic.

According to a press statement by the Joint COVIC-19 Education
Response Team, all educational institutions should complete their exams today
and government through Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) will be
implementing planned a…

The
high point of the year-long three Commissions of Inquiry commissioned by the
New Direction government of His Excellency President Dr. Julius Maada Bio was
reached on Wednesday 25th March, 2020 at the Peace Museum where the
three Judges presented their reports and attached recommendations to the
President.

Hon.
Sir Justice Biobele Abraham Georgewill presiding over Commission No.1 of
Instrument 64 charged with carrying out thorough, independent, fair and impartial
investigations into alleg…

By
Ayodele Deen-Cole

The
National Youth League of the main opposition All People’s Congress (APC) has
rejected the report of the three Commissions of Inquiry presented to President
Dr. Julius Maada Bio on Wednesday 25th March, 2020 at the Peace
Museum at the former Special Court Building on Jomo Kenyatta Road, New England
in Freetown.

In
an exclusive interview with the APC National Youth League Secretary General,
Alie Conteh, he opined that most of the findings and recommendations in the
…

By
Ayodele Deen-Cole

Africell
Sierra Leone Limited has donated some protective gears and medical equipment to
the Ministry of Health and Sanitation (MoHS) to enhance its preparedness in the
event of any outbreak of the COVID 19 in the country.

During
the donation ceremony at the MoHS conference room at Youyi Building,
Brookfields in Freetown, the Media Manager of Africell Sierra Leone, John Konteh
said the donation was meant to keep everyone in the country safe from the
COVID-19, adding t…

Hon. Sir Biobele Abraham Georgewill of Commission
Number One, Constitutional Instrument No. 64 of 2018 yesterday Wednesday 25th
March, 2020 presented his report to His Excellency President Dr. Julius Maada
Bio at the Peace Museum, Special Court Building on Jomo Kenyatta Road in
Freetown.

The report indicted 84 Persons of Interest out of
126 and amongst them are the erstwhile President Dr. Ernest Bai Koroma and 20
government Ministers who served in his
administration, 2 former Bank Governors,…

Heated
debate is expected to continue in the House of Parliament today when lawmakers meet
to continue inspection of the State of Public Emergency that His Excellency
President Dr. Julius Maada Bio as the country’s Supreme Head of State under
powers granted him by Section 29 of the 1991 Constitution of Sierra Leone, Act
No. 6 declared on Tuesday 24th March, 2020.

The
presidential declaration was made in response to the grave looming threat of
the coronavirus disease that has attacked 173 cou…

Mercury
International would have reportedly suffered a huge financial loss from the
final lotto draw held on Tuesday evening 24th March, 2020 had it not
been for the vigilance of its Management.

According
to report, the Mercury Managing Director, Martin Michael reported that a
handful of retailers that were not employees but agents of the company deliberately
set out to defraud the company out of a huge amount of money by punching
winning numbers of the Tuesday final lotto draw long after Me…