By Mariama Hamadi

The Former Minister of Lands and
Country Planning, Dr. Denis Sandy is expected to face criminal charges, anytime
soon, for allegedly authorizing his men to demolish a Primary School belonging
to Mrs. Elizabeth Squire, situated at Mongeba Village,.

According to Madam Squire, she
bought four plots of land in 2014 to build Primary and Secondary schools and
for which, she said, she was given the necessary documents.

She said few months later, Dr.
Sandy wrote a letter inf…

By Saidu Dumbuya

The Governor of the Bank of Sierra Leone, Prof.
Kalfala Kallon yesterday updated the Members of Parliament that the government has
received the first consignment of printed bank notes ordered.

According to the Bank Governor, there is now
sufficient money in the bank and that they will be expecting the other
consignments in February and June this year. 

The reasons Governor Kallon advanced for the
recent shortage of bank notes is the hoarding of the currency by pri…

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 …