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Sierra Leone

Tue, 05 Apr 2022 08:02:38 GMT
Sleiti Commences EITI Validation Today
[Concord] The Board of the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) will today Friday April 1st, effectively kicks-off Sierra Leone's Validation against the 2019 EITI Standard in accordance with the new Validation model adopted by the EIT...

Tue, 05 Apr 2022 08:02:36 GMT
Opposition MPs On Bio's Four Years in Governance
[Concord] While President Bio has clocked four years in power, Deputy Leader of the Coalition for Change (C4C) in Parliament, Hon. Saa Francis Bhendu has questioned whether the president has anything in the bag to tell voters come 2023, citing the cu...

Tue, 05 Apr 2022 08:02:35 GMT
Bio - Can the Economy Guarantee Reelection?
[Concord] A wobbly economy is a red flag for an incumbent, but opportunities abound for a rebound.

Tue, 05 Apr 2022 08:02:33 GMT
Four Years Onlawyer Sorie-Sengbeh Marrah Describes Judiciary As Abysmal, but Pro Cited Several Reformsby Concord Times
[Concord] The judiciary of Sierra Leone is one of the three arms of government. Over the past four years, the leadership of the judiciary has undertaken some physical reforms. This piece of writing would attempt to conduct a thorough diagnosis on how...

Tue, 05 Apr 2022 08:02:31 GMT
Water Supply - 4 Years of Bio's New Direction Administration
[Concord] It exactly four years since President Bio was sworn in as President of the republic of Sierra Leone in April 4, 2018. During his campaigns in 2018, Bio and his Sierra Leone People's Party (SLPP) party made a flamboyant manifesto promise of ...

Tue, 05 Apr 2022 08:02:28 GMT
Has President Bio Got It Right?
[Concord] The stiffest challenge to the future of Sierra Leone is now. The election of President Bio to the Presidency was for him to reset the priorities of Sierra Leone. Since independence, there has never been a time for concrete stability and pro...

Tue, 05 Apr 2022 08:02:25 GMT
4 Years of Bio's Presidency
[Concord] .Economy

Mon, 04 Apr 2022 11:43:02 GMT
Commercial Sex Worker Remanded for Allegedly Stealing Iphone
[Concord] Abibatu Bah, a commercial sex worker, was on Tuesday, 15th March, 2022, remanded for allegedly stealing one Iphone 13 pro-max and other assorted items at Roy Hotel from one Sam Ghamloush .

Mon, 04 Apr 2022 11:42:58 GMT
Public Smoking to Be Banned
[Concord] Members of Parliament have in a pre-legislative hearing yesterday discussed the 'Tobacco and Nicotine Control Bill 2022" in order to ban public smoking across the country.

Mon, 04 Apr 2022 11:42:54 GMT
Is the Transitional Clause in the New APC Constitution Serving As a Glitched Bank On By the Illegal Executive?
[Concord] I have been following latest developments in the All People's Congress Party since the party's new constitution came to effect of the 25th March, 2022 after the Judge in the Alfred Peter Conteh's case ordered for the setting up of a 21 Man ...

Mon, 04 Apr 2022 11:42:49 GMT
Geopolitical Deconstruction Hits APC Strongholds
[Concord] The APC'S political Sun, having been on the rise since 1960, dampened only by infrequent periods of military interregnum in the intervening years, is now speeding West, at a velocity, so far unprecedented in the recorded history of the form...

Mon, 04 Apr 2022 11:42:46 GMT
Business Stakeholders Call On President Bio to Increase GST Threshold to Le350 Million
[Concord] Representatives of the business community have in a stakeholders meeting with President Bio called on him to increase the Goods and Service Tax (GST) from the Le100 million threshold to Le350 million.

Mon, 04 Apr 2022 11:42:44 GMT
Police Testifies in Alleged Human Trafficking Matter
[Concord] Isatu Nyama Jawara, a pharmacy technician and Katumu Kanneh, a farmer, made another appearance before Magistrate Sahr Kekura of the Pademba Road Court No.1 in Freetown on fourteen count charges ranging from conspiracy to commit human traffi...

Mon, 04 Apr 2022 11:42:39 GMT
Woman Gets Life Imprisonment for Killing Her Stepdaughter
[Concord] A 33-year-old woman was yesterday sentenced to life imprisonment after she was found guilty and convicted of killing her stepdaughter, Rebecca Bangura, in Freetown.

Fri, 01 Apr 2022 10:13:40 GMT
School Foils Kidnap Attempt in Lagos
[This Day] As part of efforts to promote the safety of schools, the need for security to be beefed up has once again come to the fore especially with security personnel attached to Mind Builders School, Omole Phase 1 annex foiling an attempt by two u...

Tue, 29 Mar 2022 07:50:49 GMT
What Sierra Leone Stands to Gain From Bio's Visit to Vietnam?
[Concord] Early last week, President Bio with a high-level-delegation returned from a six-day visit from the Socialist Republic of Vietnam. The purpose of the state visit, according to the Press Secretary and Presidential Spokesperson, Yusuf Keketoma...

Tue, 29 Mar 2022 07:50:46 GMT
FBN Opens New Branch At Cline Town
[Concord] FBN Bank Sierra Leone has on Friday, 25th March, opened a new branch at Cline Town in Freetown in the eastern part of Freetown.

Tue, 29 Mar 2022 07:50:44 GMT
Poor Parliamentary Oversight Among Recurring Issues Cited in Audit Reports - Igr Report
[Concord] A recent report published by the Institute for Governance Reforms (IGR) reveals that poor oversight by Parliamentary Oversight Committees was one of the issues re-appearing in all the audit reports reviewed by the organization.

Tue, 29 Mar 2022 07:50:40 GMT
Housemates Salone Seals First International Sponsorship Deal
[Concord] The reality TV show, Housemates Salone, has on Wednesday 23rd March, sealed a sponsorship deal with two well-known international brands.

Tue, 29 Mar 2022 07:50:39 GMT
Businessman Granted Le100 Million Bail for Alleged Fraud
[Concord] 28-year -old Sylvanus Albert George made his first appearance before Magistrate Sahr Kekura of the Pademba Road Court No.1 in Freetown on one count charge of obtaining money by false pretences, contrary to Section 32 (1) of the Larceny Act ...

Tue, 29 Mar 2022 07:50:37 GMT
Richard Konteh Vows to Make Kailahun an APC Stronghold
[Concord] Addressing the people of Constituency 005 in the Kailahun District on Wednesday 23rd March, Dr. Richard Konteh said the main opposition All People's Congress (APC) would make Kailahun District one of its strongholds in the country.

Tue, 29 Mar 2022 07:50:33 GMT
Real Estate Agent Remanded for Alleged Fraud
[Concord] 29-year-old Dominic Monrovia made his first appearance before Magistrate Sahr Kekura of the Pademba Road Court No.1 in Freetown on one count charge of fraudulent conversion, contrary to Section 20 (1) (iv) (a) of the Larceny Act 1916.

Tue, 29 Mar 2022 07:03:04 GMT
Cricket - Nigeria Claims 41-Run Victory Over Sierra Leone At Women T20i
[Premium Times] Sunday's 50 runs not out was instrumental to the victory as she ended the game on 61 runs following 63 balls faced, including six boundary hits.

Fri, 25 Mar 2022 07:45:01 GMT
Mano River Union - African Development Fund Commits U.S.$88.2 Million for Road Development and Transport Facilitation in Liberia and Sierra Leone
[New Dawn] The Mano River Union is an international association initially established between Liberia and Sierra Leone in 1973 under the Mano River Declaration

Tue, 22 Mar 2022 08:46:22 GMT
FPT Signs Agreement With Sierra Leone On Digital Transformation
[Concord] Việt Nam's Information technology giant FPT and Sierra Leone signed a Memorandum of understanding (MOU) to enhance digital transformation and train human resources in digital transformation, in Hà Nội yesterday.

Tue, 22 Mar 2022 08:46:20 GMT
FBC Undergoes Transformation
[Concord] Fourah Bay College (FBC) is currently undergoing massive transformational process to salvage the issue of inadequate classroom and other facilities throughout the campus for students to enhance conducive learning environment.

Tue, 22 Mar 2022 08:46:18 GMT
SLPP Washington Metro Chapter Hosts Farewell Dinner in Honor of Ishmael Bayoh
[Concord] In the words of Judith Martin," Dinner table is the center for teaching and practicing not just of table manners but of great conversations, considerations, tolerance, family feelings and just all other accomplishments of polite society exc...

Tue, 22 Mar 2022 08:46:17 GMT
CSO Calls for a Functional Review of Rokel Commercial Bank
[Concord] Following their investigations into the sexual harassment scandal, the National Consortium on Public Accountability has noted that Rokel Commercial Bank is grossly divided amongst two factions along political lines of the old folks and the ...

Tue, 22 Mar 2022 08:46:14 GMT
Three Women in Court for Alleged Electricity Theft
[Concord] Marie Njai, Fatmata Jabbie and Iye sesay made another appearance before Magistrate Sahr Kekura of the Pademba Road Court No.1 in Freetown on three counts ranging from illegal abstraction of electricity supply contrary to Section 68 of the N...

Tue, 22 Mar 2022 08:46:11 GMT
Man Jailed 26 Years for Penetrating 16-Year-Old Girl
[Concord] At the Criminal Session of the High Court Holden in Freetown on the 18th of March 202 before Justice Komba Kamanda, Alhaji Baima Kanneh was standing trial on one count of sexual penetration contrary to Section 19 of the Sexual Offences Act ...



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