Sierra Leone’s Minister of Employment, Labour and Social Security, Umaru Napoleon Koroma, has held a high-level meeting with labour migration agencies, setting new performance expectations focused on legal compliance, safe migration practices and national security. The meeting, held on Monday, September 14, 2026, brought together representatives of labour recruitment agencies as the Ministry moves to strengthen oversight of recruitment…
Sierra Leone’s homegrown fintech Flot, operated by Open Hubb SL Limited, has taken its next major step since launching in April, officially unveiling its Visa card on September 12 in Freetown. The rollout adds card payments to the banking, transfers and travel booking services the super app has offered since it first went live. The platform is built around…
The Narcotics Control Commission (NACOC) has arrested three men believed to be operatives of Dutch fugitive Jos Leijdekkers, widely known as “Bolle Jos.” The arrests, announced over the weekend, follow intelligence linking the suspects to a cocaine shipment recently intercepted by French customs. NACOC officials say the three men were allegedly representing and facilitating the activities of Leijdekkers’ network…
President Julius Maada Bio has taken the unprecedented step of referring the recently passed Constitution of Sierra Leone (Amendment) Act, 2026 to the Supreme Court for judicial interpretation, citing the need for constitutional clarity and broad national consensus. On September 10, the Clerk of Parliament formally transmitted the Bill to State House for presidential assent. However, just days earlier,…
Magistrate Mustapha Braima Jah at Pademba Road Magistrate Court No 1, has sentenced 32-year-old Ishmael Kamara, a bike rider of 3A George Brook, Dwazark, Freetown, for stealing one shovel, twenty-five bags of imported cement, and six lengths of Iron rods, all belonging to United Methodist Church (UMC) Dwazark, Freetown. The shovel is valued at two hundred Leones (200), twenty-five…
Sierra Leone’s worsening road safety situation is coming under renewed scrutiny as the Sierra Leone Police intensifies enforcement against traffic violations amid a sharp rise in fatal road crashes across the country. The Information Officer, Police Traffic Secretariat, Chief Inspector Edward Kamara, said that the number of people losing their lives on the country’s roads is reaching alarming levels….
