Tag: scandals
Sierra Leone Chief of Staff Dr. Richard Conteh fired on corruption allegations
The office of the president of Sierra Leone has announced that Dr. Richard Conteh has been relieved of his duties as Chief of Staff pending investigations over unauthorised mining and timber deals. ...Wetin new: Politician possibly caught red-handed pwellin di pikin
I have been doing my best to stay clear of that story about the Minister pikingate but it just wont go away. I tried to keep quiet partly because I was recently ...Sierra Leone Commercial Bank’s ex MD Crispin Deigh acquitted
The Associated Press reports that the charges filed against Crispin Deigh, the ex Managing Director of Sierra Leone Commercial Bank have been dropped. Deigh and his deputy Patrick Conteh have been acquitted ...Flooding in Sierra Leone: Company blames the rains, Farmers blame company
Words & Pictures by Amadu L Bah The roads and farms of 8 villages in Marampa and Maforki Chiefdoms have been flooded. Community members say the flooding is being caused by London ...Sierra Leone swears in first woman football president amid controversy
Words: Amadu L. Bah Isha Johansen has become the first woman to head Sierra Leone’s football association, and just the third woman in the world to hold such a post. Johansen who ...Sierra Leone indicts 17 tax officials, Ecobank employees for stealing state revenue
Words by Amadu L. Bah Following weeks of investigations in an alleged complex fraud involving several institutions, Anti Corruption Commission under the provisions of the Anti-Corruption Act of 2008 on July 3rd ...International Tiff Tiff (ITT) fraud starring Chief Tony, Kabbah Kalu, at 419 Orji Kalu’s bank
Words by Amadu L. Bah The Head of the Economic Crimes Unit at the Criminal Investigations Department of the Sierra Leone Police has confirmed that Chief Tony Chineyere a Nigerian national and ...FIFA bans Sierra Leone’s Kewullay Conteh for match fixing in Italy
FIFA has informed Sierra Leone’s Football Association that Kewullay Conteh an international footballer in Italy’s Serie A can not play the game for 20 months. . The 35-year-old is among 70 players ...Ghana journalist Anas testifies in Sierra Leone Aljazeera timber corruption case
With a cap and strings of beads obscuring his image is how Ghana’s leading investigative journalist Anas Aremeyaw appeared before the High Court of Sierra Leone to give testimony in the Anti Corruption ...PRESS RELEASE: Sierra Leone Chief Medical Officer, 10 health officials suspended for GAVI graft
The President of Sierra Leone yesterday announced that 10 officials under investigations by the Anti Corruption Commission have been suspended until further notice so that they may not interfere or impede the ...