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The Wisdom of IGP Sellu  By: Kembay To some schools of thought, the nabbing of the drug baron, Abdul Kamara commonly known as  Biggy Ten by a special team of cops on Saturday 23 September, 2023, still remains a mystery; but to IGP Sellu, it was just a matter of time.  Police operations are normally planned and executed by police jurisdictions otherwise known as areas of responsibility (AOR). There are definitely certain operations which do not follow this protocol due to their emergency nature and/ national interest, including the one which has led to the arrest of Biggy Ten. That particular operation, for all its worth, actually did not require any AOR modus operandi, as it was clinically executed by an assigned or special team constituted from various police commands. There is no denying the fact that Biggy Ten was a notorious drug dealer who has become filthily rich from that trade. With his ill-gotten wealth, he was able to build himself a prot...

Can you please inform the U.S. or EU authorities that border control and other anti-immigrant measures are ineffective?  People simply travel to the paradise they portray to the world. These nations condemn all actions taken by other nations, including the manner in which other governments are run. And the citizens have heard these condemnations, which is why they are risking everything to enter the realms in which you reside. This type of influx of migrants is uncommon in China, Russia, and other developed nations because these individuals rarely interfere with the culture and government of other nations. In actuality, their visas could be granted to anyone, at any time, so long as they can purchase plane reservations. Migrants continue to believe they are colonised. It's true that the United States and European Union are aiding developing nations, but in reality it's a non-legal form of reparation paid to societies exploited during the colo...

Big Fish incident, a lesson for Sierra Leoneans By: Kembay Those always clamouring for War after seen yesterday random shooting on Charlotte and Lightfoot Boston Streets in Freetown by a desperado should now know such is just a tip of an ice bag in a warfare.  Big Fish after forcefully snatching, the riffle from the female police officer didn't go on looking out for APC or SLPP but was determine to shoot at anyone who dare stand his way irrespective of your political loyalty, Religious trait, tribal or Regional connection.  The few minutes he spent with the gun while moving up an down, saw almost all the streets in CBD deserted with everyone indoor except the security forces who were positioning themselves at intersections point to end the menace.  What caused the desertion and the indoor staying was that everyone knew that either by mistake or intention coming in contact with Big Fish at that moment, would have been your en...

Swift Response from Security sector, saves Central of Freetown from Calamity By: Kembay Central Business District (CBD), Thursday 21st September, 2023 The security sector in a move to restore not only law and order but peace and calmness in the Central Business District (CBD) of Freetown gun down a notorious criminal, Mohamed Massaquoi commonly known as Big Fish. Eyewitness account states that Big Fish accompany by two others in an unknown intention grabbed the weapon of a female Operational Support Division (OSD) officer by on Charlotte Street by UBA Bank and an attempt by members of the public to disarm him resulted to rapid shooting  both on the ground and in the air. The sounds from the gun shots attracted the attention of the security sector, mainly the Military and Police who traced the sound and caught up with the desperado on Lightfoot Boston Street where he was gun down, an action that yielded public jubilation and commendation of the security sector.  Mea...

MELSS, Freetown Wednesday, 20th September, 2023. MELSS, TRADE UNION CONFEDERATION, DISCUSS WORKERS’ WELFARE AND ILLICIT FINANCIAL FLOWS The Minister of Employment, Labour and Social Security, Mr. Mohamed Rahman Swaray, has engaged representatives of the Sierra Leone Labour Congress and the African Regional Organization of the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC-Africa), in discussions around the welfare and safety of workers, and African workers’ efforts to contribute to the halting of Illicit Financial Flows (IFFs) in Africa in general and Sierra Leone in particular, so that internal resource mobilization opportunities for financing social protection would improve. In a courtesy call visit to the minister, the Regional Trade Union’s Deputy General Secretary, Akhator Joel Odigie, explained that the regional workers’ union organizes and coordinates over 17,000,000 men and women across Africa. Africa, he stated, is at a time when we are witnessing the “r...

Time to work, IGP touches key Divisions in Freetown West. © Kembay As he did prior to the June 24, 2023 general elections in the Eastern part of Freetown which saw smooth operations throughout the electioneering period, the Inspector General of Police (IGP) Mr. William Fayia Sellu has replicated same in Freetown West.  The recent transfer of Local Unit Commanders (LUCs) from key Divisions is a clear indication that it is no more time for talk shop but time to work in the Western Area. It could be recalled that Freetown East was a troublesome area that always gives tough time to the Police, as a season administrator and crime fighter, Mr Sellu made some postings in strategic areas including Waterloo and Ross Road Divisions which saw the restoration of sanity and easy policing throughout the electioneering period and beyond.  With the Saturday 16th September, 2023 transfer, both Freetown West and East are said to be now well  fortified in fighting cr...

PONÐER MY THOUGHT! ©️ General Swalliho Frankly, if you remove 11 years of Civil War from your age and Former President Ernest Bai Koroma's 11 failed years,then you will know that most of us have had 22 unproductive years. President Bio isn't the problem for your predicament, but the Ernest Bai Koroma's Kleptocracy and the Civil War factors mentioned above are—including your very self who blindly defends and wages insurrections for the very thieves who have ruined your future. Until we choose Patriotism above Tribal and Regional Loyalty, there will always be a Slim Chance of Success and Growth of our beloved Sierra Leone. Let us retrospect the sad and unfortunate event that unfolded in Makeni City sometimes back, where Staff of the Anti—Corruption Commision were prevented from  probing Ernest Bai Koroma of his stewardship. Yet these very people now want President Bio to do the magic when our Nation's Coffer is seated in EBK's Mansi...

COMMISSIONER GENERAL DIALOGUES WITH MOBILE COMPANIES ON THE GST FEES ON MOBILE MONEY. 8th September, 2023. After a week of heated public debate on the GST fees on mobile money, the Commissioner General, Ibrahim Brima Swaray has met with the major Mobile Companies in a bid to address the confusion around the GST fees charged on mobile money.  The meeting came after mobile companies circulated a message to mobile money customers of an eminent increase in the fees charge on mobile money service. As an institution responsible for revenue generation, the NRA was obliged to make certain provisions of the law clear on the goods and services Act as well as the Finance Act of 2023. The debate was however exacerbated when the NRA  clearly cited their position in a public notice in so far as regulations on GST is concerned. As an institution, the NRA values the ideals of the public private partnership and would want to continue to protect a cordial relationship be...