Sierra Leone

The United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc on Thursday announced that all its African subsidiaries are now on firm footing as they have been contributing maximally to the group’s profit margin.

The bank said its African operations, specifically, have contributed close to 50 per cent of the group’s earnings, leveraging on digital offerings and products across the board to gain large market shares across the different regions of operations in Africa.

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• Mrs Odinga has further urged parents to show love and acceptance to their children.
• Some of her flagship projects include a library and research centre at Ogande Girls High School.

Mama Ida Odinga has implored Kenyans to invest in quality education for their children.

Mrs Odinga has further urged parents to show love and acceptance to their children.

By Alfred Koroma

Concord Times Chief Operating Officer, Gabriel Benjamin has been appointed by the Africa Marketing Agency Inc. to serve in the organizing committee board as liaison with Government entities, US Embassy and private sectors in Sierra Leone for the Agency’s 9th Annual Agribusiness and Economic Industry Summit in New York later this year.

The Marketing Agency says it is partnering with Concord Times to fulfill Goal2 of the Sustainable Development Goals and Aspiration 1 of Africa 2063 Agenda.

Movie title: Strangers

Date released: April 29, 2022

Running time: 1 hour 58 minutes.

Producer: Banji Adesanmi

Director: Biodun Stephen

Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in the African Region are expected to decline by almost 94% in 2022 compared to 2021 which was the deadliest year of the pandemic, according to a new analysis by the World Health Organization (WHO).

This drop comes as the number of cases is expected to fall by just over 25% this year.

President Muhammadu Buhari has charged executives of banking institutions in West Africa to forge a closer collaboration with leaders to tackle economic challenges confronting the sub-region.

Speaking Tuesday while playing host to a delegation from the West African Bankers Association (WABA), led by its President, Thierno Seydou Nourou Sy, at the State House, Abuja, the President noted that the sub-region must find a common understanding and ground to address low access to financial services and recovery from post COVID-19 pandemic.

 By Commissioner Braima Moiforay

 There is no telling that SLPPNA Washington Metro Chapter continues to be not only the largest chapter in North America, but also an exemplary SLPPNA chapter in the whole of North  America.The chapter  is currently headed by Mrs. Fatmata Dausy Wurie  who is not only dynamic , but very inclusive , innovative , optimistic , receptive , resilient ,uplifting and highly passionate and  forward-thinking . Upon her accession to the enviable position as  a chair

By Alfred Koroma

The UN resident Coordinator, Dr. Babatunde Ahonsi has commended the First Lady of the Republic of Sierra Leone, Fatima Bio and the Government of Sierra Leone (GOSL) for providing transformative leadership in advancing the menstrual health of women and girls in the country.

The UN resident Coordinator also commended the Government for its sustained commitment to ensuring that no one is left behind in the country’s development trajectory by implementing programmes targeting reproductive education, health, and rights. 

The Delegation of the European Union to Sierra Leone in collaboration with the Sierra Leone School Green Club (SLSGC) will on Monday 6th June 2022, organise a youth climate poetry and arts competition for Senior Secondary Schools, to raise awareness on the impact of climate change and environmental degradation in Sierra Leone, as part of celebrations marking World Environment Day 2022.

By Yusufu S. Bangura

Twenty-nine-year-old bike rider, Ibrahim Mohamed Kamara, was yesterday committed to the High Court of Freetown by Magistrate Sahr Kekura of the Pademba Road Court No.1 for the alleged murder of one Alpha Sankoh.  

The accused person was before the court on one count of murder contrary to law.

According to the police file, it was alleged that the accused on Saturday 21st January 2022, at Ro-Theren village, Romende Chiefdom, PortLoko District, murdered Alpha Sankoh.