Author: Truth Media

UBA Group Dominates 2025 Banker Awards, Emerges Africa’s Bank of the Year, For 3rd Time in 5 Years

London, 11th December 2025- Africa’s Global Bank, United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, has reaffirmed its position as one of the continent’s most resilient and innovative financial institutions after being named African Bank of the Year 2025 by The Banker, a leading global finance publication owned by the Financial Times of London.

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Government Spends Over NLe6.18 Billion in Q3 2025, Majority on Salaries and Debt Servicing

Freetown, 11th December 2025- The Government of Sierra Leone expended a total of NLe6,184,592 thousand during the third quarter of 2025, according to official expenditure data ending 30th September. The figure reflects consolidated spending across recurrent, capital, and development categories, including domestic and external debt servicing.

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‘Political Interference Threatens Oversight Institutions’- IMF Warns

Freetown, 11th December 2025- Sierra Leone’s leading accountability institutions, the Audit Service Sierra Leone (ASSL) and the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC), continue to play a pivotal role in promoting transparency and fighting graft. Yet the Sierra Leone Governance and Corruption Diagnostic Report of 2025 by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) warn that their autonomy is increasingly at risk from political interference.

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