As the Tripartite Committee presented their final report to President Dr. Julius Maada Bio, so many political observers ponder over the future political career of Dr Samura Kamara both within the body politics of the country and emerging leadership contests in the APC. Today, many believe that Dr Samura Kamara himself faces his own personal tripartite challenges amidst his countless …

𝐏𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐀𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐒𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐨𝐫 𝐒𝐋𝐏𝐏 𝐏𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐚 A senior member of the ruling Sierra Leone’s Peoples Party Abdul Kadiru Kaikai has been arrested and detained by the Sierra Leone police. According to reliable Police sources, Abdul Kadiru Kaikai was arrested this morning Friday, 19th July 2024 at his Majay Town residence by CID personnel for a viral video he posted on social …

On 11th November, 2021 the Auditor General Mrs. Lara Taylor-Pearce and her deputy Tamba Momoh were suspended from office indefinitely. A Special Tribunal was set up by President Dr Julius Maada Bio to investigate them “For professional performance or the lack thereof”. On 17th November, 2021 in consultation with the Judicial and Legal Service Commission, President Bio appointed Hon. Justice …

𝐁𝐲 𝐒𝐲𝐥𝐯𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐒𝐚𝐦𝐛𝐚. National Commission for Social Action (NaCSA), which has over the years been providing financial support to extreme poor households across the country, will today 10th July, 2024, continue a quarterly cash transfers targeting fifteen thousand extreme poor households in five districts. Component one of the Social Safety Net (SSN) cash transfer and provision of economic inclusion support …

The Deputy Speaker of the Parliament of Sierra Leone, Hon. Ibrahim Tawa Conteh has on Monday 08th July, 2024 engaged Ambassador Chief Ernest Baimba Ndomahina, Commissioner of National Commission for Social Action (NaCSA) in his Office at Parliament Building in Freetown. The purpose of the visit was to discuss the need for the Western Area to benefit from NaCSA’s projects …

At today’s economic management team (EMT) meeting, I received an update on the “State of the Economy, Prospects and Partner Engagement” for the first half of 2024. Sierra Leone has seen a reduction in inflation over the last 8 months by 18%, and it continues downwards. Foreign exchange has been stable for six months, and it appreciated in the month …

𝐔𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐦𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐨 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐲 𝐟𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐲 𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐬 For societies to attain their full potential, there is the need to strengthen the family unit, and this can only be achieved through strong marriages between men and women. This was the unanimous declaration of all speakers and attendees at the just ended two-day Strengthening Families Conference 2024, …

𝐁𝐲 𝐏𝐚𝐭 𝐊𝐚𝐰𝐚 𝐈𝐧 𝐁𝐨. The Regional Criminal Investigations Department in Bo is currently investigating reports of the vandalization and looting of Jontaya Estate owned by the former Hon. Vice President of the Republic of Sierra Leone Hon. Dr. Victor Bockarie Foh, by a fake investor Ouseini Banao. One of Ouseini Banao’s concubines Sinava Lamine doubles as the Financial Secretary …

The Mayor of Yonkers City in New York, Mayor Mike Spano, has in a signed Mayoral Proclamation declared the 22nd of June, a day to be celebrated, as Ambassador Amara Sowa’s Day. His Excellency Ambassador Amara Sowa is the Deputy Permanent Representative of Sierra Leone to the United Nations in New York. The Sierra Leonean diplomat was recognized for his …

The Parliament of Sierra Leone has debated and unanimously ratified the ARISE IIP’s ‘The Dry Port Concession Agreement by and Between Sierra Leone Ports and Harbours Authority and the Government of Sierra Leone’. This is part of a groundbreaking Industrial Zone Agreement between the ARISE Integrated Industrial Platform (ARISE IIP) and the Government of Sierra Leone (GoSL) to develop and …