PUBLIC NOTICE DECLARATION OF THURSDAY 13TH MAY 2021 AS PUBLIC HOLIDAY The General Public is hereby informed that the Feast of Eid-Ul-Fitri, marking the end of Ramadan will be observed on Thursday 13h May 2021. Accordingly, Thursday 13th May 2021, will be a Public Holiday throughout the country. END State House Tower Hill Freetown 11th May 2021

The Government of Sierra Leone and SL Mining have in a Memorandum of Understanding agreed an out-of-court settlement aimed at resolving the issues between them. This disclosure was made yesterday at a  meeting held at Tokeh Resort between the two parties. The out-of-court settlement has been done in the best interest of the company and the country as the MoU …

By Jane B. Mansaray. The former Secretary to the President, Mr. Emmanuel Osho B. Coker yesterday appeared before the Appeal Court on grounds of challenging the findings and recommendations contained in the Justice George Biobele Goodwill led Commission of Inquiry report. The appeal first came up on the 10th May 2021 on directive hearing, presided over by Justice Fatmata Bintu …

The management of the Sierra Leone Ports Authority is currently on structural and functional transformation. This transformation has been attributed to so many players, and one of which is the current Acting General Manager, Yankuba Askia Bio. Mr. Bio was appointed in September 2018 as the Deputy General Manager to Dr. Abdulai Fofana, the General Manager, Sierra Leone Ports Authority. …

State House, Freetown, Monday 10 May 2021 His Excellency President Dr Julius Maada Bio has taken part in and completed a symbolic national civil registration confirmation process which started on 6 May 2021 by the National Civil Registration Authority, NCRA. Director General of the Authority, Mohammed Massaquoi, said that the exercise was to verify the information they had about individuals …

On Friday 7th May 2021, President Dr. Julius Maada Bio had a 35 minutes conversation with his counterpart, His Excellency, President Xi Jinping of the People’s Republic of China in commemoration of the 50th Anniversary of the establishment of bilateral diplomatic relationship between Sierra Leone and China. President Bio congratulated President Xi Jinping and the People of China on the …

The public could recall that on Friday, 14th October 2020, the National Commission for Social Action (NacSA) commenced the verification of 36,000 (Thirty-Six Thousand) potential beneficiaries of the COVlD-19 Emergency Cash Transfer ll (ECT Il) in all markets and street settlements across Freetown including potential listed beneficiaries from the Ministry of Labor and Social Security MLSS) and the Ministry of …

Korovy Val, Moscow, Russia – Tuesday 11 May 2021.                                                                                          What seems impossible for 31 years has now been made possible by the result-orientated representative of President Julius Maada Bio in Russia, Ambassador Mohamed Yongawo. The Sierra Leone Embassy in Russia was established in Moscow City in 1962; accredited to 23 countries in the former Soviet Union and Eastern Europe; under …

Wednesday 5 May 2021 President of the Fédération Internationale de Football Association, FIFA, Giovanni Vincenzo Infantino and the Confédération Africaine de Football, CAF President, Dr Patrice Motsepe, have called on His Excellency President Dr Julius Maada Bio and promised to improve on the country’s football infrastructure to be able to host the African Cup of Nations. Sierra Leone’s Minister of …

By Jane B. Mansaray. The Chief Justice, Desmond Babatunde Edwards has commended the New Direction Government of President Julius Maada Bio for his massive support to the transformation and reformation of the Sierra Leone Judiciary. Justice Edwards made the commendation at the launching of the Judiciary maiden magazine and website, held yesterday at the Main Law Courts Building on Siaka …