The Minister of Basic and Senior School Education, Dr. David Moinina Sengeh has stated that the Ministry in three years has been able to deliver on about 70 percent of the New Direction People’s Manifesto commitments on free quality education. He made this disclosure on Thursday during the weekly government press briefing held at the Ministry of Information Conference Hall …

Police at Lunsar in Northern Sierra Leone are currently investigating a case of murder that took place at the Marampa Mining site currently occupied by SL Mining. Police sources say that this is not the first time that someone had been murdered at the same mining site illegally occupied by SL Mining. It would be recalled that the Government of …

As part of efforts to reduce road traffic crashes in the country, the Sierra Leone Road Safety Authority on Wednesday 7th April, 2021 engaged strategic stakeholders in traffic management to undertake professional road safety audit in the country’s major roads to identify problem areas and come up with recommendations. Addressing the multi-disciplinary team which comprises the Sierra Leone Roads Authority, …

By Lansana Fofanah.                                                                                                   The Transport Ministers of Sierra Leone, Guinea, and Liberia have signed the revised Aeronautical Accord of the Roberts Flight Information Region aiming to improve on the safety of aerospace within the region. The Robert Flight Information Region (FIR) is a tripartite organization that was established by the three Presidents of Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia in 1975 …

By Sylvester Samba.                                                                                        Zoodlabs, the private company now responsible for the operations, management and commercialization of Sierra Leone’s ‘Subsea Fibre Optic Infrastructure’ has disclosed that they will be deploying a second Submarine Cable worth US$36 million before the end of 2023/24. This disclosure was made to the Parliamentary Oversight Committee on Information, Communication and Technology (ICT) while on a conducted …

The Congregation ceremonies at Njala University are expected to take place at the Bo mini stadium on Saturday, 10th April 2021 under the Distinguished Grand Chief Patronage of His Excellency President Dr. Julius Maada Bio who happens to be the Chancellor of Njala University. The congregation ceremonies for graduands of the 2018/2019 and 2019/2020 academic years will cover postgraduate and …

Some senior members of the main opposition APC party have been accused of playing politics with the Cybercrime Act, 2020. Sierra Leone is a signatory to several treaties and international conventions on cybercrime. Former President Dr. Ernest Bai Koroma in 2011 signed the ECOWAS Directive on Cybercrime and related activities. Sierra Leone also signed the Malabo Convention of the African …

By Mohamed Fofanah Sierra Leone Electricity and Water Regulatory Commission (SLEWRC) on Tuesday validated the benchmark ‘Sierra Leone Water Code’ which prescribes best practice for design and construction of water supply networks to deal with the transition, distribution and reticulation in the sector. The Code focuses on technical requirements for design and construction of water infrastructure and purchase specifications for …

By Jane B. Mansaray The Judiciary of Sierra Leone yesterday opened a book of condolence in honor of a fallen colleague and former Chief Justice, Desmond Edgar Fashole-Luke, who died on 27th February 2021. The late Desmond Luke was remembered at a special ceremony organized by the Chief Justice, Desmond Babatunde Edwards and the Judiciary of Sierra Leone for his …

By Sylvester Samba Friends from the Middle East and Asia have given a big boost to President Julius Maada Bio’s New Direction government with the construction of ten ultra-modern Islamic Complexes across Sierra Leone. This project is being facilitated by the Global Chief Executive Officer of the Interaction Islamic Youth League (IIYL), Ambassador Prof. Dr. Hamid Ahamed Kanneh. Construction work …