By Mohamed Fofanah. The National Public Procurement Authority (NPPA) has announced plans to transform public procurement processes to electronic Government Procurement (e-GP) system, as part of Government efforts to enhance fairness, transparency and seek value for money in procurement process across the sector. The system will be piloted later this year in two key ministries: the Ministry of Health and …

By Jane B. Mansaray. High Court Judge, Justice Adrian Fisher in a ruling delivered yesterday, ordered the main opposition All People’s Congress (APC) party to summon an emergency National Delegates’ Conference to adopt the party`s  revised and amended 1995 Constitution. The Judge further restrained the National Advisory Committee (NAC) of the APC from taking part in voting during the emergency …

By Mohamed Fofanah. The International Islamic Youth League (IIYL) on Monday donated 583 cartons (110,604 copies) of the Holy Quran to the Office of the First Lady of Sierra Leone as a Ramadan gift. 350 mosques will be targeted as beneficiaries in the coming days across all extremes of the country, the Chief of Staff of the Office of the …

By: Yusuf Keketoma Sandi Esq. There are many great things President Julius Maada Bio has done for which he has been credited as the first sitting President to achieve whether it is the implementation of the Free Quality School Education Programme, the repeal of Part V of the Public Order Act, 1965 or the selection of Sierra Leone as eligible …

By Lansana Fofanah. The Executive Chairman of the Petroleum Regulatory Agency, Brima Baluwa Koroma, has on Thursday 15th April 2021, paid an on-the-spot visit to the All Petroleum Products industry at the Kissy Oil Refinery in the East-end of Freetown. The Kissy Oil Refinery was left in ruins for years. But under the New Direction government of His Excellency President …

The First Turkish Ambassador to Sierra Leone, Deha ERPEK, has called at the Presidential Lodge on Hill Station to bid farewell to His Excellency President Dr. Julius Maada Bio, after his tour of duty. He also thanked the President and the people of Sierra Leone for their support during his tenure, adding that his service in the country would be …

Ministry of Works and Public Assets (MWPA) in collaboration with Sierra Leone Roads Authority (SLRA), on Thursday 15th April, 2021 undertook on site visit in inspecting all roads project in the Western Area that the SLPP is embarking on. Leading the inspection is the Minister of Works and Public Assets, Mr. Peter Bayuku Konteh, Deputy Minister, Hon. Philip Tetema Tondeneh, …

The Minister of Health and Sanitation, Dr. Austin Demby has appealed to striking Junior Doctors to return to work as his Ministry tries to address all aggrieved parties. The Junior Doctors embarked on an industrial action on Wednesday after one of their female colleagues was allegedly physically assaulted at the Connaught Hospital in Freetown by some senior officials in the …

Justice Momoh-Jah Stevens (JA) sitting at the Sexual Offences Model Court in Freetown has sentenced 16-year-old Alie Bongo to 5 years imprisonment for sexually penetrating a child. The convict was tried by a judge alone after an application for same made by State Counsel Jenneh B. Kamara was granted. The Prosecution had alleged that the accused person on a date …

By: Adam Yusif Mohamed Kargbo. It could be recalled that when His Excellency, President Julius Maada Bio was campaigning for the 2018 elections, he kept telling Sierra Leoneans that he was going to be a President who will take development to every nook and cranny in Sierra Leone for everyone (be you Mende, Limba, Loko, Soso, Fula etc.) to benefit …