The Minister of Finance, Sheku Ahmed Fantamadi Bangura, has at the maiden press conference of the Ministry of Information and Civic Education, explained that the latest Supplementary Budget is aimed at improving revenue mobilization to fund socio-economic activities that are people-centered. According to him, the Supplementary Budget was necessitated by emerging economic issues that shifted economic assumptions which underpin the …

At least fifty-four staff members of NRA (National Revenue Authority) have been shifted to different locations, departments and units. Those affected include managers, supervisors and revenue officers. The transfers take effect immediately. A spokesman for NRA described the transfers as “routine internal mobility”. The new Commissioner General of NRA, Ibrahim Brima Swarray, is determined to build a new team in …

𝐁𝐲 𝐌𝐨𝐡𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐝 𝐅𝐨𝐟𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐡. A police search is underway for five Republic of Sierra Leone Armed Forces (RSLAF) and three Sierra Leone Police (SLP) personnel working to undermine the peace and tranquillity of the state and unleash violence on peaceful citizens. Speaking at the weekly Government press conference yesterday at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, the Inspector General …

A team from the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB), that is on an evaluation and supervision mission of IsDB projects in Sierra Leone, on Monday, 7th August 2023, paid a courtesy visit to the Minister and leadership of the Ministry of Finance. Briefing the Minister on the mission, the Country Operations Manager of the Islamic Development Bank, Omar Davis, congratulated all …

By : Ing. Yayah A. B. Conteh. Those who are relatively economically balanced and somehow influential in our societies today are spending huge sums of money on a vast and unprecedented scale in order to combat the economic challenges of the day, at least in a desperate effort to maintain and uphold the status quo. Those who are not so …

The Sierra Leone Police under the leadership of the IGP William Fayia Sellu will soon commission its new radio station called the SLP Community Peace Radio 91.1 which is now on test transmission in Freetown. Speaking to SLP media, they said that the FM 91.1 radio station which is presently on test transmission can be listened to in the western …

A spokesman for the Sierra Leone Police has confirmed the arrest in Liberia of Retired Chief Superintendent of the Sierra Leone Police, Mohamed Yaetey Yaetey Turay, in connection with subversive activities in Sierra Leone. He is due to be extradited to Freetown today, according to sources close to the Sierra Leone Embassy in Monrovia. The Sierra Leone Government last week …

Fellow Sierra Leoneans, 1. I address this sixth Parliament of our illustrious Republic with a profound sense of honour and gratitude, having once again received the resounding mandate of the people to serve this great nation for another five years. 2. I extend my heartfelt appreciation to the citizens of this noble land for the unwavering trust they have placed …

His Excellency President Dr Julius Maada Bio has presided over the swearing-in ceremony of the newly approved Ministers and Deputy Ministers at State House, in fulfillment of a constitutional requirement for such public officials as ministers and their deputies. He congratulated the ministers and their deputies, reminding them that he was doing so knowing that their tasks were no mean …

𝐁𝐲 𝐌𝐨𝐡𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐝 𝐅𝐨𝐟𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐡. The outgoing Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Prof. Dr David J. Francis yesterday officially handed over to his successor, Timothy Musa Kabba to begin his official tenure of the political leadership at the Ministry as members of staff bid farewell to his predecessor. Speaking at the Foreign Service Academy on Tower Hill in Freetown yesterday, …