𝐁𝐲: 𝐀𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐧 𝐁𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐮 𝐋𝐚𝐡𝐚𝐢 -𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐌𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐚 & 𝐏𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜 𝐑𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 The Honourable Vice President of Sierra Leone Dr Mohamed Juldeh Jalloh has called on the newly elected Mayors, Chairpersons and Councillors of district and city councils in the south-eastern regions to be transparent and accountable in the management of resources provided by central government as well as domestic revenue, he …

In a heartwarming display of community support, Leone Rock Metal Group, a renowned mining company in Sierra Leone, has made significant contributions to education and community development in the country. Their recent endeavor involved the construction and handover of a new school which costs the company a substantial sum of NLe 120,000 to the children of Sokoya village in the …

His Excellency President Dr Julius Maada Bio has departed the shores of Sierra Leone for Abuja, Nigeria to attend the ECOWAS Heads of State Extraordinary Summit on the Political Situation in the Republic of Niger scheduled to take place today. President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and Chairman of the Authority of Heads of State …

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 …