Oil marketing company, Leonoil Company Limited popularly known as LEONCO, on Thursday, September 7, 2023, opened an ultra-modern filling station in Rotifunk, Lungi, Kaffu Bullom Chiefdom, in the Port Loko district. This latest move by the oil marketing company fulfilled its strategic vision to bring liquid gold to the doorsteps of customers in every community nationwide to make its petroleum …

The Chinese Embassy in Sierra Leone, yesterday pledged support to the Chief Immigration Officer (CIO), Hon. Alusine Kanneh in his efforts to digitise the Immigration Department following a courtesy visit of the Deputy Chinese Ambassador to the Republic of Sierra Leone. During a meeting held at the head office of the Immigration Department in Freetown, Hon. Kanneh asked for technological …

Outgoing Sierra Leone Ambassador to the People’s Republic of China, Ernest Mbaimba Ndomahina who has now been re-assigned by President Julius Maada Bio as Commissioner of National Commission for Social Action (NaCSA) has bid farewell to the Director General in charge of Africa Affairs at the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation in Beijing. Welcoming Ambassador Ndomahina to …

His Excellency Dr. Julius Maada Bio, President of the Republic of Sierra Leone, has arrived safely in New York for the 78th Session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA). The High-Level segment of the 78th UNGA will take place from the 18th- 26th, September 2023, at a time of unprecedented setbacks in global cooperation and solidarity. The Earth is …

The meeting kicked off with Press Secretary Solomon Jamiru Esq. taking charge and setting the stage for an event that would leave a lasting impression on the Sierra Leonean community in Nairobi, Kenya. Warmly welcoming the attendees, the High Commissioner of the Republic of Sierra Leone to the Republic of Kenya, Madam Isatu Aminata Bundu expressed genuine delight at the …

The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Timothy Musa Kabba and his Moroccan counterpart Nasser Bourita met in Morocco yesterday to commence the implementation of thirteen agreements signed for Agriculture, Energy, Education, and Health. It was also revealed that Morocco will open an embassy in Freetown by the end of this month. A delegation from the Ministry of Agriculture …

𝐉𝐚𝐧𝐞 𝐁. 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐲. Justice Cosmotina Jarret of the Anti-Corruption Court Division sitting in Freetown has convicted and sentenced Abdul Koroma to a maximum jail term of seventy (70) years. Abdul Koroma was convicted after being found guilty of two counts indictment of conspiracy to commit robbery and robbery with aggravation contrary to law. During the course of the trial by …

Colonel Retired Muana Brima Massaquoi, Deputy Minister of Defence of the Republic of Sierra Leone, has led a three-man delegation to Egypt. The Minister and his accompanying delegation were warmly welcomed by his Egyptian counterpart, Major General Mohamed Mohamed Abdellah, Assistant Minister of Defense for Operations and head of the Egyptian delegation at the Egyptian Armed Forces Operations Authority on …

Sierra Leone’s Minister of Energy, Alhaji Kanja Sesay, has said that the final technical, legal and procedural niceties required for the commencement of the Western Area Power Generation Project (WAPP) had now been concluded. Mr. Sesay was speaking at the signing ceremony of the Addendum to the Power Purchase Agreement where he noted that the Western Area Power Generation Project …

The Police Regional Commander Freetown-East ACP Dr John Martin Senesie has engaged motorists, garage owners, motorbike and tricycle (Kekeh) riders at various parts in the east of Freetown to sensitise them about the enforcement of different traffic laws to curb lawlessness in the city that will be enforced today 1st September 2023. It shall be prohibited to abandon or park …