An eight-man team of Spanish Medical Doctors from a medical organisation known as Surgeons in Action Foundation based in Spain are in Sierra Leone for a week-long free surgeries at the Police Hospital, at Kingtom. On Monday September 25, 2023, the team met with the Inspector General of the Sierra Leone Police (IGP) – Mr. William Fayia Sellu at his …

By Mohamed Fofanah saramadifofana@gmail.com. The Electricity Distribution and Supply Authority (EDSA) explained the new tariff increment on electricity supply on Thursday, following an application to the Sierra Leone Electricity and Water Regulatory Commission (SLEWRC) on August 1, 2023. During a public hearing at the City Hall in Freetown, EDSA proposed an average tariff of US$0.23/kWh, moving from US$0.11/kWh in over …

𝐁𝐲 𝐏𝐚𝐭 𝐊𝐚𝐰𝐚 𝐈𝐧 𝐁𝐨. Reports reaching the Global Times have indicated that a proactive police officer attached to the Falaba Bo checkpoint on the Bo Taiama Highway, Constable 18286 Patrick Mohamed Ngobeh of the Regional Office of the Bo West Police Division made a significant arrest on Friday, September 22, 2023, of 10 Ounces of substance suspected to be …

Njala University will be expected to confer an honorary doctorate degree on one of the country’s most accomplished public servants, the Minister of Energy, Alhaji Kanja Sesay, on Friday, September 15, 2023, at the Bo Campus. The recognition of Mr Kanja Sesay is as a result of his long years of distinguished service to the country, especially at some of …

The Minister of Youth Affairs, Mohamed Orman Bangura delivered a resounding endorsement of President Julius Maada Bio’s national policies aimed at empowering the youth. Addressing his colleagues in a Ministerial Round Table discussion at Marlborough House, the head office of the Commonwealth, Mr Bangura described President Bio’s approach to youth empowerment as “radical, revolutionary, and reformative.” He passionately discussed the …

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 …