Sierra Leone’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, UN, in New York, United States of America, Ambassador Michael Imran Kanu, has taken formal leave of His Excellency President Dr Julius Maada Bio, where he thanked him for giving him the opportunity to serve the country at the global body. Ambassador Kanu was Sierra Leone’s Deputy Permanent Representative for Legal Affairs …

𝐁𝐲 𝐉𝐚𝐧𝐞 𝐁. 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐲. The High Court of Sierra Leone presided over by Justice Hannah Bonnie yesterday extended the interim injunction earlier slammed on the Standard Chartered Bank. Lawyer Osman Jalloh from Lambert Partner and Co, yesterday made appearance for and on behalf of the defendant Standard Chartered Bank to proceed with the matter before the court after the interim …

His Excellency President Dr Julius Maada Bio has opened an orientation workshop on public service systems for Ministers, Ministers of State and Deputy Ministers, a component of an administrative orientation programme that he instituted in his first term. The programme aims to alter the dynamics between political leadership and the administrative sector to guarantee that ministers, permanent secretaries, and other …

𝐁𝐲 𝐀𝐛𝐚𝐬𝐬 𝐂𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐫 Sierra Leoneans often scapegoat one problem for others. For instance, for every ailment, they blame malaria or typhoid without a doctor’s diagnosis! The synthetic drug “Kush” is the latest whipping boy for almost every case of substance addiction or reported substance-overdose death. In reality, the country currently faces a substance abuse crisis, which is the abuse or …

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 …