His Excellency President Dr Julius Maada Bio will tomorrow officially commission the brand new Freetown International Airport at Lungi. The brand new airport was constructed by Summa Group of Turkey on a Build Operate Transfer basis. This new international airport will replace the derelict Lungi International Airport which was built by the British Colonial masters in 1945 during the Second …

𝐁𝐲 𝐇𝐚𝐣𝐚 𝐀𝐝𝐚𝐦𝐚 𝐊𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐚. The Director General of the Sierra Leone Local Content Agency, Fodeba Daboh, yesterday threatened to invoke Sections 61, 69, 70, 71 and 72 of the Local Content Act that speak of offences and penalties against sixteen multi-national companies. The companies include Leocem, Easy Solar, Hema Trading Company, Super Holdings Ltd, Orange Sierra Leone Ltd, Rainbow Paint …

His Excellency President Dr Julius Maada Bio has met the CEO of the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC), Alice Patterson Albright, and US Ambassador, David Reimer, to discuss progress with the compact agreement to support the country’s ambitious energy proposal. He welcomed the team, on behalf of the government and people of Sierra Leone, adding that he was pleased to hear …

The Inspector General of Police in collaboration with the Minister of Water Resources Mr Philip Karimu Lansana and Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs Lahai Lawrence Leema on Tuesday 28th February 2023 commissioned several solar powered boreholes to provide safe, reliable and affordable water for them In the eastern part of Freetown through the hard work and support of the Sierra …

The Acting Auditor General, Mr Abdul Aziz held a meeting with the technical female staff of the Audit Service Sierra Leone (ASSL) encouraging them to be committed to their work and take advantage of emerging opportunities like Information Systems Audits, Environmental Audits, Extractive Industry Audits and Procurement. He made this disclosure during a meeting with female technical staff on Friday …

On Saturday 25th February, 2023 the Sierra Leone Police graduated one thousand Operational Support Division (OSD) recruits from the Police Training School. The ceremony took place at the school ground in Jui, Western Rural District. In his keynote remarks, the Vice President of Sierra Leone Dr Mohamed Juldeh Jalloh cautioned the Sierra Leone Police especially the passing out recruits to …

The Sierra Leone Police continues not only to capacitate its personnel, but to equally increase its strength. This was demonstrated at the recent Passing Out Ceremony of one thousand recruits on Saturday 25th February, 2023 at the Sierra Leone Peace Keeping and Law Enforcement Academy (SILEA) Hastings Campus. Amongst those who passed out, 758 are male, whilst 242 are female. …

The entire membership of the House of Parliament of Sierra Leone and the Parliamentary Service join me to extend to Your Excellency President Julius Maada Bio of our Sovereign Republic of Sierra Leone our warmest congratulations and felicitations for being awarded the most coveted Prize in Africa of the African of the Year by the African Leadership Magazine in Mauritius …

𝐁𝐲 𝐒𝐲𝐥𝐯𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐒𝐚𝐦𝐛𝐚.                                                                                            The National Cyber-security Coordination Centre (NC3) will today end a two-day symposium with the aim to foster a common understanding of Sierra Leone’s Cyber-security and Crime Act. The symposium which takes place at Radisson Blu Mammy Yoko Hotel in Aberdeen, Freetown brought together senior stakeholders from the UN, World Bank, Legal and Justice Department, Ministry of Internal …

𝗕𝘆 𝗦𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗲 𝗙𝗼𝗳𝗮𝗻𝗮. Three days from today (3rd March) His Excellency President Brig. (Rtd) Julius Maada Bio will be commissioning the brand new Freetown International Airport at Lungi. This is a major accomplishment. With less than five years in office, President Bio has presided over the construction of a brand new international airport with state-of-the-art facilities and technology in Sierra …