𝐁𝐲 𝐉𝐚𝐧𝐞 𝐁. 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐲 The first accused in the alleged corruption at the Sierra Leone Chancery Building (Mission) in New York, Mr. Saidu Nallo, yesterday continued with his evidence in defense at the High Court in Freetown, presided by Justice Adrian Fisher. Mr. Saidu Nallo, who was the former Head of Chancery in New York, started his testimony in defense …

The 2023 National Primary School Examination (NPSE) results were released by the West African Examination Council (WAEC) to the Ministry of Basic and Senior Secondary Education (MBSSE) on Saturday 15th July 2023. Result packages are being prepared for forwarding to all schools that entered candidates. In the meanwhile, the Ministry has carried out an analysis of the results received by …

𝐁𝐲 𝐇𝐚𝐣𝐚 𝐀𝐝𝐚𝐦𝐚 𝐊𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐚. The All Political Parties Association (APPA) yesterday paid a courtesy call on the Inspector General and other Senior Police Officers of the Sierra Leone Police (SLP) at a well-attended ceremony which took place at the Sierra Leone Police (SLP) Headquarters, George Street in Freetown, to commend them for their professional and proactive role in policing the …

𝐁𝐲 𝐀𝐛𝐚𝐬𝐬 𝐂𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐫, 𝐅𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐭𝐨𝐰𝐧 Sierra Leone’s evolving illicit-drug consumption, and its attendant substance-use disorders and unreported drug-overdose deaths, is unmistakable and depressing. Many youths on street corners; learners and instructors in secondary schools, colleges, and universities; bankers, lawyers, and medical workers; drivers of keke and okada; and public officials, including police officers, soldiers, civil servants, and elective office holders, you …

𝐁𝐲 𝐉𝐚𝐧𝐞 𝐁. 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐲 The re-elected Speaker of Parliament, Hon. Rtd. Dr. Abass Chernor Bundu has urged all Presidential nominees to expedite the submission of all information required of them to the Clerk of Parliament without further delay. Dr. Abass Bundu made the call yesterday at the first sitting of the Sixth Parliament of the Second Republic. This, Dr. Abass …

The general public is hereby informed that it has pleased His Excellency the President, Brigadier (Rtd.) Dr. Julius Maada Bio to announce the following appointments:Dr. David Sengeh – Chief Minister Mohamed Lamin Tarawally – Attorney General & Justice Minister Timothy Musa Kabba – Foreign Affairs Haja Ramatulaye Wurie – Higher Education Basic Minister – Conrad Sackey Ibrahim Alpha Sesay – …

His Excellency Julius Maada Bio has attended the 63rd Ordinary Session of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government and received congratulatory message from the United Nations Secretary-General’s Special Representative for West Africa and the Sahel, H.E. Leonardo Santos Simão. In his statement on behalf of the United Nations Secretary-General, H.E. Leonardo Santos Simão congratulated President Bio on …

Freetown, Tuesday 27 June 2023 – His Excellency President Dr Julius Maada Bio has sworn to the Oath of Office of the Presidency after winning on the first ballot in the 24 June 2023 elections, thanking voters and extending open hands to the opposition All People’s Congress leadership to kickstart his inclusive governance agenda. “Today, with the successful conduct of …

𝐁𝐲 𝐌𝐨𝐡𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐝 𝐅𝐨𝐟𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐡. Despite the “Ill-preparedness of the All People’s Congress (APC) Party” for the June 24, 2023 multi-tier elections, the ruling Sierra Leone People’s Party (SLPP) has confirmed that the demand by the APC Presidential candidate for the resignation of the Chief Electoral Commissioner and other Electoral Commissioners will not be met and that the election will go ahead. …

The Sierra Leone Association of Journalists (SLAJ) vehemently condemns attacks on its former president Umaru Fofana by members and supporters of the All People’s Congress (APC) during the party flagbearer’s address to the media yesterday Wednesday, 14th June, 2022 at the New Brookfields Hotel, Jomo Kenyatta Road, Freetown. Fofana, who was officially invited by the APC to cover the event, …