His Excellency President Brig. (Rtd) Dr. Julius Maada Bio has named the Port Loko Branch of the Ernest Bai Koroma University of Science and Technology as the Ahmad Tejan Kabbah University of Education and Technology. The Ahmad Tejan Kabbah University of Education and Technology becomes an autonomous University. It is the first University in the Northwest Region. Former President Alhaji …

Sixteen SLPP candidates have received provisional nomination certificates to contest as ordinary Members of Parliament in Bombali district on 24th June. The ECSL (Electoral Commission for Sierra Leone) District Returning Officer in Bombali and team processed the nomination forms at their office in Makeni on Sunday, 7th May, 2023 and certified them. One of the leading SLPP MP candidates in …

𝐁𝐲 𝐉𝐚𝐧𝐞 𝐁. 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐲. 20-year-old Tenneh Brima has been sentenced to thirty years in prison for killing her biological daughter. She was convicted by Justice John Bosco Alieu after she was found guilty on one count charge of murder. It is alleged by the State Prosecutor Alberta Kargbo that the now convict Tenneh Brima on 30th October 2020 in Freetown …

An International Monetary Fund (IMF) team, led by Christian Saborowski, has completed its sixth and seventh reviews of Sierra Leone’s financial and economic program supported by the Extended Credit Facility (ECF), approved on November 30, 2018. As a result, Sierra Leone will receive SDR 15.5 million (about US$ 20.8 million) subject to approval by IMF Management and the Executive Board …

𝐁𝐲 𝐒𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐞 𝐅𝐨𝐟𝐚𝐧𝐚. In February 2018, candidate Brig. (Rtd) Julius Maada Bio presented an ambitious Manifesto for election to the Office of President. Human capital development through Free Quality Education has been highlighted as the flagship project of Brig. (Rtd) Julius Maada Bio since his election in April 2018. Few days after his election in April 2018, the Economist, a …

The SLPP government led by His Excellency President Brig. (Rtd) Dr. Julius Maada Bio inherited the Concession Agreement between the Government of Sierra Leone represented by the Ministry of Transport and Aviation and Autospect (SL) Limited. The Concession Agreement was signed between the two parties on 6th December, 2017. When David Panda Noah was appointed Executive Director of SLRSA (Sierra …

During his recent visit to the Kingdom of Morocco, Sierra Leone’s Minister of Foreign Affairs & International Cooperation, Professor David Francis highlighted the economic benefits of the Special Industrial Zone that was recently commissioned by His Excellency the President Brig. (Rtd) Dr. Julius Maada Bio in Koya, outside Freetown. During their fruitful bilateral engagement, Morocco’s Minister of Foreign Affairs & …

In December 2017, the Ministry of Transport and Aviation acting for and on behalf of the Government of Sierra Leone entered into a Concession Agreement with Autospect (SL) Limited for the development, operation and implementation of Vehicle Inspection Stations (VIS) and systems, the deployment of Vehicle Registration Cards System (VRC), the Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) windshield stickers and Secure Registration …

State House sources confirmed last night that, His Excellency President Brig. (Rtd) Dr Julius Maada Bio and spouse are expected to attend the lavish coronation ceremony of King Charles and his wife Camilla at Westminster Abbey in London on Saturday, 6th May, 2023. Buckingham Palace sources informed the Global Times last night that, President Bio has been invited to attend …

His Excellency President Dr Julius Maada Bio and leader of the ruling Sierra Leone People’s Party (SLPP), has welcomed a powerful opposition politician who publicly resigned on Friday, 28th May, 2023 from the All People’s Congress (APC), to officially join the ruling SLPP. The President noted that “In continuing with our commitment towards opening up the space for other broad-minded …