𝐁𝐲 𝐒𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐞 𝐅𝐨𝐟𝐚𝐧𝐚. According to official results announced by Christiana Thorpe in the run-off Presidential election held on 8th September, 2007 Ernest Bai Koroma of the APC (All People’s Congress) emerged victorious with 54.6% of the total valid votes counted. He defeated the SLPP candidate, Solomon Ekuma Berewa. The defeat of the SLPP in 2007 threw the party into a …

The President of the Sierra Leone Police Wives Association (SLPWA), Mrs. Matilda Doris Sellu and a cross-section of her executive, with the support of the Inspector General of Police- Mr. William Fayia Sellu on Saturday 4th March 2023, officially handed over a newly constructed solar-powered water pump to the Police Wives and their dependants at Magburaka Police Barracks. This gesture …

𝐁𝐲 𝐉𝐚𝐧𝐞 𝐁. 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐲. 45-year-old female caretaker of a land property in Freetown, Humu Fofana, has been remanded at the Special Court Maximum Female Correctional Centre, Jomo Kenyatta Road in Freetown. She made an appearance yesterday at a Freetown High Court before Justice Sulaiman Bah. The accused, Humu Fofana, is standing trial on two counts ranging from conspiracy to commit …

The Mayor of Koidu City Council, Mr. Komba Sam and his various support groups including 11 Councilors from the C4C party and a host of APC members yesterday openly declared their support for the ruling SLPP by joining the party at a jam-packed Koidu Community Center Football Field in the presence of His Excellency President Dr Julius Maada Bio, First …

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 …