The Regional Police Division in Port Loko has been accused of delaying investigation into the mysterious death of three local residents of Tainratha Village in the Marampa Chiefdom, Port Loko district. The three Sierra Leoneans were allegedly beaten, tortured, murdered and thrown into a nearby lake by some white security personnel working for Marampa Mines Limited. The incident took place …

𝐁𝐲 𝐀𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐋𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐢. The UK Foreign Secretary, James Cleverly and the British High Commissioner to Sierra Leone, Lisa Chesney, have praised Babadi Kamara for his untiring and patriotic service to humanity in Bo district in particular and Sierra Leone in general. The two UK diplomats, who were on a snap visit to Bo City, had fruitful engagements with Babadi Kamara, …

Family members of three Sierra Leoneans allegedly murdered by some South African security personnel employed by Marampa Mines Limited in the Port Loko district have called on the Government to set up an inquest to ascertain the cause and manner of death. The incident took place in October last year. They have questioned the autopsy report presented by Dr. Owizz …

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 …