His Excellency President Dr. Julius Maada Bio and spouse, Madam Fatima Bio have signed the book of condolence for Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, who passed away at the age of 96 on 8th September 2022 at Balmoral Castle in Scotland. After the ceremony at the residence of the British High Commissioner on Hill Station in Freetown, President Bio, accompanied …

Popular businessman and sports promoter, Mohamed Gento Kamara of Gento Group has declared his intention to aspire for the post of Mayor of Freetown Municipality under the banner of the ruling SLPP. He has promised to solve the basic needs of citizens of the Municipality of Freetown City Council including hygiene. While addressing a mammoth crowd of people from all …

𝐁𝐲 𝐉𝐚𝐧𝐞 𝐁. 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐲. The alleged sexual penetration matter against the former Leader and Chairman of Alliance Democratic Party (ADP), Mohamed Kamarainba Mansaray and co-accused, Marion Lamin Arouni will again come up today, 1st September 2022 for hearing of second accused person, Marion Arouni`s testimony in defense. The two accused persons will make appearance at the Sexual Offences Model Court …

𝐁𝐲 𝐆𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐛𝐚 𝐁𝐌 𝐊𝐨𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐚.                                                                                                                                                                                   The …

In its drive to address corruption issues in service delivery institutions, the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) North West Regional Office on Monday 29th August, 2022 engaged staff and volunteers of the Kambia District Council on various preventive measures related to their jobs. The engagement according to the Senior Public Education Officer Junisa Sankoh was part of the Commission’s preventive approach to …

𝐁𝐲 𝐒𝐲𝐥𝐯𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐒𝐚𝐦𝐛𝐚.   The ECOWAS Centre for Renewable and Energy Efficiency (ECREEE) in collaboration with the Ministry of Power of Nigeria, will host the 7th Edition of the ECOWAS Sustainable Energy Forum (ESEF 2022) at the Transcorp Hilton Hotel Abuja, Nigeria from the 31 October to 01 November 2022, under the high patronage of the President of the Federal …

𝐁𝐲 𝐀𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐋𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐢.                                                                                              The Southern Region Chairman of the Sierra Leone People’s Party (SLPP), Alhaji Kanja Sesay, has taken the voter registration sensitization and awareness raising campaign to Pujehun. Mr. Sesay told thousands of people that the registration process was an important process in the country’s electoral cycle, adding that President Bio was confident of retaining power on evidence of …

Passengers (Inbound and Outbound) passing through the Freetown International Airport at Lungi will effective 1st September, 2022 begin to pay an Airport Security Fee of US$25 each way. Government will effective tomorrow cease to pay for the security services provided at the airport for passengers. Passengers are expected to meet the cost of the said services. Since 2016, the Government …

The First Lady of the Republic of Sierra Leone, Dr. Fatima Maada Bio has briefed a high-powered delegation from the Susan Thompson Buffet Foundation and Equity Bank in Kenya in respect to her contribution in the country’s health sector in line with the agenda of His Excellency the President. Prominent among the numerous interventions highlighted by the First Lady as …

𝐁𝐲 𝐌𝐨𝐡𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐝 𝐅𝐨𝐟𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐡. The ongoing construction of the new Freetown International Airport in Lungi is expected to be completed later this year and will be open for operations early next year, according to the Chief Minister, Jacob Jusu Saffa. This is a US$270 million build, operate, and transfer project between the private Turkish SUMMA Group and the Government of Sierra …