𝗕𝘆 𝗘𝗮𝘀𝗺𝗼𝗻 𝗠𝗼𝗶𝗴𝘂𝗮𝗵 𝗶𝗻 𝗦𝗮𝗵𝗻 𝗠𝗮𝗹𝗲𝗻.   Socfin Agricultural Company Sierra Leone Limited has on Friday 19th August 2022, fully paid the sum of Le562,920 (New Leones) to land owning families of Zone “C” in Malen Chiefdom, Pujehun District in line with the lease agreements between the Lessee and the government of the Republic of Sierra Leone for the period, …

Police on Friday, 19th August, 2022 arrested and detained the Member of Parliament for Constituency 066 in the Karena District, Hon. Mohamed Bangura. Police sources confirmed last night that he was in their custody at the CID Headquarters in Freetown. According to a Police spokesman, Hon. Mohamed Bangura was arrested in relation to an on-going investigation into the violence that …

𝐁𝐲 𝐉𝐚𝐧𝐞 𝐁. 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐲 At a meeting held in Brussels by the European Parliament on 22nd June 2022, Sierra Leone under the New Direction Government of President Retired Brigadier Julius Maada Bio was nominated to host the Secretariat of the Union of European Experts Chambers for the whole of Africa. This was disclosed by Mr. Mustafa Kamara, President of UCEE …

In fulfillment of its annual obligations in line with section 34(a) of the Mines and Minerals Act of 2009, the Wongor Investment and Mining Corporation Friday the 19th August paid the sum of 273 million old Leones to Nimikoro and Nimiyama Chiefdoms in Kono District. The company also paid Le 480 million Leones to the same communities as its annual …

Police Training School Hastings, Tuesday 23 August 2022 – His Excellency President Dr Julius Maada Bio has joined family members, the Sierra Leone Police, and the nation to lay the remains of six police personnel killed on August 10 and called on the country to unite in honour of their service to nation. The late Superintendent Osman Fofanah, 49, who …

His Excellency President Dr Julius Maada Bio has decorated newly appointed Inspector General of Police, IGP, William Fayia Sellu, and the Chief of Defence Staff, CDS, Major General Peter Kakowou Lavahun in a brief ceremony. He congratulated them, emphasising that their promotions were from God but also impressing on them that the tasks ahead were enormous. “At a point in …

𝐁𝐲 𝐒𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐞 𝐅𝐨𝐟𝐚𝐧𝐚. A Western diplomat resident in Freetown, recently noted that, the main opposition All Peoples Congress party are either not ready or are not prepared for the June 24, 2023 Presidential, Parliamentary and Local Council elections. She praised President Julius Maada Bio for declaring the dates for elections exactly fifteen months before the due date. This, she said, …

Mayor Yvonne Aki-Sawyer has been upset, angry, and frustrated for a very long time. But with her incessant calls now for “Prayers for Sierra Leone” after last week’s carnage in Freetown, Mayor Yvonne Aki-Sawyer’s anger, and frustration are at their peak. The Mayor’s city was on the brink of collapse; in real-time biblical Armageddon. Let me assure the Mayor or …

His Excellency President Dr Julius Maada Bio has met with a large number of Tribal Heads in the Western Area to discuss their role in government’s efforts at consolidating peace and democracy and seeking justice following the August 10 violence that claimed innocent lives. Chief Minister, Jacob Jusu Saffa, who called the meeting to order said the local authorities had …

𝐁𝐲 𝐌𝐨𝐡𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐝 𝐅𝐨𝐟𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐡. The main opposition All People’s Congress (APC) party Members of Parliament yesterday called for the setting up of an independent committee to investigate the deaths of the August 10 violent insurrection in parts of Freetown, Western Rural, Makeni, and Kamakwe. Speaking in Committee Room 1 in the House of Parliament yesterday, the Opposition Leader, Honourable Chernor Maju …