NCRA’s Director General Mr Mohamed Mubashir MASSAQUOI is currently in Zambia, on the invitation of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to attend a meeting on CRVS – an effort to improve Civil Registration and Vital Statistics. This meeting held in Lusaka, Zambia focuses on improving CRVS via the Collection of Vital Events Information through Sample Registration Systems (COVERS). This …

On Saturday, July 20, 2024, the Minister of Internal Affairs, Retired Major General David T. O. Taluva, accompanied by the Inspector General of Police, Mr. William Fayia Sellu and other government officials officially commissioned a state-of-the-art police station in Mattru Jong, Bonthe District, in Southern Sierra Leone. In his address, Minister Taluva, representing President Dr Julius Maada Bio, emphasized that …

By Mohamed Fofanah [email protected]. The Bank of Sierra Leone (BSL) has marked a significant milestone this year, by launching its 60th anniversary to mark the start of celebrations to commemorate the Bank of Sierra Leone. The 60th anniversary celebration of the bank has a series of programmes, including football and sports activities, thanksgiving services at a mosque and church, a …

As the Tripartite Committee presented their final report to President Dr. Julius Maada Bio, so many political observers ponder over the future political career of Dr Samura Kamara both within the body politics of the country and emerging leadership contests in the APC. Today, many believe that Dr Samura Kamara himself faces his own personal tripartite challenges amidst his countless …

𝐏𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐀𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐒𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐨𝐫 𝐒𝐋𝐏𝐏 𝐏𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐚 A senior member of the ruling Sierra Leone’s Peoples Party Abdul Kadiru Kaikai has been arrested and detained by the Sierra Leone police. According to reliable Police sources, Abdul Kadiru Kaikai was arrested this morning Friday, 19th July 2024 at his Majay Town residence by CID personnel for a viral video he posted on social …

On 11th November, 2021 the Auditor General Mrs. Lara Taylor-Pearce and her deputy Tamba Momoh were suspended from office indefinitely. A Special Tribunal was set up by President Dr Julius Maada Bio to investigate them “For professional performance or the lack thereof”. On 17th November, 2021 in consultation with the Judicial and Legal Service Commission, President Bio appointed Hon. Justice …

𝐁𝐲 𝐒𝐲𝐥𝐯𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐒𝐚𝐦𝐛𝐚. National Commission for Social Action (NaCSA), which has over the years been providing financial support to extreme poor households across the country, will today 10th July, 2024, continue a quarterly cash transfers targeting fifteen thousand extreme poor households in five districts. Component one of the Social Safety Net (SSN) cash transfer and provision of economic inclusion support …

The Deputy Speaker of the Parliament of Sierra Leone, Hon. Ibrahim Tawa Conteh has on Monday 08th July, 2024 engaged Ambassador Chief Ernest Baimba Ndomahina, Commissioner of National Commission for Social Action (NaCSA) in his Office at Parliament Building in Freetown. The purpose of the visit was to discuss the need for the Western Area to benefit from NaCSA’s projects …

At today’s economic management team (EMT) meeting, I received an update on the “State of the Economy, Prospects and Partner Engagement” for the first half of 2024. Sierra Leone has seen a reduction in inflation over the last 8 months by 18%, and it continues downwards. Foreign exchange has been stable for six months, and it appreciated in the month …

𝐔𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐦𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐨 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐲 𝐟𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐲 𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐬 For societies to attain their full potential, there is the need to strengthen the family unit, and this can only be achieved through strong marriages between men and women. This was the unanimous declaration of all speakers and attendees at the just ended two-day Strengthening Families Conference 2024, …