The National Elections Watch (NEW) is now being operated by only one woman, according to some members of the coalition. They have called on the feckless leadership of the coalition to be transparent and accountable in the use of donor funds received for its activities. Following the coalition’s outburst in its politically- motivated statement of 2nd June, 2022, some prominent …

𝐁𝐲 𝐉𝐚𝐧𝐞 𝐁. 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐲. Assistant Director in the Foreign Division of the Bank of Sierra Leone, Mr. Albert Foday Boima has made an appearance before Justice Adrian Fisher to testify in the alleged corruption matter between the State against the former 2018 Presidential Flagbearer of the main Opposition All Peoples Congress (APC), Dr. Samura Mathew Wilson Kamara and four other …

𝐁𝐲: 𝐀𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐋𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐢.                                                                                                                            The Deputy Minister of Energy, Dr. Eldred Taylor, has called on the Commandant at the Armed Forces Training Centre at Benguema and inspected the site marked out for the construction of a 33/11KV primary substation which he described as one of the biggest energy projects in the western rural district. Dr. Taylor informed Colonel Hassan Sulaiman …

His Excellency President Dr Julius Maada Bio has addressed lawmakers from across Africa, meeting as a Commonwealth Parliamentary Association, CPA, and used the occasion to congratulate Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom on her Platinum Jubilee. “I must add that the strengths of our democracies in the Commonwealth have endured, thanks to the role of Parliaments. You debate, modify, …

Sierra Leone’s leading commercial institution, the Sierra Leone Commercial Bank, with a reputation for promoting many worthy human and social causes, has thrown its weight behind the popular African Young Voices (AYV) media Housemate Salone Season 3 show as an official sponsor and also with its promotion “SUPPORT U HOUSEMATES”. During the promotion period, existing SLCB account holders have to …

The Chiefdom authority of Sahn Malen Chiefdom together with various Civil Society Organizations have endorsed and supported the Chiefdom Authorities of Sahn Malen Chiefdom in condemning a petition list making the rounds on social media by the Malen Land Owners Association supported by Green Scenery and partners. The clandestine petition list, according to our information, was premeditated as 60% of …

𝑩𝒚 𝑺𝒐𝒓𝒊𝒆 𝑭𝒐𝒇𝒂𝒏𝒂 On 31st May 2022, Statistics Sierra Leone published the provisional results of the December 2021 Mid-Term Population and Housing Census with Kenema topping the list followed by Bo. The country’s population has risen to 7,541,641 a little over 500,000 since the last Population and Housing Census was conducted in 2015. It has to be said that even …

His Excellency President Dr Julius Maada Bio has pledged US$500,000 to the Extraordinary Humanitarian Summit and Pledging Conference at the opening session of the 16th Extraordinary Conference of the African Union Summit. The summit deliberated efforts by African leaders to address the current humanitarian challenges in the continent, that were now being exacerbated by the socio-economic impacts of the COVID-19 …

The Secretary General of the Maritime Organization of West and Central Africa, Dr Paul Adalikwu, has praised the Government of Sierra Leone for its many plans to develop the country’s maritime potentials. Dr Adalikwu who expressed this in Freetown during his maiden visit to the West African country, met with the country’s Minister of Transport and Aviation, Hon Kabineh Moinama …

𝐁𝐲 𝐌𝐨𝐡𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐝 𝐅𝐨𝐟𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐡. The Sierra Leone Electricity and Water Regulatory Commission (SLEWRC) has, approved a new uniform factory price for the sale of bundles of sachet water after conducting a cost of service study. The Commission estimates that the average cost of production of a bundle of sachet water is between SLL3500 and SLL4000, according to the Director-General, Emmanuel Mannah. …