His Excellency President Dr Julius Maada Bio has departed Sierra Leone today for Antalya, Turkey on the invitation of the President of Turkey, His Excellency Recep Tayyip Erdogan, to attend the Antalya Diplomacy Forum.   The Forum provides a platform to facilitate debate on global and regional issues, bringing together world leaders and non-state actors.   The Antalya Diplomacy Forum …

A senior official at the National Electoral Commission (NEC) last night insisted that the 2023 Presidential, Parliamentary and Local Council elections will go ahead in accordance with the 1991 Constitution. According to him, the 2023 elections will take place on a date between April and July 2023. “There is no intention on our part to postpone or extend the due …

Based on the advice of the Chairman and Chief Electoral Commissi oner of the National Electoral Commission, the President is expected to announce the exact date for the conduct of Presidential, Parliamentary and Local Council elections next year. Reliable sources have hinted that all the elections will be held on a date between April and July 2023. Meanwhile, a coalition …

President Dr. Julius Maada Bio yesterday received His Excellency, Ahmad Bin Abdul Aziz Khattan, Adviser to the Royal Court and Special Envoy of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The Special Envoy was accompanied to State House by the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Professor David John Francis. The Special Envoy conveyed greetings of the Custodian of the two …

By Jonathan Hindolo Kurabu. The First Lady Madam Fatima Bio accompanied by her husband and a host of Cabinet Ministers, has commissioned a newly constructed building for Meat Sellers along the Bo/Koribondo Highway. The Meat Sellers building was constructed single handedly by Brima Baluwa Koroma, Executive Director, Petroleum Regulatory Agency. In his opening statement, Brima Baluwa Koroma said he pitied …

By Haja Adama Kamara. Indian businessman, Pankaj Panchal has made his first appearance before Magistrate Sahr Kekura of Pademba Road Court No.1 in Freetown on one count charge of Fraudulent Conversion contrary to Section 20 (1) (v) (b) of the Larceny Act 1916. According to the particulars of offence, on a date between 1st October and 31st March 2021 at …

By Sorie Fofana. On 5th September, 2017, Dr. Kandeh Kolleh Yumkella officially resigned from the SLPP after failing to get the Party’s endorsement as flag bearer ahead of the March 2018 elections. He said, “It is with heavy heart that I hereby publicly declare that with effect from today 5th September, 2017, I cease to be a member of the …

The hard working Minister of Youth Affairs, Mohamed Orman Bangura has opted to give his 8-master bedroom private house with at least 15 vehicles parking space with water in a gated-compound at Leicester Village to accommodate the National Youth Commission and the National Youth Service on a pro-bono basis for a period of one year. The Minister’s decision came hot …

By Mohamed Fofanah. The National Aids Secretariat (NAS) yesterday observed the HIV/AIDS Zero Discrimination Day as part of a global movement of solidarity to end all forms of discrimination. On Zero Discrimination Day this year under the theme “Remove laws that harm, create laws that empower,” UNAIDS is highlighting the urgent need to take action against discriminatory laws, and celebrate …

Members of the Civil Society Consortium on Community Accountability and Service Delivery have supported the National Revenue Authority (NRA) for the recent introduction of the Electronic Cash Register (ERC), which is mainly for business people whose turnover is one hundred million Leones and above. The introduction of the new system has caused public outcry, especially among business people who feel …