By Mohamed Fofanah.   Sierra Leone’s Ambassador to the People’s Republic of China and the Chinese Ambassador to the country yesterday engaged the Sierra Leone People’s Party’s National Young Generation Council (NYGC) in a seminar co-organized by the Chinese Embassy in Freetown and the NYCG to learn from the Chinese Ambassador about nation-building. Speaking at the prestigious Kona Lodge, Ambassador …

The Minister of Basic and Senior Secondary Education Dr. David Moinina Sengeh during the hearing on “Improving Access to Quality Public Education In Africa” has told the United States House of Representatives that investment in “Quality Public Education” is the closest thing we have to a silver bullet that solves the world’s most intractable problems. He made this assertion on …

On 11th November, 2021 the Auditor General, Mrs. Lara Taylor-Pearce and her blue-eyed boy, Tamba Momoh (Deputy Auditor General) were suspended from office indefinitely. A Special Tribunal was set up to investigate them “for professional performance or the lack thereof”. After their suspension from office indefinitely, the Judicial and Legal Service Commission met and advised the President to appoint members …

By Haja Adama Kamara. Magistrate Sahr Keikura of Court No.1 along Pademba Road in Freetown on Monday 7th February, 2022 sent to prison, Fatmata Bah a Business woman for allegedly trafficking 16-year-old Assiatu Bah from Conakry, Guinea to Sierra Leone for the purpose of exploitation. The accused who made her first appearance in court on two counts of conspiracy to …

By Jonathan Hindolo Kurabu. Contractors for the Bo/Kenema electricity rehabilitation project have on Friday, February 4th, 2022 handed over a consignment of 22 containers comprising over 1,000 steel poles, over 70 transformers, large quantities of cables, conductors and insulators to the Minister of Energy, Alhaji Kanja I. Sesay. The Assistant Project Manager for SINOTEC, Izazwhaq while making a symbolic handing …

In a sworn “Affidavit In Support” of an action she has taken against six defendants in the Supreme Court of Sierra Leone including the Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Judicial and Legal Service Commission, Hon. Justice Nyawo Jones (Retired), Hon. Justice Ivan Sesay JA, Lahai Farma ESQ and Abu Bakar King ESQ, Mrs Lara Taylor-Pearce said, “I have been …

The Ministry of Youth Affairs under the leadership of the current Minister of Youth Affairs, Mohamed Bangura, has seen remarkable achievements. Considering the vital role of the ministry in transforming the country’s youthful population, the appointment of Mohamed Orman Bangura by the government to head such a sensitive ministry, has received international commendations as donor partners continue to support various …

By: Austine Luseni. The Minister of Energy, Alhaji Kanja Sesay, has presented seventeen motorbikes, two KVA generators, five desktop computers, thirteen laptops, two UPS, and two sets of office tables to the management of the Electricity Distribution and Supply Authority (EDSA) in Bo and Kenema as a way of helping the utility discharge its functions effectively. Addressing the management and …

The Regional Manager of the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) in the North-West Region, Al-Hassan Sesay has told Local authorities and residents of Lokomasama Chiefdom to resist being involved in corruption and embrace the fight against graft. He made this statement during a sensitization meeting held on the 28th January 2022 at the Local Court Barray in Petifu Junction. Speaking at the …

A Sierra Leonean based in Holland, Madam Isatu Sesay and a host of other philanthropists in Holland have provided school and learning materials to over 400 pupils of St Andrews RC primary school and bales of used clothing for the people of Maron Village, Safrokoh Chiefdom, Karene District. The donation is part of Madam Sesay and partners’ contribution to complement …