A high-power delegation comprising the Director General (DG) of SLRA, Chief Engineer of SLRA together with three (3) of their senior Directors, Seon (Contractor in charge of Bagbe Bridge), Pavifort (Contractor in charge of Makakura/Yiffin Road) and the National Secretary General of the SLPP who doubles as Deputy Minister of Justice last Friday made a conducted tour of various sites …

By Pat Kawa In Bo. The people of Bo on Friday 18th March 2022 endorsed the aspiring Mayoral candidate for Bo city Council, Hon. Sualiho Monyaba Koroma at a special press cocktail held at the Wizard’s Complex on Dambala Road in Bo organised by the Strategic Communications Unit. Sualiho Monyaba Koroma is a well-known Sierra Leonean politician with over thirty …

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 …