By Sylvester Samba. The Executive Chairman of Petroleum Regulatory Agency (PRA), Dr. Brima Baluwa Koroma has expressed confidence that his Agency will generate One Trillion Leones for the SLPP government in the coming years. Dr. Koroma made the disclosure during the ongoing Financial Year 2022 budget discussion taking place at the Ministry of Finance, Treasury Building in Freetown. Making his …

Sierra Leone Ambassador to the People’s Republic of China, His Excellency Ernest Mbaimba Ndomahina has participated in this year’s Global Conference on Aquaculture recently held in Shanghai. Delivering his statement, Ambassador Ernest M. Ndomahina started by commending stakeholders for successfully hosting the Conference despite current difficult circumstances created by the COVID-19 pandemic. He went on to say that the Conference …

The “Friends of Hands Off Our Girls Project” in support of the flagship campaign program of the First Lady of Sierra Leone, Madam Fatima Maada Bio has raised an impressive USD$120,000 at an event held at the Wyndham Hotel in College Park, United States of America. The fundraiser was organized by a committee of Sierra Leone diaspora members with American …

The High Commission of Sierra Leone in Nigeria, in collaboration with the ECOWAS Commission on Saturday 26th, September, 2021 organized a send-off ceremony in honor of the outgoing High Commissioner of Sierra Leone to the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Dr. Solomon Momoh Christopher Gembeh Sr. at the High Commission, located on Plot 308 Diplomatic Drive in Abuja. The ceremony attracted …

By Jane B. Mansaray.                                                                                              The alleged financial defalcation at Dyna Lab Sierra Leone of …

His Excellency Rtd. Brig. Julius Maada Bio and the First Lady, Madam Fatima Maada Bio honored a closed door meeting invitation of the Executive Director of UNAIDS on Thursday 23rd September 2021, at one of the United Nations General Assembly meeting rooms in New York City, U.S.A. The Executive Director of UNAIDS, Madam Winnie Byanyima expressed her delight in meeting …

The Deputy Director Chief in the Office of International Military Cooperation (OIMC) in Beijing, Major General Song Yanchao, has, on behalf of the Chinese Government and the Ministry of National Defense of the People’s Republic of China, officially received the newly posted Military Defense Attaché to the Sierra Leone Embassy in Beijing, Lieutenant Colonel Bai Mandumoi Coomber. Officially welcoming the …

The Ministry of Finance has withheld payment for 53 Senior Secondary Schools nationwide, pending investigations by the Ministry of Basic and Senior School Education (MBSSE) and the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC). This disclosure was made in a Press Release issued on Friday 24th September 2022. The withholding of this tuition fees disbursement is related to an allegation of overstating the number …

By Mohamed Fofanah. A well-known Civil Society Organization, “Accountability Now” has urged the Director-General of the National Minerals Agency (NMA), Julius Mattai to step aside and allow investigations into what they described as, `the surreptitious award’ of mineral rights license to FG Gold in Valunia Chiefdom, Bo District. The Executive Director of Accountability Now, William B. M. Sao-Lamin during a …

By Sylvester Samba. As at end of June, 2021, the total amount owed by Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDA) for the consumption of electricity is Le251.77 billion. This was confirmed by the Management of the Electricity Distribution and Supply Authority (EDSA) at the on-going Budget discussion taking place at the Ministry of Finance. The media, state and none state actors …