A former driver of Pee Cee and Sons, Abdul Karim Mansaray and a man simply called Abass were past Tuesday captured by Police investigating the massive theft of bags of onions belonging to Pee Cee and Sons. Abdul Karim Mansaray has also been identified by Ross Road Police as the man who manufactured the petrol bombs that were thrown inside …

The United Nations, through its Resident Coordinator (RC) in Sierra Leone, Dr. Babatunde Ahonsi, is drumming support from development partners through the British High Commission to Sierra Leone, the EU, World Bank, ADB, the Embassy of Ireland, GiZ, USAID and the British Council towards the prioritisation of technical and higher education as aligned to the Medium-Term National Development Plan. Today, …

Mr. President, Mr. Secretary-General, Excellencies, Disfinguished Ladies and Gentlemen, 1. I congratulate you, Mr. President, on assuming the responsibility of steering the work of the 76th Session of the General Assembly. I assure you of Sierra Leone’s fullest support during your tenure. 2. I also conunend your predecessor, His Excellency, Mr. Volkan Bozklr of the Republic of Turkey, for the …

Police have confirmed the arrest and detention of fourteen employees of Pee Cee and Sons for stealing property belonging to the company. They appeared at the Ross Road Magistrate Court yesterday but they were denied bail and remanded at the Male Correctional Centre in Freetown. According to the company’s Administrative Manager, Mukesh Patel, the fourteen employees were caught red-handed along …

After a long and tireless battle for the position of Chairman SLPP Kono District, Safea Leslie Moiwa has been duly elected as District Chairman of the party. The long awaited election took place at the SLPP office in Kainkordu Road, Koidu Town, Kono district on the 18th September 2021. The winner Safie Moiwa got 55 votes, Sal Hindolo Mansaray got …

By Jane B. Mansaray.   Pursuant to Section 151 and 152 of the Criminal Procedure Act (CPA) Act.No.32 of 1965, the Judiciary of Sierra Leone will today, 21st September 2021 commence the September High Court Criminal Session for trial of criminal cases assigned and committed for trial. This is the first criminal session in the Judiciary calender year and it …

On Wednesday, 15th September 2021, a cross-section of Ministry of Defense (MoD)/Republic of Sierra Leone Armed Forces (RSLAF) Senior Management visited the Sierra Leone Roads Authority (SLRA). The purpose of the visit was to request SLRA’s support on various developmental projects being carried out by MoD/RSLAF. The Director General (DG) SLRA, Engineer Amara Kanneh, welcomed the delegation, commenting that it …

Speaking at the APC Emergency Delegates Conference in Makeni on Friday, 17th September, 2021 the party’s National Chairman and Leader, Dr. Ernest Bai Koroma disclosed that he was retiring from active party politics to concentrate on his role as an Elderly Statesman. Former President Dr. Ernest Bai Koroma has served as the APC party Chairman and Leader for almost nineteen …

The Chief Executive of the Ghana Petroleum Authority, Dr. Mustapha Abdul-Hamid and team from Ghana, on Friday paid a courtesy call on the Executive Chairman of the Sierra Leone Petroleum Regulatory Agency, (PRA) Dr. Brima Baluwa Koroma. Hosting the team at the Agency’s headquarters at the British Council, Tower Hill Freetown, Chairman Baluwa Koroma on behalf of His Excellency, Brigadier …

By Mohamed Fofanah. Sierra Leone Investment and Export Promotion Agency (SLIEPA) has unveiled home builder and construction company, “Groupe Djata” with plans to build 5,000 affordable housing to cope with the increasing population growth in the urban areas across the country. Speaking at a press briefing at OAU Drive, Tower Hill in Freetown on Friday, the Chief Executive Officer of …