Led by the acting Executive Director of the Sierra Leone Road Safety Authority Mr James Baggie Bio, together with the Chairman board of directors Mr. Sheikh Mustapha Bawoh, the Board of Directors on Friday 10th December, 2021 embarked on a conducted tour of the newly constructed SLRSA Administrative building at Africanus Road at Kissy in Freetown and the Autospect Facilities …

The 2015 Census figures show that 2.5m people (36%) of the population live in the North of the country. According to the final Census results in 2015, 1.6m people (23%) of the population live in the East of the country. The West and South of the country account for 2.9m people about 41% of the population. The total population of …

The township of Jaima Sewafe and it environs, in the Niminyama Chiefdom, Kono District will soon benefit from safe pipe borne water after a long period of time. During his recent visit to Kono, President Bio promised the people of Sewafe of safe drinking water soon, as the people earlier requested during a town hall meeting. The hard-working and result …

The Minister of Transport and Aviation, Kabineh Kallon, has assured the Global Times that two brand new passenger ferries are expected to arrive in Freetown before the end of this month. Two more will follow in the New Year, according to the Minister. The anticipated arrival of the two brand new ferries is expected to ease the difficulties of sea …

By Jane .B. Mansaray. One of the Judges presiding at the Sexual Offences Model Court, Justice Suliaman Bah yesterday discharged a 23-year -old male construction worker, Lamin Kanneh for want of prosecution on a sexual penetration indictment, pursuant to Section 19 of the Sexual Offences Act No.12 of 2012. The accused person, Lamin Kanneh was discharged by the trial Judge …

Members of the recently constituted tribunal to investigate the Auditor General, Mrs. Lara Taylor-Pearce and her deputy, Tamba Momoh, have taken an oath before His Excellency President Dr Julius Maada Bio as required by law. Chairperson of the tribunal is Honourable Justice Nyawo Finda Matturi-Jones, JSC, a retired Supreme Court Judge, described by her peers as a fine woman with …

Special Representative of President Xi Jinping of the People’s Republic of China, His Excellency Yang Jiechi, has led a high-level delegation to meet His Excellency President Dr Julius Maada Bio, advance cooperation and convey goodwill from Beijing. H.E. Yang, who is the Director of the Central Foreign Affairs Commission, also extended warm regards from his government, saying that Sierra Leone …

Teachers are the most essential ingredients for achieving SDG4: inclusive quality education. They are also an essential part of the Government’s Free Quality School Education programme. This is why an unprecedented level of investment has been made towards enhancing the policies, incentives and welfare of teachers in Sierra Leone. Here a few (10) things you may not have heard about: …

Ali and Hisham Mackie have opened a hospital in Koidu City in memory of their late father, Pa Hussein Mackie. They have transformed the house their father built and in which they grew up into a free for all medical facility. The late Pa Mackie was a prominent diamond magnate and philanthropist. He was highly respected by the people of …

Some radical West Africa and African Heads of State have raised serious concerns over the AU and ECOWAS’ decision to ask Sierra Leone’s former President, Dr Ernest Bai Koroma to lead election observation missions in Africa when he is still actively engaged in local party politics in Sierra Leone. The former President continues to occupy the position of Chairman and …