His Excellency President Dr Julius Maada Bio has inaugurated the Eastern Technical University Court in Kenema and decorated Dr Julius Fofana Sandi as its first Chancellor, in fulfillment of a promise to cease being a Chancellor of the Universities. Paramount Chief of Nongowa Chiefdom, PC Sadiq Mattoe Kapuwa IV, welcomed the President and his entourage and expressed happiness for the …

23 OCTOBER 2021 The Honourable Speaker of Parliament, The Chief Minister and Ministers of Government, Honourable Members of Parliament, Members of the Diplomatic and Consular Corps Your Worship, the Mayor of Kenema City, Our Revered Traditional Rulers and Community Leaders, Chairman and Members of the Tertiary Education Commission, Members of Court, Academic and Administrative Staff of the Eastern Technical University, …

Sources at the Civil Aviation Authority have described the so-called Bo Airport Project as a sham spearheaded by a group of deceitful and shameless criminals. According to the Director General of the Civil Aviation Authority, Moses Tiffa, the so-called Bo Airport project is illegal, because, neither the Civil Aviation Authority nor the Ministry of Transport and Aviation is aware of …

By Mohamed Fofanah. Bollore Transport and Logistics has awarded scholarships to thirty deserving students from various higher institutions of learning in Sierra Leone, with the Moa, and Seaside Wharf communities where the Freetown Terminal operates, getting fifteen beneficiaries each. The students are in various years of studies in various universities and colleges in Sierra Leone including Fourah Bay College (FBC), …

By Jane B. Mansaray. Lawyers representing the All People’s Congress Party (APC), the party Chairman and Leader, former President Ernest Bai Koroma and Secretary General Osman Foday Yansaneh have objected to Dr. Sylvia Olayinka Blyden’s affidavit of joining Alfred Peter Conteh in his earlier petition matter before Justice Adrian Fisher with regards to the illegality of the executive. In their …

By Sylvester Samba.                                                                                                              The change of name from Kingho Investment Company to Leone Rock Metal Group was formally announced to pressmen on Tuesday 19th October, 2021. According to a press release issued to journalists, Kingho Investment Company was first established in Sierra Leone in July 2010, adding that the Company has strived over the years in transforming to a more …

The Minister of Health and Sanitation and the Chief Medical Officer are at each other’s throats over what has been described as supremacy of administrative authority in the Ministry. In a leaked letter dated 12th October, 2021, the Chief Medical Officer, Rev. Canon Dr. Thomas T. Samba insisted that the postings done on the 6th October, 2021 “were extensively consultative”. …

The Minister of Health and Sanitation, Dr. Austin Demby has demonstrated that he is the political head of the Ministry by rescinding postings of Medical Doctors done without his approval. According to reliable sources, before leaving for New York as part of the President’s official delegation to the UNGA (United Nations General Assembly), Dr. Demby did advice his two deputies …

In August 2018, the government launched its flagship Free Quality School Education (FQSE) programme, allowing every child to attend government and government-assisted schools tuition-free to families.  Since its introduction, the government’s combined spending on national examinations (NPSE, BECE, and WASSCE) and tuition has increased by over 400 percent (4X). The FQSE programme has resulted in a tremendous increase in student …

The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Professor David Francis has during the 39th Ordinary Session of the Executive Council of the African Union Commission (AUC) robustly defended the present high level interest of His Excellency the President Dr Julius Maada Bio in particular and Sierra Leone in general. This high level interest involves a bid by Sierra Leone …