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 …

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 …