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 …

Accra, Ghana, Thursday 16 September 2021.                                                                                      His Excellency President Dr Julius Maada Bio is in Accra to attend …

His Excellency President Dr. Julius Maada Bio has launched the Leone Stars African Cup of Nations Supporters Tour to Cameroon project and urged private sector investment into the national team ahead of AFCON 2022. Minister of Sports, Ibrahim Nyelenkeh said he was honoured that under his leadership, President Julius Maada Bio created the enabling environment by supporting the national team …

By Manuel Müller, Ambassador of the European Union to Sierra Leone. Last week I had the honour and pleasure to present to H.E. Julius Maada Bio, President of the Republic of Sierra Leone, my letter of credence by which H. E. Charles Michel, President of the European Council, and H.E. Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, have …

By Pat Kawa in Bo. Former SLPP Member of Parliament for Segbwema who defected and joined the APC, Hon. Robin Falay has threatened to boycott the upcoming All Peoples Congress party (APC) National Delegates’ Conference scheduled to take place between the 17th and19th September 2021 in Makeni City. According to Hon. Robin Falay, if the interim administrative wing of the …

Ahmed Mackie trading as MACCEM (Mackie Cement) is under pressure not to sell a bag of imported cement above Le75,000 a bag because of the incentives his company enjoys in the importation of the commodity. MACCEM and Dangote enjoy special incentives from the Government in the importation of cement. Both companies are exempt from paying 15% GST on imported cement. …

By Mahmud Tim Kargbo. Since Independence, commodity trading in the country has primarily being in the hands of a cartel. Successive governments have failed to enact policies to disempower or dismantle this cartel. In countries with the absent of these exploitative cartels, prices are determined by demand and supply, for Sierra Leone this is not the case. The primary determinant …

Ahead of the new Technical University status, the Milton Margai Technical University (MMTU) on Monday 13th September 2021 commenced the training of staff members in Information Communication Technology (ICT) at the Blue Crest College at Wilkinson Road in Freetown at which event Dr. Josephus Brima, Chief Technical and Higher Education Officer in the Ministry of Technical and Higher Education (MTHE) …