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 …

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 …