By: Aaron Bundu Lahai-Head of Media & Public Relations. During the official opening of the newly constructed multi-purpose hall by the Chiefdom Administration of Tankoro Chiefdom at Korkoyima, Koidu City in Kono District, the Chairman of the Inter-Ministerial Council on Local Governance who doubles as the Vice President of Sierra Leone, Dr. Mohamed Juldeh Jalloh called on Paramount Chiefs (PCs) …

His Excellency and Commander-In-Chief of the Republic of Sierra Leone Armed Forces, RSLAF, President Dr. Julius Maada Bio, has encouraged 60 Officer Cadets at their commissioning parade to be professional soldiers and thanked instructors for the successful exercise. “So, professionalism is not an option, it is a way of life for an Officer. It involves discipline, loyalty, respect, compassion, and …

A special disciplinary tribunal has been set up by the Police Management to investigate allegations of insubordination, disobedience and tyrannical conduct against Assistant Inspector General of Police, (AIG) Mohamed Brima-Jah. Until his recent suspension from office, AIG Brima-Jah was the Director of Professional Standards in the Sierra Leone Police Force. The special disciplinary tribunal is headed by AIG Amadu Mannah. …

Sierra Leone’s ebullient Finance Minister, Dennis Vandi has arrived in Tashkent, Uzbekistan with a delegation from the Finance Ministry to attend the Islamic Development Bank’s 46th Group Annual Meeting. The 46th IsDB Group Annual Meeting is the first to be held since the COVID-19 outbreak in 2019. This year, the Bank has identified three main themes for the Governor’s Roundtable, …

By Jane B. Mansaray. The Supreme Court of Sierra Leone on Friday, 3rd September 2021 delivered judgment on the dual citizenship matter brought by one David Fornah of the APC against the Honorable Member of Parliament, Dr. Kandeh Kolleh Yumkella (KKY) of Constituency 062 Kambia District, Samu Chiefdom The landmark judgment in favour of the defeated 2018 Presidential candidate of …

The Government of Sierra Leone through the Ministry of Trade and Industry and the Attorney General’s office has reclaimed properties belonging to the defunct Sierra Leone Petroleum Refinery Company at Kissy. Speaking to Global Times recently, the Minister of Trade and Industry Dr. Edward Hinga Sandy said that, “Prior to the coming of the Bio administration to office in April …

On Tuesday, 31st August 2021, the First Lady, Madam Fatima Bio made a clarion call for unity in Constituency 110, Ogoo Farm and its Godriech environs, during the commissioning of four community projects she promised alongside Josephine Jackson, during the last Parliamentary election campaign. The First Lady called on Sierra Leoneans to put aside mere colors and support development which …

By Jane B. Mansaray. Supreme Court Judges, Justice Brown Marke, Eku Roberts and Glenna Thomson yesterday unanimously vacated Paragraph 1 & 13 of High Court Judge Justice Abdulraman R. Mansaray in his ruling delivered on the 24th March 2018 wherein the Judge granted an interim injunction restraining the National Electoral Commission and the Chief Electoral Commissioner from conducting the run-off …

A Public Notice issued by the Ministry of Basic and Senior Secondary Education yesterday confirmed that “All schools will reopen for the commencement of the 2021/2022 academic year on Monday, 6th September, 2021”.

By Sorie Fofana. In 2018, the electorate voted the APC Party out of office after eleven years in power. The electorate had become fed-up with the failed leadership of the APC Party. The APC administration had become so unpopular that even the country’s bilateral and multi-lateral partners decided to stop dealing with the Government, by suspending their programmes and activities …