His Excellency President Brig. (Rtd) Julius Maada Bio is expected to leave Freetown this morning on a four-day walking visit to Bo district in the Southern Region. Today, President Bio would be received in Mano Dasse by the Resident Minister in the Southern Region, Mohamed Alie and a retinue of traditional leaders. The President will depart Mano Dasse after breakfast …

The President of the Republic of Guinea, His Excellency Colonel Mamady Doumbouya, on Friday 28th October 2022, returned home after holding successful bilateral discussions with His Excellency the President of Sierra Leone Brig. (Rtd) Julius Maada Bio in Freetown. President Mamady Doumbouya’s visit signifies the strong bilateral relationship between the two sister countries in the sub-region. Sierra Leone’s Vice President …

His Excellency President Brig. (Rtd) Julius Maada Bio, accompanied by the First Lady Dr. Fatima Maada Bio, on 20th October 2022 unveiled the special edition of the African Leadership Magazine covering the Republic of Sierra Leone. The auspicious occasion was held amidst a galaxy of distinguished guests at the Freetown International Conference Centre, Bintumani Hotel Complex, Aberdeen, Freetown. Speaking at …

𝐁𝐲 𝐒𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐞 𝐅𝐨𝐟𝐚𝐧𝐚 One anti-Bio newspaper recently published a screaming headline claiming that, based on provisional voter registration figures released by one faction of the APC, their Presidential candidate (Dr. Samura Kamara) had won the June 24, 2023 Presidential elections. This claim is at best preposterous! Even their figures do not add up. Since the APC lost power in April …

The man who has been preaching peace and calling for national unity, Chief Abdul Kadiru Kaikai, has received a heartwarming welcome from traditional leaders in Kamalo, the hometown of the 2018 defeated APC Presidential candidate, Dr Samura Kamara. Throughout his nationwide tour, Chief Abdul Kadiru Kaikai has been getting a rock star welcome. He has been campaigning for President Dr …

By Sorie Fofana. The voter registration exercise which was conducted by the Electoral Commission for Sierra Leone has ended. An extension is not likely. Both the ruling SLPP and the main opposition APC have commended the exercise describing it as a huge success. In a public notice dated 11th October, 2022 the Secretary General of the ruling SLPP, Umaru Napoleon …

𝐁𝐲 𝐀𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐋𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐢. The Sierra Leone People’s Party Southern Region Chairman, Alhaji Kanja Sesay, has told Muslim religious leaders in the South that the voter registration exercise was something they should take seriously, urging them to use their platforms in their various mosques to educate their congregation on the process. He commended the Imams for honouring him as Father of …

During a nationwide tour of voter registration centres on the final day of Phase One of the exercise on Saturday, 17th September 2022, the Chairman of the NCRA Board of Authority, Sorie Fofana was assured by some party agents deployed at voter registration centres in Kailahun district that they were ‘highly satisfied’ with the process. The APC Party Agent deployed …

𝐁𝐲 𝐀𝐥𝐡𝐚𝐣𝐢 𝐒𝐚𝐢𝐝𝐮 𝐊𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐚. The former Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation and Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Ambassador Alie Kabba, last week, led a team of SLPP stakeholders as well as grassroots and support groups in sensitizing and mobilizing eligible voters in the eleven constituencies of east urban district to go out and register and vote massively …

The decision by Mohamed Gento Kamara to throw his hat into the ring of the Freetown City Council Mayoral election is a significant move. It is important because, Mohamed Gento Kamara is a household name in Freetown. He is a successful businessman and a senior executive member of the prestigious East End Lions Football Club. In his declaration of intent, …