By: Adam Yusif Mohamed Kargbo. It could be recalled that when His Excellency, President Julius Maada Bio was campaigning for the 2018 elections, he kept telling Sierra Leoneans that he was going to be a President who will take development to every nook and cranny in Sierra Leone for everyone (be you Mende, Limba, Loko, Soso, Fula etc.) to benefit …

The Office of the Clerk of Parliament announces for the information of Hon. Members of Parliament, that pursuant to Section 86 (1) of Act No. 6 of the 1991 Constitution of Sierra Leone, that His Excellency, Dr. Julius Maada Bio, President of the Republic of Sierra Leone has convened an Emergency Sitting of Parliament on Monday 19th April 2021 in …

Sierra Leone jumped 18 places upwards on the Global Economic Freedom Ranking 2021 moving from 168 in 2020 to 150 in 2021. This, according to economic experts is as a result of robust reforms implemented by the Government of Sierra Leone in areas like health, education and fiscal policy. Sierra Leone is now the 150th freest in the world economic …

By Hassan Bruz Northern Bureau Chief. It is about three years now when the then strongman for the All Peoples Congress (APC) Party, Alhaji Dr. Alpha Kanu said the People of Port Loko District should see the need to embrace and support the aims and aspirations of Vice President Dr. Mohamed Juldeh Jalloh as a God-sent gift regardless the Political …

As a political party that believes in upholding democracy with the full participation of all their members in decision making process, the Sierra Leone People’s Party (SLPP) has conducted its Zonal and Constituency elections. The party will also hold its District Chairmanship and other Executive positions across the country on Saturday 17th April, 2021. In view of the above, the …

A Parliamentary bye-election was conducted in Constituency 010 in the Kailahun district on Saturday, 27th February, 2021 following the death of the elected SLPP Member of Parliament for the Constituency, Hon. Samuel Genewai Panda. Three candidates contested the bye-election in Constituency 010 on Saturday, 27th February, 2021. The three candidates are John Allieu (APC), Zainab Kama Braima (SLPP) and Ibrahim …

By Jane B. Mansaray.                                                                               Justice Adrian Fisher yesterday ruled that the interim injunction slammed on the 26th February 2021 against the main opposition All Peoples Congress (APC) internal party activities is extended and will continue until otherwise determined by the court. The Judge further refused an application for fortification made by Lawyer Ibrahim Issa Mansaray on behalf of the first …

Members of the Sierra Leone People’s Party (SLPP) at their National Executive Council (NEC) meeting at the Party’s headquarters yesterday overwhelmingly endorsed a time table for the conduct of elections in the disputed 39 constituencies. The NEC members meeting for the first time since the Appeal Court ruling on the disputed 39 constituencies agreed on the following timeline for the …

On Wednesday, 21st October, as thousands of people gathered outside the Fachima Complex in Koidu, the Rtd. Brig. Bio has said that this is time for us to finish Ebola and not time for politics. Speaking to one of the largest gatherings ever seen in recent times in Koidu, Rtd. Brig. Bio said that he was in Kono as part …

By: Yusuf Keketoma Sandi. The former head of state of the Republic of Sierra Leone and 2012 Presidential Candidate of SLPP, Rtd. Brig. Julius Maada Bio has held a familiarisation meeting with members of the Kono District Development Association (KDDA) in London on Saturday 10th May 2014. In his opening remarks, the Chairman of KDDA (London), Dr Kai Ngegba, welcomed …