The Sierra Leone Deputy Minister of Finance 2, Bockarie Kalokoh, met with colleague Ministers of Finance from Africa, in a panel discussion on Sustainable Budgeting Approach to Climate Finance at the International Cooperation Forum and meeting of African Ministers of Finance, Economy and Environment in Sharma Al Sheik, Egypt. The adoption of green fiscal policies...Read More
for 2023 By Hasbin Shaw The Assistant to the Secretary to the Vice President, Swalihu Jusu, on Monday October 3rd, 2023, revealed that the Vice President’s office will need a total of NLe 63, 055, 344, 40 million in the 2023 Financial Year, in order to fully discharge it roles and responsibilities, in spite of...Read More
By Ibrahim Sorie Koroma Health Education Officer – HEP/MoHS The Deputy Director of Education in Tonkolili District, Gibrilla A. Sesay has urged authorities that all girls aged 10 in schools should be vaccinated as vaccination against cervical cancer is the best opportunity for girls to be protected against the disease. He added that schools are...Read More
By Alimatu Jalloh Magistrate Isata Sellu Tucker of the Pademba Road Court No.2 has remanded John Sesay, Abubakar Yamka and Noel Smart at the Male Correctional Centre on Pademba Road in Freetown for allegedly murdering one Steven Kanu. The accused appeared before Magistrate Tucker on the charges of conspiracy and murder. The police are claiming...Read More
By Desmond Tunde Coker The Mano River Union has on Monday, October 3rd 2022 celebrated its 49th, year anniversary with the theme “Deepening the Culture of Peace.” The Mano River Union (MRU) is an international association initially established between Liberia and Sierra Leone by the 3rd of October 1973 Mano River Declaration. It is named after the Mano River which begins in the...Read More
By Sallieu S. Kanu The Ministry of Basic and Senior Secondary Education (MBSSCE) together with partners on Tuesday, October 4, 2022, launched Education Knowledge Platform, a hub which will allow policymakers, schools leaders, students and education partners to access useful resources that support them in their work to improve teaching and learning. Platform holds resources...Read More
By Ibrahim Sorie Koroma Health Education Officer – HEP/MoHS Paramount Chief, Alhaji Masakama Kanamanka III of Kholifa Rowalla, a key champion for the ongoing Human Papilloma Virus vaccine roll-out in Tonkolili District has said that his support and championing of the HPV Vaccination was as result of a commitment made by traditional leaders (PCs) at...Read More
By George M.O. Williams The Electoral Commission of Sierra Leone (ECSL) has extended the period of voter registration to two-day (7-8 October), the Commission said in a statement it put out on Monday. The second phase of the voter registration exercise should end on October 4, 2022. The Commission said that before the extension period...Read More
By Fatima Kpaka Adikalie Suma, alias Kalamasinah, Mohamed Bangura alias pobom and Kamanda Sankoh were on Friday, September 30, 2022 sent to prison by Magistrate Mark Ngegba of Pademba Road Court No.1 for allegedly setting on fire the dwelling house of one Abubakar Suleiman Kamara. The accused persons who made their first appearance in court...Read More
By Fatima Kpaka Esther Yeanor Koroma, a deputy Superintendent of Police and Head of the Firearms Bureau of the Small Arms Commission, on Monday, October 3, 2022 testified on the alleged case of unlawful possession of firearms by an ex-military man and six others during a Chieftaincy Election which was held at Sambaia Bendugu. The...Read More
