Vice President Dr Mohamed Juldeh Jalloh has received 10 motorbikes from the Chinese Ambassador to Sierra Leone His Excellency Hu Zhangliang. The bikes are meant to enhance the operational capabilities of the Sierra Leone Police in policing remote communities in the country. Vice President expressed appreciation to the Chinese Government for the gesture. He stated...Read More
The Anti-Corruption Commission has warned Ibrahim Sorie Kamara, a senior Tax Commissioner of the National Revenue Authority (NRA), not to use his fake Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Degree for any advantage in public service, in a press release put out on Tuesday June 14, 2022. The warning came following allegation that Ibrahim Sorie Kamara acquired...Read More
Minister of Mines and Mineral Resources, Timothy Kabba Launching the SLEITI 2019 Report and its braille version. The Office of Vice President and the Multi-Stakeholder Group (MSG) of the Sierra Leone Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (SLEITI) on the Tuesday June 7, 2022, held a national dissemination and sensitization of the 2019 SLEITI Report with the...Read More
The Board of Directors, Guma Valley Water Company on Wednesday, June 8, 2002 undertook an extensive inspection of the project sites of the Freetown Water Supply Rehabilitation Project at the Mile 13 Dam and Treatment Plant, and new pipe line works ongoing from Mile 13 to Hamilton. The aim of the inspection tour is to...Read More
The Government of Sierra Leone has signed six Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with its Kenyan counterparts in a bid to strengthen bilateral relations and promote economic growth between the two nations. Memorandum of Understanding were signed to foster growth and partnership in the areas of Joint Commission of Cooperation, Politics and Diplomacy, Gender Equality and...Read More
The Petroleum Regulatory Agency, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Trade and Oil Marketing Companies have increased the pump prices of fuel from Le, 15,000 to Le, 18,000 effective Thursday. The new price was announced after the government and oil marketing companies reviewed the minimum pump prices of petrol, gasoline, and kerosine. The Petroleum Regulatory Agency...Read More
Sierra Leone’s First Lady Mrs. Fatima Bio on Thursday, June 9, 2022, launched the Nectar Sierra Leone Bulk Terminal (NSBT) berth expansion project. The project, which is expected to last for 12 months, will construct a new deep-water jetty with a new berth and refurbish existing berth to enable a larger class of vessel size...Read More
Secretary-General of Maritime Organisation of West and Central Africa (MOWCA), Dr. Paul Adalikwu, has lauded the government of Sierra Leone for its many plans to develop the country’s maritime potential. Adalikwu said this in Freetown during his maiden visit to the West African country where he met with the country’s Minister of Transport and Aviation,...Read More
Everest Jones, a labourer, was yesterday before Magistrate Peter Gogra of Pademba Road Court No.6 in Freetown on two counts of larceny and malicious damage. According to the particulars of offence, the accused on diverse dates in January 2022 at Mac Pharmacy, No.5 Freetown Road, Lumley in Freetown did steal one old Kipo generator battery...Read More
The 2021 Mid-Term Housing and Population shows that Western Area Urban accounted for 606, 701 (8 percent) of the country’s 7,541,641 total population. But the report of the 2015 Census recorded a population of 1,055,964 in Western Area Urban representing 15 % of the total population. This figures shows that Freetown lost almost half its...Read More
