By Sallieu S. Kanu The United States of America welcomes the opening of a dialogue between the Government of Sierra Leone and the opposition All People’s Congress (APC) party, the United States Embassy in Freetown said in statement on Thursday. The dialogue is being facilitated by the Independent Commission for Peace and National Cohesion and supported by international mediators from the African Union, the Economic Community of West African States,...Read More
The All People’s Congress (APC) strongwoman Dr. Sylvia Olayinka Blyden OOR has responded to a series of references made against her in the 2023 report by the European Union Elections Observation Mission (EU EOM) to Sierra Leone which was released on Tuesday. Dr Blyden OOR said in a statement on Thursday that the EU has sought to criminalize his “beautiful relationship between APC’s Dr. Sylvia Olayinka Blyden OOR and SLPP’s H.E....Read More
By Tola Adenubi In a bid to ensure that member states have an effective Port State Control (PSC) regime, the Abuja Memorandum of Understanding on Port State Control for West and Central Africa has commenced a two-week mentor-mentee capacity building programme for PSC officers from Sierra Leone. The training, organised by the International Maritime Organisation (IMO), Abuja MoU and the Nigerian Maritime and Safety Agency (NIMASA), started recently with an opening...Read More
By Desmond Tunde Coker The First Lady of the Republic of Sierra Leone, Her Excellency, Dr. Fatima Bio officially commissioned the Beamay Nursery and Primary School at the Wilberforce Barack in Freetown. The move was made by the efforts of the Wives of the Armed Forces Cooperative Society in collaboration with Orange Sierra Leone, under the patronage of the CEO of Sonatel Group, Sekou Drame and the CEO of Orange...Read More
By Fatima Kpaka Abass Chernor Kamara, a businessman, was on Wednesday, October 11, 2023, sent to Jailed by Magistrate Mark Ngegba of Court No1 after he was charge with one count of unlawful possession of dried leaves believed to be ‘kush’ (K2) contrary to section 8(a) of the National Drugs Control Act No 10 of 2008. According to the indictment, the accused on Friday, August 18, 2023, at Second Bridge,...Read More
