By Alimatu Jalloh State House, Freetown, Wednesday 23 March 2023 – Sierra Leone’s President Dr Julius Maada Bio has been presented with an award as Patron of the ECOWAS Female Parliamentarians Association, ECOFEPA, for his outstanding leadership on governance, democracy, human capital development and the empowerment of women and girls in the country. Members who presented the ECOFEPA Patron Award include MPs from Senegal, Togo, Niger, Liberia, Ghana, Ivory Coast...Read More
The Sierra Leone Cricket Association will start contracting players in April this year to get cricketers committed and bring more meaning to the game. Twenty players coming from categories A, B, and C will form part of the process. Category A covers top senior players who have been able to maintain their place in the men’s and women’s senior sides, while category B brings to the fore Under-19 players; category...Read More
PERTH (miningweekly.com) – ASX-listed Sierra Rutile Holdings has replaced its 2022 production from its Area 1 operation, in Sierra Leone, following pit optimisation and pit design work. “Thanks to optimisation work on our future mine plan updated for current market pricing, we are in the favourable position of having effectively replaced our entire 2022 production and ended the year with more rutile in reserves than when we started,” said Sierra Rutile MD...Read More
By Bernard Abass Kargbo, Public Education Officer The National Fire Force (NFF), on Thursday, March 23, 2023 presented a copy of their Internal Anti-Corruption Policy to staff of the National Anti-Corruption Strategy (NACS) Secretariat, at the NFF Hhadquarters, Tower Hill in Freetown. This policy is designed to guide the activities of Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) to internally fight corruption. The Internal Anti-Corruption Policy is also part of the assigned...Read More
By Ragan M. Conteh Both the grassroots and stakeholders of the All People’s Congress (APC) party in communities in Port Loko District have thrown their unflinching support to Madam Rugiatu Neneh Turay for the chairperson of the Port Loko District Council. They described Madam Rugiatu Neneh Turay as a pragmatic woman and trailblazer for the development of not only Port Loko district but Sierra Leone at large. Through her hard...Read More
