The Acting Chief Security Officer (CSO), Melvin Francis Jackson who doubles as the Human Resource Officer (HR) at Wongor Mining Group on Tuesday, August 23, 2022, testified in the ongoing alleged gold robbery matter. The accused Amadu Bello Mohamed Tholey, Augustine Korfuma aka Councilor, Boibe Gibnia Conteh, and Daniel Somuta aka One Man Geng are under preliminary investigation before Magistrate Mark Ngegba of the Pademba Road Court No.1 on four...Read More
– Number of Schools increased by 13% – GoSL Support to schools increased by 56% – Enrolment in schools increased by 37% – Number of Qualified teachers increased by 11% – Over 96% of learners in public, 88% in private schools can’t access computers The Ministry of Basic and Senior Secondary Education together with partners on Wednesday, August 24, 2022 launched the 2021 Annual School Census Report in Freetown. Trend...Read More
State House, Freetown, Monday, 22 August 2022 – His Excellency President Dr Julius Maada Bio has decorated newly appointed Inspector General of Police, IGP, William Fayia Sellu, and the Chief of Defence Staff, CDS, Major General Peter Kakowou Lavahun in a brief ceremony. He congratulated them, emphasising that their promotions were from God but also impressing on them that the tasks ahead were enormous. “At a point in time in...Read More
Freetown, Monday 22 August 2022: The National Advocacy Coalition on Extractives (NACE), welcomes the enactment of the Mines and Minerals Development Act 2022. The new law repealed and replaced the Mines and Minerals Act, 2009, and now provides for the introduction of new and improved provisions for exploration, mines and minerals development, sale, and export for the socio-economic benefit of the people of Sierra Leone, to provide for the facilitation...Read More
The Guma Dam at Mile 13, which is responsible for 95% of the water supply to residents of Freetown, spilled on Tuesday, August 16, 2022. The spilling of the dam is an annual occurrence that assures Guma Valley Water Company (GVWC) will be able to provide a daily average of 70,000 cubic meters of water supply (70 million liters daily) for the next 12 months. The Dam at Mile 13...Read More
