By John Jeffay Newfield Resources has secured $50 million in provisional finance to bring its Tongo Diamond Mine in Sierra Leone to commercial production. The Australian miner says the deposit has an initial eight-year life with peak annual diamond production of 260,000 carats forecast in Year 5. Newfield said yesterday (10 July) that its subsidiary...Read More
A rush of women candidates supported by new electoral laws face continuous challenges in their bid to hold office Sally Hayden in Freetown Marion Kamara stepped out of the black gates of her compound, high on a hill in the Devil Hole area southwest of Sierra Leone’s capital, Freetown. With friends and supporters behind her, she...Read More
By Desmond Tunde Coker The Sierra Leone Football Association (SLFA) has on Tuesday, July 11, 2023 officially signs a contract with Edel Grass for the construction of four new artificial turf pitches at the Approved School, SLFA Academy, Port Loko Town Field, and Coronation Field in Bo, and also, to uplift the standard of Kono...Read More
By George M.O Williams Anti-Corruption Commission Sierra Leone and Transparency International Sierra Leone Chapter Commemorate African Anti-Corruption Day on the theme ‘‘Fighting Corruption NOW for the Africa We want’’. July 11 is the African Anti-Corruption Day. On this day in 2003, the African Union Convention on Preventing and Combating Corruption (AUCPCC) was adopted in Maputo,...Read More
By Amin Kef (Ranger) The Sierra Leone government has resumed rapid road construction activities, signaling a renewed commitment to infrastructure development. The initial project focuses on the rehabilitation of Sani Abacha Street in Freetown, undertaken by Pavi Fort Construction Company. The government recognizes the importance of well-constructed road networks in driving socio-economic growth, facilitating efficient...Read More
By Fatima Kpaka An accountant at National Revenue Authority (NRA), John Kamanda Kanu has on Tuesday, July 11, 2023, dragged to Court Samuel Thoronka and Hassan Bangura for allegedly stealing in his house. The accused made their first appearance before Magistrate Isata Sellu Tucker of Pademba road court No 2 and were arraigned on two...Read More
By Desmond Tunde Coker Sierra Leone back-back champion, Bo Rangers will participate in the second edition of the West African Champions Cup in Guinea from the 7th – 13th August 2023. Most of the champions in West Africa will battle it out for continental glory. This is the second time Bo Rangers have been invited....Read More
By Fatima Kpaka Bissau, Guinea Bissau, Sunday 9 July 2023 – Sierra Leone’s President Dr Julius Maada Bio has joined other Heads of State and Government to address sub-regional issues pertinent to peace, security, stability and regional integration and used the occasion to thank observer mission to the 24 June 2023 elections in Sierra Leone....Read More
By Fatima Kpaka Magistrate Mark Ngegba of Pademba Road Court has on Monday, July 10, 2023, remanded Yusufu Caulker, Momoh Koroma, Ibrahim Sesay, Abdul Sesay and Abass Kargbo had been brought before him on allegation of behaving in a riotous manner. The accused who made their first appearance in court, had been charged with three...Read More
By Fatima Kpaka The Office of the First Lady, on Saturday, July 8, 2023, received a 40ft Container loaded with medical supplies from Life for Relief Development Organization for the newly constructed 34 Military Hospital Complex in Freetown. The Coordinator of Life for Relief Development, Madam Fanta Smith, expressed appreciation to the First Lady for...Read More
