President Julius Maada Bio has on Sunday November 21, 2020, turned the sod for the construction of an ultra-modern hospital in the Jojoima township, the chiefdom headquarter of Malema Chiefdom in the Kailahun District. Welcoming the entourage, Paramount Chief Lamin Pamly Ngevao thanked President Bio for visiting the chiefdom, adding that that particular visit was...Read More
President Julius Maada Bio has on Monday November 23, 2020, presented a cheque of over Le 9 billion to the Skills Development Fund to initially benefit over 1,660 citizens in the Kenema and Kailahun Districts, east of the country. Paramount Chief of Njaluahun Chiefdom, James Sheriff Coker-Jajua, expressed joy for receiving the President, but most...Read More
The Parliament of Sierra Leone has on Tuesday November 24, 2020 discussed the Bill entitled: “The Appropriation Act, 2021” delivered by the Minister of Finance, Jacob Jusu Saffa in the Well of Parliament on Friday November 13, 2020. The Bill seeks to authorize expenditure from the consolidated fund for the services of Sierra Leone for...Read More
Sierra Leone’s President Julius Maada Bio has on Tuesday November 24, 2002, highlighted key accomplishments and challenges in the fisheries sector. President Bio said, in Freetown during the launch of equipment for sustainable fisheries, that his administration inherited a fisheries and marine resources sector riddled with corruption and mismanagement. “Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated (IUU) fishing...Read More
The Country Director of the Catholic Relief Services (CRS), Paul Emes has on Monday November 23, 2020, presented the organization’s vision 2030 country program to the Minister of Planning and Economic Development, Dr. Francis Kai-Kai at his Tower Hill office in Freetown. According to the Country Director, the plan would contribute to the Sierra Leone...Read More
The Minister of Basic and Senior Secondary School (MBSSE), Dr. David Sengeh has said that there has been an improvement in subject pass rate by candidates who took the West African Senior Secondary Certificate Examination (WASSCE) in August 2020. According to the minister, the pass rates in especially Science and Commercial subjects including Mathematics and...Read More
Students at Fourah Bay College, the University of Sierra Leone who went to take their second-semester exams on Monday were told by the college authorities that their exams had been postponed indefinitely. This came after the Academic Staff Association (ASA) commenced an indefinite strike action after the government failed to include in the 2021 budget ...Read More
A Canadian registered mining company Supreme Minerals Corporation has recently paid surface rent of Six Hundred Million Leones to two Chiefdoms- Magbema and Gbinleh in Kambia district, Northwestern Sierra Leone.The Company is willing to start Bauxite Mining with an estimated investment of USD 26 million dollars in the next two years for phase one. The...Read More
President Julius Maada Bio has on Saturday November 21, 2020, commissioned the very first fire station in the township of Kailahun since the National Fire Service Act of 1980 that set forth provisions relating to the hiring and employment of firemen in Sierra Leone. Welcoming the entourage, Deputy Chief Fire Officer, Sylvester Momoh Taluva, expressed...Read More
The Chairman of the Central One Football Association (COFA), Pa Sama Sesay, who died on Thursday November 19, 2020, was laid to rest at the Kingtom Cemetery on Sunday November 22 . He had been accepted as a member of the Order of the Rokel by former President Ernest Bai Koroma. He was 71 years...Read More
