EXPO TIMES – 5TH FEBRUARY 2024
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APRM boss, Chairperson of Panel of Eminent Persons assures President Bio of smooth leadership transition
On Friday 2nd February 2024at State House, His Excellency President Dr Julius Maada Bio has received a delegation from the African Peer Review Mechanism, APRM, which is in the country to engage government and update the President on all its calendar activities and the statutory meeting scheduled for Wednesday 7 February 2024 in Freetown. The team […]
Super Advertis and the Woeful Lessons Learnt by Greedy Sierra Leoneans
By Jensen Brian Abass Cummings “Investing wisely requires due diligence, skepticism, and a keen understanding of the risks involved. Greed and hasty decisions often lead to regrettable consequences.” In the annals of financial history in Sierra Leone, the dubious acts of certain companies have left the citizens grappling with the consequences of their…...
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BUS WAHALA Public service buses as distinct from podapodas and kekes are in active service once more after the notorious days of BalogunKoroma. How long the service will continue without interruption is the million dollar question. In developed countries citizens depend more on public transportation than private ones including taxes some of which are available…...
I almost lost my life in Liberia
By Sulaiman Jalloh Assigned by my media house, I left Sierra Leone to attend the official inauguration of Liberia’s twenty-sixth President, Joseph N. Boakai, on the grounds of the Capitol Building, the Legislative branch of Government on 22ndJanuary, 2024. My security experience is worth sharing with for obvious reasons best known to many…...
Labour Ministry, NASSIT collaborate in provincial inspection
Mr. Mohamed Rahman Swaray, the Minister of Employment, Labour and Social Security expanded his inspection and familiarization visit to companies and businesses operating in the provincial areas of Sierra Leone on Friday, 2nd February, 2024. For months now, the Minister has been engaging workers and managements across Freetown and recently, the provinces. On Friday, he […]
Gov’t makes NIN compulsory for land, property registration
By Sulaiman Jalloh The Government of Sierra Leone, through the Ministry of Lands, Housing and Country Planning has said it is now mandatory for one to have a National Identification Number (NIN) before owning or purchasing land. A release from Lands Ministry dated Friday, January 2nd, 2024, noted that with immediate effect, all…...
UNIMTECH, Njala University partner on ‘Climate-Smart Livestock Production’ research
UNIMTECH and Njala University have partnered on a research proposal entitled “Climate-Smart Livestock Production: A One-Health Approach in Sierra Leone”. Upping the gear in research collaboration between Njala University and UNIMTECH since Mallam O. joined UNIMTECH as Deputy Vice Chancellor less than a year ago, the two institutions have today jointly submitted a CAD$1.5m research […]
ECOWAS Parliament’s Speaker announces 10 billion Leones to boost education
By Ibrahim Socialist Thullah Recognizing the pivotal role of education in global sustainable development, Hon. Sidie Mohamed Tunis, the Speaker of ECOWAS Parliament, unveiled a significant initiative during the closing session of the extraordinary meeting in Freetown. He disclosed a fund of Ten Billion Old Leones dedicated to supporting tertiary students in Sierra […]
Fanday Turay delivers one of President Bio’s game changers
By Robert Kondema Kargbo One of the loyalists and committed ministers in the SLPP government of President Julius Maada Bio is Fanday Turay, the Minister of Transport and Aviation whose recent reforms in the Public Transport Sector has put Freetown, the capital city of Sierra Leone, in the trajectory of becoming a modern […]