WAFYA Pays Courtesy Call on Communication Minister
By Sulaima Jalloh The Western Area Fullah Youth Association (WAFYA) has, on Thursday, 8th August, 2024, paid a courtesy call on the Minister of Communication, Technology and Innovation, Madam Salima Mornoma Bah, at her Youyi Building offices in Freetown. Members of WAFYA expressed thanks and appreciation to the minister for what they considered as…...
Deputy Speaker Launches 1st Compendium of Parliament
By Sulaiman Jalloh Deputy Speaker of the sixth Parliament of the second Republic, Hon. Ibrahim Tawa Conteh, has, on Thursday, 8th August, 2024, at the State Hall of Parliament on Tower Hill in Freetown, officially launched a comprehensive and exhaustive Legislative Compendium of the fifth Parliament. Delivering the keynote address, on behalf of…...
President Bio’s Measured Foreign Policy Takes Sierra Leone to UN Security Council After Half a Century
By Abubakarr Bah, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia President Bio speaking at the UN “Sierra Leone’s proactive participation at the United Nations Security Council is the legacy we will bequeath –a principled and respected Sierra Leone on the global stage,” says His Excellency the President Brig. (Rtd.) Dr Julius Maada Bio at the recent State Opening […]
Sierra Leone Bags 2nd Vice Presidency of West Africa Bankers Association
Dr Gilpin, MD of RCB The West African Bankers Association (WABA) has at the end of its 78th Executive Council Meeting and 42nd General Assembly unanimously elected the Managing Director of Rokel Commercial Bank, Dr Walton Ekundayo Gilpin as Vice President II of the association on Friday, 9th August, 2024. The twin event, held […]
Deputy Speaker Summons 41 High-Profile Taxpayers
By Sulaiman Jalloh Hon. Tawa Conteh, Deputy Speaker & Chair of PAC The Deputy Speaker of Parliament, who is Chairman of the Public Account Committee (PAC), Hon. Ibrahim Tawa Conteh, has summoned forty-one (41) defaulting taxpayers with outstanding GST arrears for the Financial Year 2021 to appear before the Committee, today, Monday, 12th…...
Crocodile Kills 5 People in Kenema
By Sulaiman Jalloh Hon Juliana Fatorma Hon. Juliana Aliematu Fatorma of the ruling Sierra Leone People’s Party (SLPP), representing the people of Kenema District, has, on Friday, 9th August, 2024, informed Members of Parliament that a Crocodile in riverine areas in Kenema has recently killed five persons. Speaking under Standing Order (SO) 23…...
Tourism Ministry Condemns Killing of Leopard
By Amara Thoronka The Ministry of Tourism and Cultural Affairs has condemned what it called the “killing of a protected leopard in Koinadugu/Falaba Districts.” The Ministry, in a press release dated Friday, 9th August, 2024, expressed that it was profoundly shocked and disappointed over a disturbing video circulating on social media which shows an…...
PSRU Presents Management and Functional Review Report on RAIC
By Amara Thoronka PSRU boss handing over review report to RAIC chairman and Information Commissioner The Public Sector Reform Unit (PSRU) on Friday, 9th July, 2024, presented its final report on the management and functional review of the Right to Access Information Commission (RAIC) at the conference hall of the Ministry of Foreign […]