Water Minister Kicks-Off 2023 with Monitoring of Guma Projects

A team from the Ministry of Water Resources led by the Honourable Minister, Ing. Philip K. Lansana have on Tuesday 24th January, 2023 completed a 3-day visit of the Guma Valley Water Company’s outstations and project sites across the Western Area. The visit by the Minister and team was to interact with staff of the …

Brand New Airport in Sierra Leone

By Dr. Turad Senesie, Lands Minister of Sierra Leone I hate contributing to social media of late. The reason is simple; everything these days is politics. If it is not APC, everything is bad and if it is not SLPP, again everything is bad. The airport is a ” Brand New Airport” constructed in a …

Sierra Leone’s President Julius Maada Bio receives IFAD’s Executive Board, Expresses Hope of Agriculture Being Largest Employer

His Excellency President Dr Julius Maada Bio has received the Executive Board of the United Nations International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), which was visiting the country to take stock of their interventions in the sector.   Presenting the team, from the largest and most active donor in Sierra Leone’s agricultural sector, Minister of Agriculture, Abubakarr …

Information Minister Embarks On Whirlwind Tour Of The Northern Region

By: Zacharia Jalloh Strategic Communications Unit MIC The Minister of Information and Communications, Mr Mohamed Rahman Swaray is presently on a tour of the Northern Region, to speak to citizens on Government programs and issues around the Global impact of Fuel Prices on local pump prices in Sierra Leone. On his arrival in Makeni yesterday …

Eku-Dayoh Gilpin: An Impeccable Character!!!

Dr. Walton Ekundayo Gilpin holds graduate degrees and professional qualifications in economics, international relations, finance, public policy and debt management. He is well-known for his profound contribution to the business world and the leadership role that he has been playing in several institutions in the academic, business, humanitarian and religious fields. He is a seasoned …

NGC Highlights SLPP Failures

The National Grand Coalition (NGC) has branded the Bio’s administration four years in governance as excruciating hardship meted to Sierra Leoneans as hardship continued to ravage across the country. The sharp increase in pump prices has make life very distressing and challenging for the ordinary Sierra Leoneans who have to toil day and nights to …

Fraudster Arrested In Bo

By Richmond B Tholley The Sierra Leone Police has on Thursday  10th March 2022,  apprehended one Fodie Jinnah Brima of Gbonda Town section in Bo, for the offence  of obtaining money by false pretences, according to Southern region police spokesman, ASP Mohamed Bobson Senu. In a telephone interview, Senu disclosed to this medium that the …

MEET THE NEWLY APPOINTED ATTORNEY-GENERAL AND MINISTER OF JUSTICE OF SIERRA LEONE

Little has been known about the newly appointed Attorney-General and Minister of Justice, who has a firm knowledge and possesses a board array of experience in regulatory issues, strategic counselling, legal as well as policy matters. Mr. Mohamed Lamin Tarawalley is a Barrister and Solicitor of the High Court of Sierra Leone with over twenty …

Address by His Worship Mayor Komba Mathew Sam to the People of Koidu New Sembehun City- Kono District on New Year’s Day 2022

My fellow indigenes, with a happy and peaceful atmosphere of our municipality, I greet you all. Today is the beginning of a new year, a year we have all wished to start, some have passed away without seeing this day, some have seen but in difficult conditions, to all of these, we say thanks be …

Effects of Sexual Assault and Rape

Sexual assault and rape are never a victim’s fault. Read this handout for more information on sexual assault and rape. In the aftermath of a sexual assault or rape, survivors can face extremely difficult and painful emotions and experiences. Every survivor responds to traumatic events in their own way. The effects of the trauma can …