The Financial Secretary, Sahr L. Jusu, has in a memo dated 14th June, 2018 declared that the Government of Sierra Leone through the Ministry of Finance has honored the bill for payment of all former Members of Parliament, backlog salaries owed to Paramount Chiefs since 2017 and repatriation costs of former Ambassadors and Press, Cultural, Economic and Security Attaches.

The total amount authorized by the Ministry of Finance is Nine Billion, Six Hundred and Twenty-Two Million, Four Hundred and…

It could be recalled that when the Chairman and Leader of the now opposition All People’s Congress (APC), party, returned home last month to a well deserved retirement in his hometown of Makeni, former President Koroma told thousands of party supporters at the Wusum Ground that the party had set up a nine-man investigation committee to look into the circumstances of the party’s disturbing defeat to arch political rival, the Sierra Leone People’s Party (SLPP), in the 2018 presidential e…

Despite the fact that Sierra Leone is a signatory to many treaties, conventions, declarations and instruments on human rights violations such as Gender Based Violence (GBV), unfortunately however, these international instruments are yet to be fully implemented or domesticated in Sierra Leone and therefore, the full protection of the rights of women and girls across the country remains a serious challenge.

Though there are national legislations on GBV, it must be noted that law enfor…

By Ibrahim Sahid Kamara

The Surveillance Officer at the Government Hospital in Kenema, Lansana Kamara has disclosed that between January and June this year eighteen cases of Lassa Fever were confirmed in the district and that it is on the increase.

He said last year, they had seventeen reported cases of which eleven of them died, adding that nothing has been done to eradicate the disease since it was discovered in 1972 in Kenema. He said, the factor responsible for the spread of …

By Ibrahim Sahid Kamara

The Minister of Water Resources, Dr. Jonathan Tengbeh has in a radio interview yesterday stated that during his 100 days in office, he would ensure that his ministry captures all neglected project within his ministry.

Dr. Tengbeh said that the water status in the country is very appalling and that he had worked in different countries but that Sierra Leone’s situation regarding water supply is worsen.

He assured Sierra Leoneans on the next three to four …

By Thomas S. Kembay

Proprietors of business houses in the capital city have reportedly raised serious concerns over harassment from certain groups of individuals claiming to be coming from the Consumer Protection Agency or Council.

An investigation mounted by The Exclusive revealed that these so-called Consumer Protection agents and Councilors have made it a habit of storming business houses and shops on daily basis in  Freetown especially in the Central Business District (CBD) c…

The Minister of Lands Country Planning and the Environment, Dr. Dennis Sandi at the usual government press briefing last Thursday, 7th June, 2018 at the Conference hall of the Ministry of Information and Communications, disclosed that the President Bio led ‘New Direction’ administration would recover all state lands and houses that were illegally acquired or grabbed by certain individuals in the previous administration.

According to the Minister, a team has been set up to look into …

By Ibrahim Sahid Kamara

The Chairman and Leader of the Alliance Democratic Party (ADP), Mr. Mohamed Kamarainba Mansaray, will today make his first appearance before Magistrate Santigie Bangura of the Freetown Magistrate Court No. 1 to testify in a matter he brought to the court against his bodyguard, Mohamed Bangura.

The accused is before the court on two courts charge of incitement contrary to law.

According to the particulars of offence, the accused on Wednesday May 2nd and …

The Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany resident in Sierra Leone, His Excellency Wolfgang Wiethoff accompanied by the First Secretary and Head of Development Cooperation, Mr. Nico Westphal; the Director Regional Office, Mr. Andreas Fikre-Mariam and the Country Director of GIZ in Sierra Leone and Liberia, Mr. Malte Kirchner, has paid a courtesy call on the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Dr. Alie Kabba at his Tower Hill office in Freetown.

Welcoming the Ger…

By Ayodele Deen Cole

A pre-election nationwide poll of Sierra Leone by the International Republican Institute’s (IRI) Center for Insights in Survey Research reveals high level of trust in national institutions tempered by concerns over job creation and education.

According to IRI Regional Director for Africa, John Tomaszewski, the faith placed in Sierra Leone’s core institutions is indicative of the confidence of citizens in their democracy. This goodwill, he said, provides …

By Ibrahim Sahid Kamara

The National Commission for Privatisation has welcomed its new Chairman, Umaru Napoleon Koroma Esq., at a handing over ceremony held on Thursday June 7th at the commission’s office at Lotto Building, Tower Hill, Freetown.

During the ceremony, the outgoing chairman Sulaiman Kabba Koroma Esq., welcoming his successor highlighted his impressive professional qualification and experience.

He said he has no doubt that the new chairman is capable of moving NCP…