The National Electoral Commission (NEC) has announced that
three candidates bearing the same surname representing three of the four
political parties in Parliament will face each other in the parliamentary
by-election in Constituency 043 in Koinadugu District, Northern Province.

The
election scheduled for the 21stSeptember, 2019, will pit AnsuBorboh
Mansaray representing the ruling Sierra Leone People’s Party (SLPP) against
Daniel M. Mansaray representing the National Grand Coalition (NGC) a…

By Ayodele Deen-Cole

The Sierra Leone Police (SLP) is reportedly in the process of recruiting up to one thousand seven hundred personnel to be deployed across the country.

Recently, the SLP released a list of 1700 names that were invited to conduct medical checkups. According to the Communication Directorate of the SLP, the Executive Management Board (EMB) of the SLP has released the names as part of the normal recruitment process in the force. The 1700 personnel, according to th…

By Ayodele Deen-Cole

The Minister of Energy, Alhaji Kanja Sesay has recently disclosed that up to eight thousand (8000) prepaid meters will arrive in the country this July to address the acute shortage of meters, across the Western Area Urban District.

He made the disclosure last week during a visit by the Vice President, Dr. Mohamed Juldeh Jalloh at the Energy Ministry.

According to the Energy Minister, the ministry has previously planned to purchase two thousand prepaid mete…

By Thomas S. Kembay

The National Electoral Commission (NEC) has declared Saturday, 21st September, 2019 as the date for the parliamentary by-election in Constituency 43, Koinadugu District, Northern province.

According to the NEC, it has received a letter from the office of the Clerk of Parliament informing of the death of Hon. Momodu Eskimo Mansaray, former MP for the Constituency which prompted the vacancy.

Nominations of candidates for the parliamentary by-election, NEC sai…

With the mutinous National Reformation Movement (NRM) headed by Lawyer Mohamed Sheridan Kamara clamoring for the current National Executive of the main opposition All Peoples’ Congress (APC) party led by Chairman and Leader former President Koroma to resign, APC National Secretary General, Ambassador Alhaji Osman Foday Yansaneh has confirmed to this medium that the life of the current executive expires in October 2020.

In which light, there is no way legally that NRM can get the cur…

Good corporate leaders are always on their toes to learn best practices from across the world to incorporate into the operations of the entities that they head.

As such, the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the National Social Security and Insurance Trust (NASSIT), Professor Joseph Kamara; Director General, Mohamed Fuad Daboh and Head of NASSIT Litigation Department, Israel Jah, are on a working visit to the Ghana Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNI).

Their mis…

By Thomas S. Kembay

Front runner for the Western Region Chairmanship  position of the ruling Sierra Leone People’s Party (SLPP) ahead the party’s January 2020 National Delegates’ Conference, Abass Janneh on Friday 12th  July, 2019 stormed the party headquarters on Wallace Johnson Street, Freetown where thousands of members and supporters  joined him for the Friday Juma prayers.

According to the National Grassroots Organising Secretary of the SLPP who also doubles as the campaign …

The elections of executive members of the Sierra Leone Association of Journalists (SLAJ) ended peacefully last Saturday at the Golden Tulip, Essential Kimbima Hotel, Aberdeen, west of Freetown with Ahmed Sahid Nasralla aka De Monk emerging President.

At the end of the elections which lasted for the whole day, the results which were announced by the Chief Returning Officer, James Tamba Lebbie saw De Monk defeating Mustapha Sesay by 253 valid votes to 69 valid votes, respectively.

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Three High Court judges of the Judiciary of Sierra Leone, Hon. Justice Alfred Ganda presided in Moyamba, Hon. Justice Samuel O M Taylor in Port Loko and Hon. Justice Augustine K. Musa in Konohave completed two hundred and ninety-six (296) criminal cases ranging from murder, aggravated robbery, wounding with intent and other indictable offences.

As part of the Judiciary’s commitment in ensuring that justice is delivered not only to victims but accused persons, the Hon. Chief Justice of the Rep…

By: Ibrahim Alusine Kamara

Blue Line Construction and Investment Company (S/L) Ltd operating within the East End of Freetown is determined to boost a huge number of students from approved and accredited colleges with at least a 50% payment of tuition fees for eligible students across the country.

The nationwide financial assistance will, according to sources, commence during the First Semester – 2019. Those substantial amounts are intended to be disbursed by segments based on the number of…

The nation woke up yesterday morning to the news that His Excellency President Bio had relieved Dr. Prince Alexander Harding of his position as Executive Chairman and Commissioner of the National Telecommunications Commission (NATCOM).

Dr. Harding was replaced with one Alhaji Mohamed Fuad Sheriff who is said to be a career civil servant. Speculation in political circles is that as the President continues to restructure his administration to be able to deliver appropriately on his ‘N…