Erstwhile President Ernest Bai Koroma has been formally invited by the Secretariat of the three Commissions of Inquiry sitting at the former Sierra Leone Special Court compound on Jomo Kenyatta Road in west end Freetown to, if he so chooses, attend sitting today at the Justice Biobele Georgewill’s Commission.

The invitation to former President Ernest Bai Koroma informed him that witness (es) will today testify with regards the Petroleum Directorate from the period November, 2007 to …

The public/civil service biometric verification exercise that was done last year by the National Civil Registration Authority (NCRA) as instructed by the Ministry of Finance and the Human Resource Management Office (HRMO) in order to get the actual figure of employees on the government payroll that unearthed many ‘ghost workers’ to whom salaries were being paid, the public/civil service academic qualification exercise ordered by His Excellency the President, Julius Maada Bio to be done by the HR…

The Biobele Georgewill Commission of Inquiry (COI) has, past Tuesday, 11th June, 2019 invited former President Ernest Bai Koroma to make himself available at the Commission’s hearing on Thursday, 13th June 2019.

A letter of invitation, reference ‘Notice of Hearing’ sent for the former President and signed by the  Secretary to the Commission, states: “Take notice that Justice Biobele Georgewill Commission of Inquiry (COI) will on Thursday, 13th June 2019, 9:00am be receiving  testimo…

By Alhaji Mansaray

Imam Haroun Ahmad Bangura of the Basharia Islamic mission has called on Muslims to always be with the Almighty Allah and sincerely repent.

Addressing worshipers last Friday at the Basharia Central Mosque at Bombay Street in Freetown, Imam Haroun Ahmad Bangura added that, Allah told the Holy Prophet Mohammad may Peace Be Upon Him (PBUH), to tell his followers that with their bad deeds if they repent sincerely and stand on that repentance the Almighty Allah shall…

Looking at what is being accomplished at the National Revenue Authority (NRA) under the leadership of Dr. Samuel Jibao in furtherance of the ‘New Direction’s’ aim of financing development largely from domestically generated revenue, His Excellency President Julius Maada Bio will be rubbing his hands with satisfaction at the giant strides the Authority has made in revenue collection since its new Commissioner General took up office on the 6th June, 2018.

The reason why President Bio …

The International Insurance Company (IIC) situated at Bathurst Street, Freetown has recently paid a whooping sum of twenty five million, one hundred and eighty thousand Leones (Le 25,180,000.00) to the family of late Amara Koroma who was one of the company’s clients working for the National Fire Force (NFF), before his demise.

Presenting the cheque on behalf of the company to the Chief Fire Fighter, Mr. Nazir Kamanda Bongay, the Operations Manager of the Agency, Mr. Mohamed Alimamy …

A memo from the Director of Human Resource Management Office (HRMO) to heads of all Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) including the Sierra Leone Police (SLP) has instructed them to request from all personnel on Grade 7 salaries and above to furnish the HRMO with 3 copies of their original certificates or degrees.

The directive, according to report, states that the request is a matter of urgency from the Office of the President for an immediate comprehensive audit/verificat…

By Aruna Rashed Toma Bangura

The Sierra Leone Children’s Empowerment organisation last Friday, 7th June, 2019 organized children and teenage beauty pageant show at Liberty Hall on Walpole Street in Central Freetown in a bid to showcase their talents.

In an exclusive interview with The Exclusive, Co-founder of the organization, Madam Seray Kabba disclosed that Sierra Leone Children’s Empowerment was founded in the United States of America (USA) in 2013.

She furthered that the m…

By Thomas S. Kembay

The nine (9) Members of Parliament of the Main opposition All People’s Congress (APC) who lost their petition cases at the High Court of Freetown following rulings on the 31st of May, 2019 have responded that their constituents still consider them as their MPs.

According to the MPs, when the news broke out that they have been removed from Parliament, they received uncountable number of phone calls from both their constituents and other sympathizers who gave th…

At a well attended UK-Sierra Leone Trade and Investment conference held in London last week Thursday, President Bio in outlining the successes and challenges facing his ‘New Direction’ one year after assuming power in April 2018 has said he wants to shift the development focus from development assistance to urgently creating thousands of jobs for the country’s young population.

In so doing, President Bio presented Sierra Leone to the UK trade and investment community as a very peace…

By Francis Macauley (Works P. R. O)

Works and Public Assets Minister, Peter Bayuku Konteh has said that any road Contractor who fails to fully comply with the terms and conditions of its contract will be prosecuted and blacklisted publicly.

He made this statement whilst addressing Contractors who are undertaking roads projects countrywide at a well attended meeting held at the ministry’s conference room, New England in Freetown.

Mr Konteh further stated that the progress of Sierra Leo…

The British High Commission in Sierra Leone has disclosed that it has pleased the Government of United Kingdom (UK) to announce a new £30 million programme to boost trade, investment and job creation in Sierra Leone.

The programme, according to the British High Commission, will target the agriculture, tourism and fisheries industries, helping to build a more diverse economy and supporting the country to access international markets, adding that this will play a key part in spurring …