Sierra Leone Ministry of Lands position on Aberdeen land dispute

The Ministry of Lands, Country Planning and Environment’s attention has been drawn to a story published by Satellite Newspaper and a few other newspapers on Monday 6th May 2013 in a drawn-out polemic over a piece of land situated off Cape Road, Aberdeen, back of Bintumani  Hotel. According to the Ministry the land in question [...]

Ansarul Principal in sex scam

Reports reaching this press state that the Family Support Unit of the Mile 91 Divisional Headquarters of the Sierra Leone Police has quizzed  the principal of the Ansarul  Islamic Secondary School in Mile 91, Mr. J.S Kamara for allegedly impregnating two pupils of the school, Salay Koroma of JSS3 and Fatmata S Koroma of JSS2 [...]

Scouts Council elects new leaders

The National Scouts Council of Sierra Leone last Saturday held its Annual General Meeting.  At the end of the meeting, the council elected a man of God and former Executive Committee member Rev. Ronald Bob Williams as the new president of the National Scout Council of the Sierra Leone Scout Association replacing the Hon. Justice [...]

Sierra Leone passport for Liberian refugees

The ECOWAS Communication Officer, Paul Ejime has told journalists that Liberian refugees who may want to integrate in Sierra Leone are free to do so as modalities will be put in place to ensure that every thing is appropriate for those who may wish to stay. Ejime made this disclosure at a press briefing held [...]

Election of SLRU national executive

Freetown, May 3, 2013: The Electoral Commission of SLAJ wishes to inform the membership of Sierra Leone Reporters’ Union that elections for SLRU National Executive will take place on Saturday, 11th May, 2013. All positions in the national executive are therefore declared vacant with effect from 3rd May, 2013. Nominations for all positions will start [...]

ACC presents monitoring reports on MDAs to stakeholders in Makeni

The Monitoring and Compliance Unit of the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has on Thursday 2nd and Friday 3rd May 2013 presented monitoring reports to stakeholders at the SLTU Hall in Makeni. The monitoring reports were on the Ministries of Local Government (Local Councils), Health and Sanitation, Education and Agriculture. Welcoming participants to the occasion, the Regional [...]

Sierra Leone Tourism College to train secretaries

College of Travel and Tourism Studies (CTTS) has introduced new courses as part of its curriculum to train clerks and secretaries in the purpose of working in the law firms and other related offices. Certificates and Diplomas in Legal Secretariat courses are basically gearing towards giving insight in the general use of law so that [...]

Sierra Leone Road Transport Authority On Road Safety Week

The Sierra Leone Road Transport Authority (SLRTA) will on 11th May 2013 join other countries in the world to observe UN Decade of Action For Road Safety on the theme ‘Capacity Building For Road Transport Operators.’ The authority has lined up various activities to make this celebration a success along with other UN agencies and [...]

In Sierra Leone ABC Executives preach prosperity, positive attitude, patriotism, nationalism

The Executives of the Attitudinal and Behavioural Change (ABC) Secretariat have delivered brilliant, educative and interesting lectures to public service workers at a one day workshop held at the Miatta Conference Hall in Freetown on Thursday 18th April 2013.  (Photo: l-r Dr. Ivan Ajibola Thomas – Executive Director ABC, Chairman Bayraytay, and Nanette Thomas – [...]

In Sierra Leone – financials show 2012 was a year of delivery for Sierra Rutile

Describing 2011 as a year of transition and 2012 as “a year of delivery” for Sierra Rutile Limited, CEO John Sisay highlights an impressive list of achievements in the company’s 2012 financial results for the year ended 31 December 2012 (published April 25).  (Photo: Mr. John Sisay, CEO, Sierra Rutile Limited) These include increasing rutile [...]

Patriotic Sierra Leoneans Moving Forward

Patriotic Sierra Leoneans (PSL), an organization set aside to boost the patriotism of Sierra Leoneans, is moving forward in achieving its goals. At a press conference held at May Deks Restaurant, Siaka Stevens Street, the Executives and President told journalists of their aim and objectives. Chairman of the press conference, Thomas Dickson, said that patriotism [...]

In Sierra Leone 93,665 candidates for NPSE tomorrow

A total of 93,665 pupils nationwide will sit the National Primary School Examination (NPSE) tomorrow, Saturday 4th May, 2013.  According to the Head of National Office (HNO) West African Examination Council (WAEC), Mr. Sheriff M. Sapateh (in photo), the examination will be conducted in 220 centres throughout the country, 72 in the north, 44 in [...]

Dangote Group brings $45m project to Sierra Leone

Dangote Cement is a well established and internationally renowned cement company operating in Nigeria, Ghana, Senegal, Congo, Tanzania, Ethiopia, Liberia, and many other countries in Africa.  The polyvalent company is also involved in the production of sugar, salt, steel, oil and gas, and is also engaged in telecommunications among others. Dangote Cement is in Sierra [...]

Dangers of Delaying Subsidies in Sierra Leone

Primary education is the bedrock on which secondary and tertiary education rests.  Where primary education is weak, secondary and tertiary education will be weak and bound to collapse.  Therefore, the importance of primary education goes without saying.  When the foundation of a building is weak, that building is bound to collapse. Similarly, when the foundation [...]

ACC Solicits Support From Library Board Staff In Makeni

The Northern Regional Office of the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has appealed to staff of the Sierra Leone Library Board in Makeni to join the fight against corruption in a bid to ensure that the socio-economic needs of Sierra Leoneans are realized.  (Photo: Elizabeth Braima Principal Library Assistant Makeni making a salient contribution at the engagement [...]

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