The Speaker of Parliament, Nathaniel Abel Stronge, has officially declared three vacancies in the House. This follows a ministerial appointment of two members and the sudden death of the Late Hon. Alice M.T. Foyah of Constituency 001, Kailahun District. Prior to the death of Hon. Alice Foyah, the President, Dr. Ernest Bai Koroma appointed two[...]

After the very important Article IV consultations, the IMF team headed by Ms. Malangu Kabedi-Mbuyi have predicted a 13% GDP Growth for 2013 for the Sierra Leonean Economy. In a release issued Wednesday after their visit, the mission said “Sierra Leone’s economic growth accelerated to15.2 percent in 2012, reflecting the emergence of large-scale iron ore[...]

Zenith (SL) have posted a modest profit before tax of Le227 million (Le227,824,000) for 2012 significantly moving from a huge loss of Le3.1billion (Le3,189,756,000) in 2011. In its published financials the deposits from customers increased by Le48billion (Le48,688,171,000) from Le53billion (Le53,455,394,000) in 2011 to Le102billion (Le102,143,565,000) in 2012. Its loans and advances to customers increased[...]

Guaranty Trust Bank has posted about the Sierra Leone Commercial Banking Industry’s third largest profit before tax of Le15.6billion (Le15,620,797,000) for 2012 though it was a modest increase of only Le286million (Le286,444,000) over the 2011 financials of Le15.3billion (Le15,334,353,000). Its deposits from customers grew by Le70billion (Le70,026,017,000) from Le237billion (Le237,523,351,000) in 2011 to Le307billion (Le307,549,368,000)[...]

Sea Board West Africa Company located at Cline Town, east end of Freetown has recorded the lowest production ever due to importation of life flour into the country by other businesses. According to Demba George, the company’s accountant, before now the company was producing 2,000 metric tonnes per month, but that number has now been[...]

Airtel Sierra Leone has been issued a 21-day ultimatum by the country’s telecom regulator the National Telecommunications Commissions (NATCOM) to improve its services or risk having its operating licence suspended. The ultimatum was issued because of “the continued deterioration of the voice and data services of the network despite series of correspondences and meetings between[...]

Fund Raising Dance 2013

An accident involving a white Renault tanker with registration number AEO 004 and a commercial motor-bike with registration number AIA 863 ridden by one Ibrahim Kenei, yesterday killed Wuyateh Sedique in Kenema City. The accident occurred around 1:30pm on Thursday 23rd May 2013 along Hangha road, just after the former UNHCR office in Kenema city. The motor-bike loaded with some goods and a passenger Wuyata Sedique were on their way to Panguma town in the Lower Bambara chiefdom in the Kenema district, when they knocked down by the truck which dragged them from their lane to the other side of the road, leaving them in coma. The driver of the truck ran away and up to the time of going to press, he was nowhere to be found. The two victims were rushed to the Government [...]

Hundreds of pregnant women and lactating mothers have denounced early marriage, teenage pregnancy and frequent deaths of women in childbearing in the Kailahun district. The women danced and sang in their local languages along the streets of Kailahun, to mark the launching of the 'Mami en Pikin welbodi Week' in the district. The occasion was very remarkable, as people from all walks of life, including traditional leaders, pregnant women and lactating mothers, school-going children, nurses, officials from the ministry of Health and Sanitation and donor partners, joined in celebrating this wonderful occasion, as they processed from the famous Kailahun court Barry to the town field, where the rest of the ceremony took place. They displayed placards that provide a strategic [...]

Residents of Bumbuna town including local authorities have issued a 21-day strike notice to the Ministry of Energy, demanding why their houses have not been electrified since 2009. According to a letter addressed to the Minister of Energy requesting an explanation concerning the electrification of the town and its immediate environs, the people of Kalansogoia chiefdom, natives of the chiefdom are demanding as to 'why' Bumbuna town and its surrounding villages and towns 'remain permanently dark.' Bumbuna town is the chiefdom headquarters of Kalansogoia in the Tonkolili district, north of Sierra Leone,is strategically important to the country. The chiefdom is hosting the country's only effective hydro dam, huge deposits of Iron Ore where the African Minerals are presently [...]