By Chernor Alimamy Kamara
The petroleum giant, NP, has extended its operations to the Sierra Leone-Guinea frontier with the opening of a branch Gas Station at Gbalamuya.
The formal ceremony took place on Friday 11th November.
Chairman of the Bike Riders at Gbalumuya, Alusine Bangura noted that prior to the opening of the new NP fuel station in the township; they were faced with serious constraints in accessing fuel for their bikes.
By Saio Marrah
The Executive Director of Action Aid in Sierra Leone, Foday Bassie Swarray, has called on the international community to cancel Sierra Leone’s debts for the country to be able to invest in programmes that will enable it to adapt to the effect of climate change.
The Executive director of Action Aid International said this at the opening ceremony of the two day conference on climate change with various stakeholders that include international partners at the Family Kingdom Resort in Freetown on Thursday 10th November, 2022.
By Chernor Alimamy Kamara
The outgoing Secretary- General of the Mano River Union (MRU), Madam Medina A. Wesseh has handed over the Secretariat’s documents to her successor, Maria G. Harrison.
The ceremony took place on Thursday, 10th November, 2022 at their Secretariat at Spur Loop in Freetown.
By Nasatu Kargbo
The Government of Sierra Leone has allocated the sum of Le 349.5 billion to the Electoral Commission of Sierra Leone (ECSL) for the 2023 elections. This revelation was made by the Minister of Finance, Dennis K. Vandi during the first reading of the bill entitled The Appropriation Act 2023 on the 11th November 2022.
Vandi explained that government was allocating the sum from the recurrent budget, as one of government’s priorities in the 2023 budget.
By Politico staff writer
The Political Parties Registration Commission, PPRC has invited “elders and senior members” of the main opposition APC to a meeting today to discuss the “conduct of the Interim Transition Governance Committee” the body that has been running the affairs of the party following a High Court ruling on the eligibility of the former party executive in April this year.
By Ruth Yeabu Sesay
School authorities have expressed concern over the growing street trading activities taking place in the vicinity of the Government Model Secondary school (GMSS) and the Wallace Johnson Primary and Secondary Schools close to the Hillside bypass road.
By Saio Marrah
The Sierra Leone Grammar School has emerged as the champion of the inter secondary school quiz competition organised by the National Social Security and Insurance Trust (NASSIT).
The Murialdo Secondary School from Lunsar, that represented the North West region of the country came second whilst Christ the King College from the South settled for the third position.
Supported by: Open Society Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA)
