Category: Current News
The NPRA Boss calls for Regional Reference Market in the Innaugural Downstream Regulators Conference Abuja, 22nd – 23rd July 2025
Sierra Leone’s Director General of the National Petroleum Regulatory Authority ( NPRA) , Brima Baluwa Koroma, participated in the landmark Global Commodity conference on the Refined Fuel Market in Abuja, Nigeria. This inaugural conference was hosed by Platts S&P Global and the National Mid and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority of Nigeria.
322 Candidates Pass 2025 Bar Exams
Out of the four hundred and ninety-three candidates that wrote the Bar Final Examinations in June this year, three hundred and twenty-two were able to pass, with seventy-two others having references.
Call for United Action to Prevent Future Disasters
On the 8th anniversary of the devastating Freetown landslide, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is calling for urgent action to protect Sierra Leone’s environment.
Deputy Environment Minister Calls for Binding Global Plastic Treaty
Sierra Leone’s Deputy Minister of Environment and Climate Change, Madam Mima Yeama Sobba-Stephens, has called for urgent national and global action to combat plastic pollution. She made the appeal during the Informal Ministerial Roundtable: Challenges at National Level to Address Plastic Pollution, held as part of the second segment of the fifth session of the…
SLAJ & Cuba Explore Strategic Media Partnership
The Sierra Leone Association of Journalists (SLAJ) has opened a new chapter in Sierra Leone-Cuba relations following a high-level meeting with the Cuban Ambassador at the Cuban Embassy in Freetown on Monday.The SLAJ delegation, led by President Alhaji Manika Kamara and accompanied by Immediate Past President and ex-officio Ahmed Sahid Nasralla, engaged in wide-ranging discussions…
SLFA Transition Committee Engages Key Departments in Functional Review Launch
The Sierra Leone Football Association’s Transition Committee (TC) has begun its functional review with direct engagements with key SLFA staff, including the Heads of Finance, Administration, Competitions and Media & Marketing. TC Chairman Dr. Isaac Massaquoi said the Committee’s task, as outlined in its Terms of Reference, was to “conduct a fair and thorough review”…
MPs Raise Concerns Over Tollgate Burden
Parliament has approved two major agreements for the construction of an 85-kilometer toll road from Mano Junction through Tongo to Bumpeh. The agreements, signed between the Government of Sierra Leone, the Ministry of Works and Public Assets, the Sierra Leone Roads Authority, and Societe Djura Maritel Construction (SDMCO) Ltd, follow a public-private partnership model. The…
Victory Sealed, Vision Unveiled: New SLFA President Pledges Discipline, Reform
Babadi Kamara has been elected President of the Sierra Leone Football Association (SLFA), earning 43 votes to decisively outpace his challengers, Aminata Bangura (11 votes) and Umaru Bah (1 vote). Speaking to delegates and supporters shortly after the results were announced, Babadi described his victory as a defining moment for Sierra Leone football and a…
ECOWAS Court Delegation Visits HRCSL
The Human Rights Commission of Sierra Leone (HRCSL) welcomed a high-level delegation from the ECOWAS Court of Justice, led by its President, Hon. Justice Ricardo Claúdio Monteiro Gonçalves, at its Tower Hill headquarters in Freetown. The visit focused on building a strong partnership between the two institutions, particularly around the enforcement of the Court’s human…