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Stats SL ConvenesHigh-Level Census Meeting

In a bid to provide a comprehensive update on the implementation status of the 2026 Decennial Population and Housing Census (PHC ’26), Statistics Sierra Leone (Stats SL) successfully hosted a high-level roundtable meeting with members of the Census Advisory Committee.…

SLPHA, NSBT Signed Final Concession Agreement

The Director General of the Sierra Leone Ports and Harbours Authority (SLPHA), Mr. Yankuba Askia Bio, and NSBT has today 3rd June 2025 ,signed the final review of the existing bulk and break-bulk concession agreement.This milestone follows the formal approval…

Sierra Leone, 4 Others Pledge $16 Million

In a move underscoring greater African ownership in development financing, five African nations have collectively pledged US$16 million to the next replenishment of the African Development Fund (ADF), the concessional window of the African Development Bank Group.Governors representing The Gambia,…

Three-Storey Building Collapses In Lumley

*Several Injured*2 Trapped The National Disaster Management Agency (NDMA) over the weekend received a distress alert about the collapse of a three-storey building under construction at Pentagon, Off Regent Road, Lumley, West of Freetown.The NDMA response team was deployed to…

Tripartite Secretariat Completes ECSL Review

*83 Recommendations Implemented*5 Directorate ToCut Down By AlimamyLahai Kamara “We are gathered here to assess the extent of work of the Tripartite Secretariat, to examine the implementation of the tripartite recommendations, and to list the next steps in our approach…

APC Returns To Governance In 2028

… Declared Bo As The Symbolic Launchpad By Ayodele Deen Cole The All Peoples Congress (APC) has launched what it calls a National Movement for Political Change, declaring Bo District as the symbolic Launchpad for its return to governance in…

NPRA Contributes NLe 1.7 Billion In 2024

… Aims To Generate Over NLe 2 Billion In 2025 The National Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NPRA) has announced a significant increase in annual revenue, highlighting the growing importance of Sierra Leone’s petroleum sector to national economic growth.NPRA Director General, Brima…