Author: Gibson W. Jerue

By Hasbin Shaw in Freetown, Sierra Leone The opposition National Grand Coalition (NGC) has made its intention known that it will not subscribe to any act of unconstitutionality. Four members of the NGC recently abstained from participating in the elections for the Speaker and Deputy Speaker of the Sierra Leonean House of Parliament. Dr. Kandeh Kolleh Yumkella, leader of the NGC Party in Parliament told our Freetown Correspondent that his Party would not endorse the replacement of APC’s unconstitutionality with what he described as “Junta Democracy”. He made the comments in an interview after the conclusion of the Parliament Speaker…

By Hasbin Shaw in Freetown, Sierra Leone Following the cold-blooded murder of the ASP of the Waterloo Police Division,E. J Tucker, another person has been killed. Osman Sesay, 25, was found dead around the market Square on Monday, April 16, 2018, at Waterloo in the Western Rural Area District in Sierra Leone. The Deputy Spokesman of Police Media and Public Relations Unit, Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Samuel S. Conteh said the Homicides Unit of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of the Waterloo Police Division was investigating the murder of Osman Sesay. He confirmed that they are investigating three suspects,…

By Hasbin Shaw in Freetown, Sierra Leone The Sierra Leone Police says it has deployed 145 officers to Somalia for peacekeeping operations. The police made the disclosure April 16, 2018. The contingent left the shores of Sierra Leone April 16th to join the African Union Peacekeeping Mission to Somalia. Momoduba Andrew Kaiba Bangura, the deputy Contingent Commander to Somalia said the 145 personnel will help maintain peace in Somali, adding, “We are the first set of troops that are travelling to Somalia as Formed Police Unit (FPU) to help maintain peace in Somalia; we are going there for one year.”…

By Hasbin Shaw in Freetown, Sierra Leone President Julius Maada Bio of Sierra Leone says his country is in a debt crisis that his administration and partners of the government must address urgently. He made the statement April 13, 2018. The Sierra Leonean President made this disclosure at State House during a meeting with the officials of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), members of the Diplomatic and Consular Corps, development partners and public officials. He said the initial assessment by the Governance Transition Team reveals that his administration will be faced with the worse economic situation since independence. According to…

Press Release The Samuel Kanyon Doe Sports Complex in Paynesville was a scene of attraction on Thursday, April 26, 2018, as hundreds of elderly people gathered to benefit from the First Lady’s initiative to feed them, a press release has said. Elderly men and women, including persons with the visually impaired and physically challenged, made their way to the Complex to grab their ration despite the heavy downpour. With each receiving a plastic-bag of assorted food items comprising rice, tins of canned fish, beans and flour among others, the elderly people could not hold back praises to the Liberian First…

Press Release After a week of intensive engagement, knowledge sharing of experiences and technical ideas, the Mayor of Monrovia Jefferson T. Koijee on Friday April 27, 2017 presented a strategic action plan of the city of Monrovia at the World Bank donors’ conference. According to a press statement issued in Monrovia, April 29, said as part of his presentation, Mayor Koijee stressed the need for more donor support towards key priorities of the city government, which include projects on youth development; solid waste value chain investment; agriculture (urban farming and horticulture); infrastructure; youth rehabilitation; slums upgrading; and solar energy amongst…

By E. J. Nathaniel Daygbor in Monrovia Until recently ArcelorMittal had easy ride even while it failed to keep its part of the contract under the concession agreement to pave the road from Ganta to Sanniquellie and Yekepa in Nimba County, but the Government of Liberia, under President George Weah is getting tough with the multi billion dollar company. The Ministry of State for Presidential Affairs and other relevant agencies have summoned the management of Arcelor Mittal for a conference for the company alleged breach of contract to adhere to some portions of the concession agreement signed with the government.…

By Joseph S. Margai in Beijing, China The Director of the International Liaison Department of the All China Journalists Association, Rong Changhai, has disclosed that at a special meeting in Beijing organized by the China-Africa Press Center recently that in January 2014, they established an aid scheme to compensate Chinese journalists, when they get injured in the course of discharging their lawful responsibilities. Chanhai said since they started the program, they have dished out 1.9 million Chinese Yuan, which is equivalent to over US$302,147 and over two billion Sierra Leonean Leones (Le2bn) to 30 journalists who had been injured or…

By Hasbin Shaw in Freetown, Sierra Leone The Electricity Distribution and Supply Authority (EDSA) is at the center of power outage controversy as residents of Freetown accuse the Company of sabotaging the government of President Julius Maada Bio due to intermittent electricity supply. According to the residents, they have been getting irregular electricity supply in the Capital of Freetown since Julius Maaada Bio was elected as president of the Country. Ibrihim Bangura, is a resident of Kissy community in Freetown, said that many days have passed without having light and it started the night after the oath of office was…

Journalists covering the legislature have complained the House Speaker Bhofal Chambers to Media Council of the Press Union of Liberia for his alleged action of ordering his security officers to ‘drag legislative reporters out’. The journalists had gone to ask Mr. Chambers for copy of his academic credentials. In a statement issued by the journalists said, “We, E. J. Nathaniel Daygbor of New Dawn Newspaper, Austin Kawah of Prime, Sandi Kamara of the Institute For Research and Democratic Development (IREDD) and Jackson C. Clay, Jr, of New Republic Newspaper write to formally complain the Speaker of the House of Representatives,…