Abuja, Nigeria, Saturday 21 December 2019 – His Excellency President Dr Julius Maada Bio has highlighted the successes and challenges of the Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS, at the end-of-year Summit in Abuja, Nigeria. During his intervention at the 56th Ordinary Summit, President Bio commended the President of…

State Lodge, Freetown, Friday 20 December 2019 – His Excellency President Dr Julius Maada Bio has issued the British Hollywood actor and musician, Idris Elba, with a Sierra Leonean Diplomatic Passport and pronounced him a Brand Ambassador for the small resource-rich West African nation. During a meeting at the State…

Pujehun Town, Southern Province, Thursday 19 December 2019 – His Excellency President Dr Julius Maada Bio has continued his “thank you tour” to Pujehun District, where he called on Sierra Leoneans to embark on farming as a way of attaining food security. Chairman Pujehun District Council, Sheikh Suaibu Siddy Sowa,…

Port Loko City, Northern Province, Wednesday 18 December 2019 – His Excellency President Dr Julius Maada Bio and Her Excellency the First Lady Madam Fatima Maada Bio, have donated 100 modern chairs-with-desk to the Women in Action Development Project, a vocational centre in Port Loko City, Northern Sierra Leone. Head…

Kambia Town, Northern Province, Wednesday 18 December 2019 – His Excellency President Dr Julius Maada Bio has officially commissioned the Government Technical Institute in Kambia Town, Northern Sierra Leone with part funding from the Islamic Development Bank.  During the ceremony, Paramount Chief Bai Shebora Yek II of Samu Chiefdom said…

Petifu, Port Loko, Tuesday 17 December 2019 – His Excellency President Dr Julius Maada Bio has officially commissioned the national Renewable Rural Energy Project, RREP, at Petifu, Lokomasama Chiefdom in Port Loko district. Petifu is a rural town in northern Sierra Leone that lies about 20 miles to Lungi, home…

Gbindi, Falaba District, Monday 16 December 2019 – His Excellency President Dr Julius Maada Bio has commissioned Voice of Falaba in Gbindi town, Falaba district, making the community broadcaster the first-ever radio station in the district. During the ceremony, Minister of Information and Communications, Mohamed Rahman Swaray, said that as…

Kabala Town, Koinadugu District, Sunday 15 December 2019 – His Excellency President Dr Julius Maada Bio, who is on a two-day working visit to Koinadugu and Falaba districts, has assured the people in that part of the country of his government’s continued support to their development. In his welcome address,…

National Stadium, Freetown, Friday 13 December 2019 – His Excellency President Dr Julius Maada Bio has commended Her Excellency the First Lady, Madam Fatima Maada Bio, for her determined public advocacy and activism in protecting and promoting the rights of women and girls in the country through her “Hands off…