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Hon. Ambassador Dr. Mrs. Shirley Yeama Gbujama, an APC Success Story on Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment, was promoted today in a nice prose by SLPP stalwart Dr. David Sengeh but David forgot to mention that Hon. Gbujama is an APC (All Peoples Congress) Success Story on Gender Equality & Women's Empowerment. Hon. Shirley Gbujama, an eminent woman of substance was first spotted and elevated *in 1972* by the Mighty APC party in governance under His Excellency President Dr. Siaka Probyn Stevens of blessed memory and Foreign Minister Professor Solomon Pratt (my maternal grandfather). It was H.E. President Siaka Stevens, as APC Leader and President of Sierra Leone who, on the recommendation of a then dynamic 🚩APC Women's Congress of Madam Nancy Steele, appointed Madam Shirley Gbujama as a female Ambassador of Sierra Leone to first, our Addis Ababa mission at the now African Union (then known as OAU), Ethiopia, Tanzania and several east African countries in the year 1...

 The re-negotiated agreement between the government and the Suuma group of companies

Bank of Sierra Leone's Press Release today, 30th December 2023,

  𝐇𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐎𝐟𝐟 𝐎𝐮𝐫 𝐆𝐢𝐫𝐥𝐬 𝐓𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐬 𝐅𝐢𝐯𝐞: 𝐓𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐂𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐚 𝐌𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞.   Freetown, December 28th, 2023:   In a vibrant display of solidarity and progress, thousands of Sierra Leoneans have converged in Freetown today to commemorate the fifth anniversary of the impactful "Hands Off Our Girls" campaign.  Under the unifying theme "Our Girls, Our Pride, Our Boys, Our Allies, We are Winning, No Excuse for Abuse," the march from National Stadium to Aberdeen Beach roared a collective demand for change. Witnessing a wide range of individuals parade from the National Stadium to Aberdeen Beach with a single message—zero tolerance for gender-based violence—was as refreshing as it was telling.    The diverse gathering was a testament to the campaign's reach, stretching from students and women's groups to public officials, youth organizations, bike riders, motor dealers, kekeh riders, a...

MINISTER CHERNOR BAH RECEIVES HERIOC WELCOME IN PATERNAL HOMETOWN NEWS STORY BY ALIMAMY LAHAI KAMARA Minister of information and Civic Education has paid a visit to his paternal hometown in Bonthe Island, spending his Christmas with his people there. He first visited mainland Mattru Jong where he was welcomed by throngs of people who had come to receive and cheer a brother, whose father breathed life right at the Bonthe municipal hospital. These visits came months after a similar visit was made to Jimmi Bagbo in his maternal hometown in Bo, south of Sierra Leone.  Chernor Bah’s delegation comprised deputy ministers of Finance and Agriculture, members of Parliament, former Vice President Victor Bockarie Foh, host of government functionaries, family members and friends.  At the mainland, Deputy Minister ‘2’ of Finance Bockarie Kalokoh recalled he had known the Minister for over ten years and understood him as someone that ‘dwells with the common man, inspires the youth, and supp...

 Sierra Leone Airport Authority announced new year charges.