Musa Tamba Sam, opposition spokesman
By Joseph Lamin Kamara
The main opposition Sierra Leone People’s Party has apologised to Sierra Leoneans for not "properly performing our duties to the country as the main opposition party".
Nurses in Sierra Leone strike over Ebola
By Mohaned Vandi in Kenema
More than 100 nurses of the Government Hospital in Kenema Monday downed their tools and deserted the hospital after a heated general meeting.
It came a day after three of their colleagues died of Ebola, the largest single recorded number of deaths of health workers since the outbreak in May.
Strike at National Power Authority
NPA protesters
By Joseph Lamin Kamara
Government’s recent effort at unbundling products and services of the National Power Authority (NPA) has suffered a setback after workers took to the streets in protest and converged on Electricity House at Percival Street.
Sierra Leone right-hand vehicle owners damn ban
By Bampia James Bundu
Indigenous transport owners’ association and owners of right hand drive vehicles say plans to ban all right-hand vehicles in Sierra Leone by September this years is "illegal” threatening to seek redress in the High Court of Sierra Leone.
At a press conference in the east of Freetown, National President of the transport owners, Alhaji Abu Bakarr Fofanah expressed disappointment at the decision.
Bombali ministers, MPs unite against Ebola
By Matthew Kanu
Ministers and parliamentarians from Bombali District and Paramount Chiefs have ended one-day Ebola awareness-raising drive in Makeni.
PC Bai Shebora Kasangha II said citizens had the right to be healthy and to also support the government and its partners to achieve a better health status particularly in ensuring an Ebola-free society. He said the fight against the virus should be a national fight involving all Sierra Leoneans at different quarters.
Energy minister promises his best
By Crispina Cummings
Newly approved minister of energy, Henry Macauley has promised his best to both the energy sector and the country as a whole.
The engineer and former diplomat who was approved last week told Politico that his first steps would be toward identifying the challenges and where they lay. He noted that it was important for all to come on-board because everyone had different talent.
Commercial banks dole out Le 150 million to fight Ebola
Clement Dodoo, President, Commercial Banks Association
By Joseph Lamin Kamara
The Sierra Leone Association of Commercial Banks (SLACB) on Friday July 18 donated Le 150 million to the Government of Sierra Leone Ebola Fund through the Ministry of Health.
