Bio and wife – Co-conspirators
Prior to the 2012 presidential elections in Sierra Leone, I was vehemently opposed to the candidature of Julius Maada Bio as the flag-bearer of the SLPP in Sierra leone for various reasons. And I warned the people of Sierra Leone of what they will encounter if they voted for the thief in disguise. Julius Maada Bio was part of a group of tyrants who seized power by force in a coup d’etat that saw the overthrow of a democratically elected government in Sierra Leone. They ushered in an era of brutal and barbaric governance that saw arbitrary arrests and summary execution of would-be opposition to their undemocratic practices and presided over the killing of some well renowned Sierra Leoneans whose only crime was to speak against their style of governance.
February 26, 2021
By Yusufu S. Bangura
National Minerals Agency (NMA), in collaboration with the Ministry of Mines and Mineral Resources, has on Thursday, 25
th February, engaged the media, Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) and stakeholders on the status of the mineral sector in Sierra Leone.
Updating the media, CSO and stakeholders at Brookfield’s Hotel, Director General of NMA, Julius Daniel Mattai, said the institution was established in 2013 to pursue policies and programmes aimed at making the country more attractive destination for mining investment, and also to promote the development of the minerals sector by effectively and efficiently managing the administration and regulation of mineral rights and the mineral sector.
January 13, 2021
Management of Kingho Investment Company Limited have on Friday joined officials of the mining and minerals sector of Sierra Leone to sign the railway and port lease agreement that will ensure the company’s subsidiary- Kingho Railway and Port Company Limited utilize the infrastructure for their iron ore transportation in the country. It should be noted that the Railway and Port is now the asset of the Government and the People of Sierra Leone.
The 192 kilometer railway facility which stretches from the new Iron Ore mines in Tonkolili District to the port town of Pepel in Port Loko District is owned by the Government of Sierra Leone (GoSL). In order to enhance effective transportation of the iron ore from the mining site in Tonkolili to be transported out of the country, Kingho has to lease the railway and port facilities from the GoSL.
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 09 January 2021:
Yesterday, the management of Kingho Investment Company Limited signed a lease agreement with officials of the mining and minerals sector of Sierra Leone for the use of railway and port facilities that will ensure the company’s subsidiary – Kingho Railway and Port Company Limited can utilize the infrastructure for transporting its iron ore out of the country.
The 192-kilometre railway facility which stretches from the new Iron Ore mines in Tonkolili District to the port town of Pepel in Port Loko District, is owned by the Government of Sierra Leone (GoSL).
The government of Sierra Leone through the Ministry of Mines and Mineral Resources and the National Minerals Agency (NMA) yesterday signed the lease agreement granting Kingho Railway and Port Company Limited the right to operate the railway and port facility.