Top Stories – July 5th

NEWS:
Government Reduces Fuel Prices to NLe33 and NLe35.
Government Announces New Public Transport Fare Following Fuel Price Reductions
NPRA Explains Why Fuel Prices Remain Higher Despite Global Oil Market Changes

President Bio Commissions ECOWAS New Headquarters in Abuja

Jagaban Donates 25 Buses to Boost Sierra Leone’s Public Transport

Italian Investor Allegedly Scammed by Admire Bio Break Silence, Accuses CID of Delayed Investigation
Italian Businessman Names Lagooda Manager in Alleged Gold Fraud Involving Admire Bio

LOCAL:
President Bio Announces 50MW Expansion at Bumbuna Hydroelectric Plant
President Bio Empowers 1,000 Makeni Entrepreneurs With US$300,000 Grant
Makeni Mayor Rejects President Bio’s Electricity Theft Claims, Cites Six Months of Power Outages

Government Begins Public Consultation Ahead of Proposed 85% Electricity Tariff Increment

Two Businessmen Remanded Over Alleged Theft of US$37,100 Medical Machine
12 Accused in Kailahun Police Barracks Fire Denied Bail
Freetown Youth Osman Japtay Remanded Over Alleged $12,000 Fraud
Student Granted Bail Over Alleged WASSCE Result Forgery
Filling Station Manager, Assistant Remanded Over Alleged Le473,800 Embezzlement
Master Money: Keke Rider Sent to Prison for Fraudulent Conversion of Owner’s Tricycle

Yenga Chief Says Residents Cannot Return as Border Reopening Lacks Government Backing

POLITICS
Former SLPP Chairman John Oponjo Benjamin Pledges Support to New Party Leadership

ENTERTAINMENT
Popular Musician Lazani Bakitenno Sets Sights on BET and Grammy Awards

Sierra Leonean International Model Naomi Kay Signed as La Ferruci Brand Ambassador

SPORT
Sierra Leonean Bodybuilder Wins FLEX Weekend Italy Pro, Qualifies for Mr. Olympia 2026

Blackburn Rovers Integrate Sierra Leone Duo Into First-Team Training Ahead of New Season

Sierra Leone Defender Umaru Bangura Mourns the Loss of His Mother

DIASPORA
Ambassador Mohamed Yongawo Urges Newly Qualified Doctors to Return Home

Vice President Mohamed Juldeh Jalloh Tells Diaspora Sierra Leone’s Electricity Access Has More Than Doubled

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