Figures in the Sierra Leone Police Crime Statistics for the year 2019, has shown that the total cases of Violence against Women and Children has increased to 12, 314 cases in 2019 from 12, 052 cases in 2018. According to the Report,  Violence against Women, also largely understood to be Sexual and Gender-Based Violence (SGBV),...Read More

Fatmata Sesay, a trader in fresh farm produce from Lungi, has said on Monday June 8, 2020, that the reduction of Ferry trips to three runs a week has impeded the quick movement of trade goods to markets in Freetown. Sesay said that their produce go bad when they fail to access the ferry. She...Read More

The Ministry of Basic and Senior Secondary Education (MBSSE) has in a statement put out on Thursday 11th June said that schools will reopen on 1st July 2020 to accommodate only pupils who will be taking the National Primary School Examination (NPSE), the Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) and the West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE)....Read More

President Maada Bio has on Thursday June 11, 2020 reinstated Mr. Abu Abu Abdulai Koroma as the Resident Minister of Northern Province. It could be recalled that on Sunday May 10, 2020, President Bio suspended the Resident Minister North, Abu Abu Koroma from office indefinitely for unacceptable conduct following his remarks in a WhatsApp video...Read More

The Head of Media and Communication at the National Sports Authority, Eric Fomba, has on Thursday June 11, 2020 told Premier News that the 2018 National Sport Authority (NSA) Act has replaced the National Sport Council (NSC) Act of 1964 and there is a communique sent to all the sporting disciplines to start working directly...Read More

The High Court in Kenema, presided over by Justice Abdul Rahman Mansaray, has jailed one Theophilus Carew to one hundred and twenty months in prison for sexually penetrating a child below eighteen years. Carew had been charged to court for sexual penetration contrary to section 19 of the Sexual Offences Act 2012. The Police claimed...Read More

Ibrahim B. Kargbo aka Ib4, the CEO of Legacy Pictures, a local Movie Production group in the East of Freetown, has on Wednesday June 10, 2020, said that the group recently produced a movie titled ‘Coronavirus is Dangerous’ to raise awareness, as the Country continues to battle  the Coronavirus. Kargbo is a movie director, DOP...Read More

The Minister of Finance, Jacob Jusu Saffa, has assured that loss of revenue as a result of the outbreak of the Coronavirus would not prevent the Government of Sierra Leone from implementing the 2020 budget and the National Medium Term Development Plan.   He made this remark on Wednesday June 10, 2020, during the Good...Read More