Sierra Leone Rugby Union over the weekend at the National Olympic Committee (NOC) Office Howe Street has disbursed COVID-19 fund to Clubs and Regional Bodies. The Union also dissolved Board, and in two weeks’ time will also dissolve its executive committee and as a way aligning itself with the governance structure recognized by International Rugby...Read More
Honorable Segepoh Solomon Thomas, the deputy Speaker of Parliament and Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has told Mayors, Chairmen and core staff of Councils in the Southern Region that they must present themselves to Parliament whenever they are summoned to do so, except they “are sick, hospitalized or to attend a cabinet-subcommittee”. His...Read More
The Legal Aid Board has in a statement released on Monday September 7 2020 said that its counsel had been very busy in the first week (1 August – 5 September) of the ongoing Special Criminal Sessions of the High Court in Port Loko, Pujehun and Kailahun District. According to the Board, its lawyers represented...Read More
Following continued hearings by Public Account Committee (PAC) of Parliament in light of outstanding issues in the Auditor General’s Report of 2018, the Chairman of PAC and Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Hon. Segepoh Solomon Thomas has again warned auditees to desist from lying under oath which amounts to perjury or contempt of Parliament. Officials of...Read More
In its effort to curb bribery at security checkpoints in the region, the North-West Office of the Anti-Corruption Commission on Thursday 3rd September 2020 engaged Police, Military, forestry guards and Road Safety personnel deployed at the Mile 38 check point and personnel of the Masiaka Police Division to warn them accepting bribes and other corrupt...Read More
Statistics Sierra Leone (Stats-SL) has on Thursday September 3, 2020, engaged its Advisory Committee, comprising high level representatives from different institutions and political parties, in a bid to elicit their general knowledge and advice on the conduct of the 2020 Mid Term Population and Housing Census (MTPHC). The Advisory Committee will advise the Technical Committee...Read More
The Deputy Minister of Finance Patricia Lavalie together with other government officials including the councilor of WARD 323 Mohamed Mansaray AKA D’Guy, on Saturday September 5, 2020 at Goderich launched a project to construct a road within Goderich Community in Freetown. The Goderich township road project would cover 1.35km and it is estimated at...Read More
Residents of Mamba Ridge, a community in mountain in the east of Freetown, on Sunday September 6, 2020, asked the Government of Sierra Leone to build schools, health centre and provide electricity which the community had lacked for decades. According to Yeanoh Kamara, an elder in the community, only one primary school operates in the...Read More
Santigie Koroma, a leader among stone miners at Moeba, a community in the east of Freetown, has said on Saturday that, the poor road network to the area prevents them from making substantial sales and jeopardizing their means of livelihood. He has been in the stone mining business for over 30 years. By his reckoning,...Read More
John Keister, the Head Coach of Sierra Leone’s senior male national team, Leone Stars, has over the invited 51 home based footballers to commence training in preparation for an upcoming two-legged clash between Sierra Leone and Nigeria. Leone Stars will play the two matches as part of the Total African Cup of Nations – Cameroon...Read More
