Statistics Sierra Leone (Stats SL) has on Tuesday November 3, 2020, held a meeting with the advisory committee on the 2021 Mid-Term Population and Housing Census (MTPHC). During the meeting, key presentations were done to the Advisory committee that consist of representatives from all political parties, the Development Secretary Ministry of Planning And Economic Development,...Read More
The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) through its partner, Women in Crisis Movement, with funding from Irish Aid, is providing 1,000 vulnerable girls from various schools in Pujehun, Kambia and Port Loko districts with ‘back to school kits’. The kits which include school uniforms, exercise books, school bags, pens, pencils and geometry sets, will facilitate...Read More
Orange Money and Ecobank have on Thursday November 5, 2020, launched a new promotion known as Bank to Wallet at Ecobank’s Lightfoot Boston Street office in Freetown. Through the service, Ecobank customers have the opportunity of using Orange Money to cash out and pay cash in from the bank at ease. During the launch, Chief...Read More
Twenty year old Mabinty Conteh was deported from Baghdad, Iraq to Senegal emaciated and mentally challenged. Her destination back home is not known as there are no other documents apart from her passport and boarding pass to trace her address back home. She was deported with only the clothes she wore. The Sierra Leone Ambassador...Read More
Advocacy Movement Network (AMNet) with support from Food and Agriculture Organization, International Institute for Sustainable Development and Oxfam, has Tuesday 3 November 2020 concluded a three-day engagement with Members of Parliament on Gender and Investments in Agriculture and Food Security at Golden Tulip in Freetown. More than 60 Members of Parliaments from five oversight committees...Read More
Sierra Leone’s Ambassador to Russia, His Excellency Mohamed Yongawo, has on Monday, October 26, 2020, addressed the leadership of Sierra Leonean students in Ukraine on issues bordering on welfare and living conditions, at Rublovskoye Chausse, Moscow in Russia. The meeting, held via webinar, was part of the Ambassador’s plan to reach out to Sierra Leoneans...Read More
Head coach of Leone Stars, John Keister has on Tuesday, November 3, 2020, named 16 foreign-based players for a Nations Cup qualifying encounter with Nigeria’s Super Eagles. The match was which was originally slated to be played in Nigeria will now be played in Benin city. Skipper and FC Zurich defender, Umaru ‘Zingalay’ Bangura, have...Read More
Hundreds of Sierra Leoneans gathered at the centre of the capital Freetown over the weekend to witness the prophetic revelation, blowing of trumpets – positioned in the four cardinal points, and ‘reverse of evil proclamations’, rituals and incantations believed to be spiritually responsible for the country’s ‘development setback’. Several items believed to be dangerous occult...Read More
The Chairman of the Kids Super Stars Sierra Leone, Juan Idriss Conteh has said on Tuesday November 3, 2020 that, the union will release a theme song titled ‘Letter to Salone’ this November. According to Conteh, the songs adavises against parental neglect of children who are the owners of everything in the future. He further...Read More
Kalibondo, an Investment Company in the east of Freetown, has offered to give free computer training to foster youth empowerment and promote development. Mohamed Foh, the CEO and Managing Director of the company made the disclosure on Friday, October 30, 2020, when he spoke to Premier News. According to Foh, empowering the youth with knowledge...Read More
