Youth in First Street, a Community in Kissy in the east of Freetown, have embarked on the maintenance of road which has been in a poor state for decades. According to Alhaji Foday Kargbo, the second in command among the group of youths, the poor state of the road has been the cause of frequent...Read More
Habib Bukum commonly, aka Prince Max, a local musician in the east of Freetown, said that he has recently released a song titled ‘Message to the Street,’ a song which advises youths to be aware of the need to develop themselves and be conscious. He said that most youths of today do not approach life...Read More
The head coach of the Sierra Leone national senior male football team, Leone Stars, John Kiester, has told Premier news that the technical team has made good preparation ahead of the double encounter between Nigeria and Sierra Leone scheduled for Friday 13th and 17th November. In an exclusive interview with Premier Media, he disclosed that...Read More
With support from the Government of Sierra Leone, the National Commission for Democracy (NCD) on Monday, November 9, 2020, commenced its Community Face to Face Discussions on Government Issues at the Rural Education Primary School, Kossoh Town in the Western Area Rural District. The NCD Western Area Commissioner, Mr. Benjamin Macfoy commended the school administration...Read More
Speaker of the regional Parliament of the Economic Community of West Africa States (ECOWAS) His Excellency Sidie Mohamed Tunis has confirmed that the parliament has realized the reality of a region that has been devastated by the COVID-19 pandemic. ECOWAS Speaker Tunis making his opening statement HE Tunis made this disclosure during the opening session...Read More
As a way of preventing incidences of corruption in public institutions, the Public Education and Outreach Department of the Anti-Corruption North-West Regional Office has on Wednesday 4th November 2020 held a sensitization meeting with the District Health Management Team (DHMT) in Port Loko. Addressing staff of the team, the Regional Manager Al-Hassan Sesay recognized and...Read More
The Legal Aid Board has on Monday November 9, 2020, paid out Le 80 million owed to 21 former casual workers of GTIEX Company in salary arrears and benefits. This was achieved after a long drawn battle in the industrial court before settling for an out of court settlement and a then consent judgment in...Read More
Sierra Leone’s Chief Justice, His Lordship Ambassador Desmond Babatunde Edwards has strongly warned Judicial staff against corruption and other related offences which he said will undermine sustainable reforms and growth of the institution. Hon. Justice Edwards was speaking on Tuesday November 10, 2020, at Court No. 1, Law Courts building in Freetown on the occasion...Read More
Acting on behalf of the Honourable Minister of Finance, Jacob Jusu Saffa, the Iron Lady of the Finance Ministry who also happens to be the Deputy Minister of Finance, Honourable Patricia N. Laverley, on Friday November 6, 2020 delivered what many described as a memorable speech. In her opening statement at the new Freetown City...Read More
Sierra Leone has again, in three consecutive years, increased its score in the ‘Control of Corruption’ indicator in the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) scorecard, moving from 79% in the 2019 Scorecard, to 81% in 2020, thereby adding 2 percentage points upwards. According to the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC), between 2017 and 2020, Sierra Leone has made...Read More
