The Pediatric Consultant at the Ola During Children’s Hospital, Dr. Robinette Luke has said that premature babies accounted for most under-five mortality particularly in Sierra Leone, and a leading cause of under-five mortality globally. Dr Luke made the disclosure on Tuesday during a radio discussion program held in commemoration of World Prematurity Day with the...Read More
The Vice President of the Republic of Sierra Leone Dr. Mohamed Juldeh Jalloh has encouraged students and Academic Staff of Njala University to engage in dialogue with the administration or government in expressing their concerns rather than embarking on industrial strike or campus unrest. Vice President Jalloh made the remarks while addressing students’ representatives, academic...Read More
President Dr Julius Maada Bio has on Tuesday November 17, 2020, handed over 70 fishing boats to support 1,400 youths who live in 40 communities across seven coastal districts of Western Area Rural and Urban, Port Loko, Bonthe, Moyamba, Pujehun, and Kambia. Giving an overview, Project Manager of the Youth in Fisheries Project, Joseph Lahai,...Read More
The Minister of Finance, Jacob Jusu Saffa, has said that the government has, in a bid to discontinue the accumulation of arrears, agreed for the Ministry of Finance to undertake incremental structural reforms in public financial management. The reforms will include enhanced budget credibility and tracking of procurement contracts using contract management database. He made...Read More
The southern region office of the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC), the Conference of Principals of Secondary Schools (CPSS), Teachers’ Service Commission (TSC) and various secondary schools in Bo have discussed strategies to curb extra classes and other illegal practices in schools. The discussion which took place on November 12, 2020, at the ACC’s southern region office...Read More
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) and the National Commission for Social Action (NaCSA), have on Friday, November 13, 2020, signed an addendum Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), to further strengthen the existing relationship between the two institutions. The MoU is also meant to help the ACC provide support to NaCSA in the implementation of the Sierra Leone...Read More
As Orange Money ‘Shoki Love’ weekly draws continued, Saturday, November 14, 2020, Orange Money has so far given away a total of Le57million to eleven (11) lucky winners across the country. It was the fourth edition of the “Orange Money Shoki Love” promotion draw on SLBC and Star TV, respectively, hosted by Martha of Orange-SL...Read More
Abu Bakar Marah, the Chief Executive Officer of the Team Rooy, an entertainment label in the east of Freetown, has admonished fellow entertainers love one another, support and promote the Sierra Leone entertainment industry to another level. He said that the absence of love in the industry has slowed its growth and occasioned its current...Read More
Police officers attached to the Criminal Investigations Department at Ross Road Police Station, Freetown have on Monday November 16, 2020 arrested one Abdul Karim Kamara of 27C Rose Street, Kissy, who allegedly obtained the sum of Le 29,000,000 (twenty-nine million Leones) from one Madam Esther Moijoi by falsely pretending that he was a magistrate and...Read More
Magistrate Sulaiman Koroma has on Monday November 16, 2020 remanded seven persons suspected of robbing property worth millions of Leones from Honorable Alhaji Musa Foday Baimba Jalloh, a Member of Parliament who represents constituency 054. The seven accused person were arraigned before the Magistrate Court No 1 at Ross Road in Freetown. The seven accused...Read More
