The Country Director of the Catholic Relief Services (CRS), Paul Emes has on Monday November 23, 2020, presented the organization’s vision 2030 country program to the Minister of Planning and Economic Development, Dr. Francis Kai-Kai at his Tower Hill office in Freetown. According to the Country Director, the plan would contribute to the Sierra Leone...Read More
The Minister of Basic and Senior Secondary School (MBSSE), Dr. David Sengeh has said that there has been an improvement in subject pass rate by candidates who took the West African Senior Secondary Certificate Examination (WASSCE) in August 2020. According to the minister, the pass rates in especially Science and Commercial subjects including Mathematics and...Read More
Students at Fourah Bay College, the University of Sierra Leone who went to take their second-semester exams on Monday were told by the college authorities that their exams had been postponed indefinitely. This came after the Academic Staff Association (ASA) commenced an indefinite strike action after the government failed to include in the 2021 budget ...Read More
A Canadian registered mining company Supreme Minerals Corporation has recently paid surface rent of Six Hundred Million Leones to two Chiefdoms- Magbema and Gbinleh in Kambia district, Northwestern Sierra Leone.The Company is willing to start Bauxite Mining with an estimated investment of USD 26 million dollars in the next two years for phase one. The...Read More
President Julius Maada Bio has on Saturday November 21, 2020, commissioned the very first fire station in the township of Kailahun since the National Fire Service Act of 1980 that set forth provisions relating to the hiring and employment of firemen in Sierra Leone. Welcoming the entourage, Deputy Chief Fire Officer, Sylvester Momoh Taluva, expressed...Read More
The Chairman of the Central One Football Association (COFA), Pa Sama Sesay, who died on Thursday November 19, 2020, was laid to rest at the Kingtom Cemetery on Sunday November 22 . He had been accepted as a member of the Order of the Rokel by former President Ernest Bai Koroma. He was 71 years...Read More
A targeted review team from the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) and the Sierra Leone National Governance Council, have paid a courtesy call on Vice President Dr Mohamed Juldeh Jalloh to share their mission objectives on governance and COVID-19. Head of delegation and Zambian born Ambassador Inonge Mbikusita-Lewanika, noted that as a member of the...Read More
Kailahun, Eastern Province, Thursday 19 November 2020 – Paramount Chief Mohamed Kailondo Banya and local authorities of Luawa Chiefdom have welcomed His Excellency President Dr Julius Maada Bio to the district headquarter town of Kailahun and expressed thanks and appreciation for recent developments in that part of the country. He publicly commended the health care...Read More
In a bid to strengthen and continue raising awareness on mobile fraud, Orange-SL has on Thursday November 19, 2020, raised the awareness of its staff on fraud by organizing a quiz competition at its Hill Station head office in Freetown. Mohamed Bah, Fraud Management Analysis, Orange Sierra Leone, explained that the quiz was part of...Read More
The Native Consortium & Research Centre has raised serious concern over the Government of Sierra Leone’s ratification of an agreement for the construction of a 70,000 metric ton storage facility for all petroleum products. The Consortium aired their concern in a position paper on Thursday November 19, 2020 over the ratification and adoption of the...Read More
