Tricycle groups have organised themselves into an association to support the growth of their businesses and ensure sustainability of this model of household waste collection in Freetown. Mayor of Freetown, Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr spoke yesterday at the launch of the Waste Collection Management Association. With youth unemployment at an all-time high in Sierra Leone, and poverty...Read More
The largest agricultural company in Sierra Leone which is growing oil palm and producing Crude Palm Oil (CPO),Socfin Agricultural Company has joined the prestigious group of companies around the world as a certified member of the Roundtable for Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO). The long and arduous road of ensuring compliance has taken several years and...Read More
President Dr Julius Maada Bio has on Friday January 28, 2022 pronounced Antonio Rüdiger as Brand Global Sierra Leone Football Ambassador during a brief ceremony attended by family members, well-wishers and government officials in Freetown. Antonio Rüdiger is a Sierra Leonean-German professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Premier League club, Chelsea and the...Read More
The Judiciary of Sierra Leone will today commence a nationwide ‘Judicial Week’, to increase access to justice and decongest Correctional Centres across the country. The Judiciary said in statement on Friday that,during this Judicial Week, a total of 1,013 inmates would be given the opportunity to have their incarcerations reviewed in Prison Courts sitting outside...Read More
The Aureol Insurance Company Ltd has on Friday January 28, 2022 started a year-long 35th anniversary celebration with athanksgiving at the Masjid Hamdallah, Naimbana Street in Freetown. The thanksgiving was well attended by Board of Directors, Managing Director and other staff of the Company. The Managing Director of Aureol Insurance Company, Raymond Macaulay said, “Today...Read More
IshmealBeah, an author and UNICEFgoodwill ambassador, has narrated how his security guard looted his house and carted away with properties worthLe376 million. The accused persons, Ibrahim Dundas, Zainab Kamara, Mohamed Maada Kamara and Lucy Bockarie are before magistrate SahrKekura of Pademba Road Court No 1 for larceny and receiving stolen goods. It is alleged that...Read More
The Global Music Awards Africa has recently nominated Sierra Leonean Musicians, Emmerson, Drizilik, Fantacee Wiz, Rozzy etc. for immensely contributing in the music industry in Africa and beyond. . . Global Music Awards Africa is an entertainment organization that seeks to search and showcase African talent, creativity and award them. Emmerson Bockarie got nominated for...Read More
Representatives of the 17 registered political parties in Sierra Leone have on Friday January 21, 2022 assured that their parties will continue preaching about responsible way of using social media among its members. They political parties made this commitment at a debate organised by the National Political Debates Committee (NPDC) at the New Brookfield’s Hotel...Read More
Nine-year- old Wuyatta Konneh who got paralysed after being allegedly raped by her uncle has died, a local charitable organisation said in statement on Tuesday. The cause of her death has not been made public, but It’sapparent that the victim died as a result of injuries she suffered when she wasbrutallyrapedat age 5. The Black...Read More
International Day of Education is aday set aside by the United Nations to celebrate the role of education for peace and development and to showcaseimportant transformations that must be nurtured to realize everyone’s fundamental right to education and build a more sustainable, inclusive, and peaceful futures. This year’s theme is “Changing Course, Transforming Education”. As...Read More
