Police have released the Spokesman of the main opposition All People’s Congress (APC) party, Sidi Yayah Tunis after two nights in a police cell. Tunis said he was freed on a Le200 million bail bond and asked to report on Monday. He was detained on Tuesday after a radio interview on FM 98.1 which the...Read More

The Mop-up Exercise for the 2021 Mid-Term Census which started on December 30,  2021 will end on Sunday, February 12, 2022, the Chief Census Officer, Statistics Sierra Leone (Stats SL) said on Thursday. Prof. Osman Sankoh said, “As we wind down the People’s Census, we will leave no willing household behind!” “Following that, a winding...Read More

The Parliament of Sierra Leone on Wednesday, February 9, 2022, extensively debated the bill entitled: “The National Electronic Communication Act, 2021”, and committed it to the Legislative Committee for further scrutiny. The bill seeks to establish the National Communications Authority and to provide for the licensing and regulation of electronic communication operators and other related...Read More

The Director General of National Social Security and Insurance Trust (NASSIT), Mohamed Fuaad Daboh has said that the institution recorded about 267,000 registered and insured members. The Trust documented a 30 percent increase in members when compared with 2018 figures. He made this statement recently in Freetown when recounting on the successes and challenges of...Read More

Fatmata Bah, a businesswoman, was on Monday, February 7, 2022 sent to jail for allegedly trafficking 16-year- old Assiatu Bah from Conakry, Guinea to Sierra Leone for the purpose of exploitation. The accused made her first appearance before Magistrate Sahr Kekura of Pademba Road Court No 1 on two counts of Conspiracy to commit Human...Read More