The World Bank on March 8, 2022 approved a US$40 million International Development Association (IDA) grant to support improved access to social safety nets and income generating opportunities for over 176,000 beneficiaries, including women, youth and persons with disabilities. The Bank said in statement in a statement on Tuesday that, the Productive Social Safety Nets...Read More

The International Women’s Day is celebrated on March 8, every year to commemorate the milestone of women across the globe in several areas of humanity.  This day is a national holiday in Sierra Leone. Suffice to say that in a society like Sierra Leone where majority of its women live below the poverty line, there...Read More

–President Dr Julius Maada Bio has on Monday, March 7, 2022, launched the Health-On-Wheels Initiative, the first such effort by Sierra Leone at actualising its universal health coverage commitment with support from the Government of the People’s Republic of China. “So, Sierra Leone’s commitment to achieving Universal Health Coverage has been evident in our international...Read More

Judah Zubairu, a renowned local gospel musician, has on Monday, March 7, 2022 comenced a twelve – school music tours in Freetown. The tour is aimed at educating students about their academic works as well as preaching to them the words of God. Zubairu with the Worshippers Tribe Band has started with: International school, the...Read More

The Commissioner General of the National Revenue Authority (NRA) has appealed to businessmen to open their shops following the closure of  shops last Thursday and Friday. The appeal came after series of meetings with the business community based in the capital Freetown. Dr. Samuel Jibao made the appeal during a press briefing held on Friday,...Read More

Former President, Ernest Bai Koroma on Tuesday, February 8, 2022 played host to heads of the diplomatic missions at his residence in Goderich, Freetown. The engagement was a follow-up to previous discussions and consultations relating to the country’s social and political state of affairs ahead of the 2023 general elections. Among the visiting diplomats are...Read More

The Mayor of Freetown, Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr on Monday March 7, 2022, officially opened 230th anniversary (1792-2022) celebrations of Freetown at the City Hall auditorium. The opening celebration was climaxed with cultural and drama performances and Freetown history panel discussions of what Freetown was and the Freetown we envisaged.  The celebrations would entail host of activities...Read More

FC Johansen, a football club, has recently unveiled Skillz 8figure and Markmuday Watalara, local popular music stars as the new ambassadors for the club. The unveiling took place at the Orange Sierra Leone headquarters at Hill Station in the west of Freetown. According to Isha Johansen, founder of the club, being that music and football...Read More