On 23 July 2021, a group of women sat expectantly in the audience of the Parliament of Sierra Leone, to witness a decision that changed their lives. It was the day lawmakers voted unanimously to abolish the capital punishment.“To see the death penalty abolished, I am so happy,” said Mary, one of the women in...Read More
As he poised for the All People’s Congress (APC) national secretariat leadership, two leading affiliated APC groups, the Global Rapid Hunt Unit Mothers and the National Grassroots Network have endorsed Lansana Dumbuya Esq. as the next Secretary General of the party. Speaking on Tuesday, July 21, 2022, at the legal luminary office, Soldier Street in...Read More
The Parliament of Sierra Leone on Monday , July 25, 2022, through its Pre-Legislative Committee hearings discussed two bills relating to land issues in Sierra Leone. The bills which were discussed are: 1. The National Land Commission Act 2022 and 2. The Customary Land Right Act 2022 The National Land Commission Act 2022, seeks to...Read More
The National Home-based football team of Sierra Leone will today engage the Blue Sharks of Cape Verde in Grand Stade de Marrakech from 6:00 PM (S/L) – 7:00 PM (Morocco). Sierra Leone on Sunday won the first leg thanks to Alie Conteh with the two goals that sealed the win after putting up a brilliant...Read More
The immediate past Captain of the National Under-19 Men’s Team and current skipper of Mid-West Cricket Club, Edward George Ngegba, has risen to the pedestal of glories by topping Sierra Leone’s run scorers’ list at ICC level with 639 pitch hunts in four years of international cricket. In his last three ICC U-19 tournaments, the...Read More
The Ministry of Finance on Monday, July 25, 2022 commenced a 5-day workshop on the Annual National Debt Sustainability Analysis (DSA) at the Leisure Lodge, Off Cape Road, Aberdeen in Freetown. The exercise is an almanac requirement to assess the country’s level of debt distress in the medium-to-long term to provide appropriate policy advice to...Read More
On July 29, 1971, the Joint Communiqué between the Government of the People’s Republic of China and the Government of the Republic of Sierra Leone on the Establishment of Diplomatic Relations assured that the Chinese Government and people support categorically the Government and people of Sierra Leone in its struggles against imperialism, colonialism, and neo-colonialism, in its efforts to safeguard national independence and sovereignty. In the meantime, the...Read More
The National Centre of Vocational Studies (NCVS) on Friday, July 22,2022 held its first leavers service at the Dr. S.M. Broderick school in Freetown. Since NCVS was established in 1983, the institution has trained thousands of young women who are gainfully employed in Ministries, Department and Agencies (MDAs) and other private institutions. It has been...Read More
The Pentecostal Fellowship of Sierra Leone and the Body of Christ have strongly condemned the unprovoked attacks on the Glory Mission Church in Kambia. This was revealed during a press briefing on Friday, July 22, 2022, at the Flaming Bible Church, Syke Street in Freetown. PFSL President Bishop Akintayo Sam-Jolly and Vice President Apostle Augustine...Read More
High Court Judge, Hon. Justice Augustine K. Musa, has sentenced 26-year-old Sheriff Kamara, a first year Student, to life imprisonment for murder. According to the particulars of the offence, Sheriff Kamara on February 5, 2021 at Machama village, Romende Chiefdom in the Karene District in the north-west region of Sierra Leone, murdered Mariama Kongaima. According...Read More
