Sierra Leone’s President Dr Julius Maada Bio on Tuesday November 1, 2022, received agricultural machinery from the Chinese Government to boost the country’s efforts at tackling food insecurity through modern farming techniques.  President Bio noted that the machines, donated through the generosity of the People’s Republic of China, are a huge structural complement to the...Read More

By Fatima Kpaka  Sahr Amarah, a retailer, was yesterday sentenced to 12 months in prison for maliciously wounding one Amna Amarah after pleading guilty to the offence. He made his first appearance before Magistrate Peter Gogra of Pademba road court No.6 in Freetown and was charged with  two counts of  wounding contrary to section 20...Read More

By Fatima Kpaka A carpenter James David, 30, was on Monday, October 31, 2022, sentence to 18 months in prison for CCTV theft. The accused made his first appearance before Magistrate Peter Gogra of Pademba road court No.6 in Freetown and was arraigned on one count charge of Larceny contrary to section 2 of the...Read More

By Fatima Kpaka The scene crime officer at the Scientific Support Unit,   Police Constable 13274 Hassan Bangura  on Monday, October 31, 2022 narrated  the roles he played on the alleged murder investigation of one Memunatu Bangura. The accused persons Mai Dumbuya, Tamba Lebbie, Alfred Kargbo, Ishmael Samura and Peter Kalokoh are standing trial before magistrate...Read More

By Sallieu S Kanu Despite efforts and progress thus far to regulate oil and gas activities in Sierra Leone, the country however, continues to grapple with what seems to be very serious challenges shrouding the oil and gas sector, according to a new report by the Conservation Society Sierra Leone (CS-SL). The White Paper identifies...Read More

By Hasbin Shaw The Ministry of Mines and Mineral Resources in collaboration with Kingho Mining Company Limited, through its parent body Leone Rock Metal Group, on Saturday, October 29, 2022, engaged residents of communities that have been relocated from several Mining areas which includes; Foria, Wondugu, and Ferengbeya chiefdoms in the northern province of Sierra...Read More

By George M.O. Williams The Executive Director of the Sierra Leone Seed Certification Agency, Dr. Robert Chakanda, has said that the importation of seeds cost the Government of Sierra Leone billions of Leones, thus the agency is focused to achieve zero seed importation. He made this statement on Thursday during the regular press government briefing...Read More

By Ibrahim S.Bangura Dr. Williette Kemi James, a multi-talented gospel musician, has released a new Gospel single titled, ‘The Harvesters’. The Harvesters which is her third record after ‘Magnificat’ and ‘Experience the Anointing’, cautions people to be mindful of what they always do. She featured Jerry Omole, a renowned Nigerian musician, multi-instrumentalist and motivational speaker....Read More

By Susan Brink Dr. Benjamin Black in front of the Gondama Referral Center in Sierra Leone, where he worked during the Ebola outbreak of 2014-2016. The center treated children and women in urgent need of obstetric and gynecological care. As the outbreak exploded, the center decided to stop admitting pregnant women, a decision that still...Read More

By Ibrahim S.Bangura The management of the National Entertainment Awards Company (NEA) has appointed Lydia N. Djoli as the new Executive Director of the Company. Madam Djoli is the former Operational and Customer Regional Head of West and Central Africa for Multichoice. Djoli appointment came after positively serving the company as the head of consultant,...Read More