By Fatima Kpaka The matter between the state and the Mayor of Freetown Yvonne Aki- Sawyer came up again yesterday before Magistrate Mark Ngegba of Pademba Road Court No.1 and was adjourned because state prosecutor was absent in court. Shortly after the matter was mentioned by the court clerk, state Counsel Jesse Tucker said the...Read More

By Stephen V. Lansana A cross-section of staff from the Commercial Department at the Sierra Leone Water Company (SALWACO) last week completed a one-week study visit to the Guma Valley Water Company. The collaborative study, which was concluded on Friday, November 11, 2022, was gearing towards capacity building of sister institution. Managing Director of Guma,...Read More

By Desmond Tunde Coker In life we need people as life will be meaningless without people around us. Man was created to interact with others.  That is why on Sunday, November 13, 2022, the Faith Tabernacle Ministries at the Bishop Johnson School Compound, Fourah Bay Road, Freetown celebrated its Annual Family Day and Thanksgiving Service...Read More

By Alimatu Jalloh The Principal Magistrate of the Padempa Road Court No.1, Mark Ngegba on Tuesday, November 15, 2022 sentenced Mohamed Osman Kamara and Yeanoh Kargbo  to 12 months in prison each and pay a fine of Le2000 (New Leone) to the State, while the second accused Ibriham Bangura should serve a jail term of...Read More

By Desmond Lewis Amnesty International Sierra Leone has written a letter to the Ministry of Internal Affairs seeking a meeting to discuss allegations of cross human rights violations including cruelty and degrading treatments meted on suspects in police custody. “As a right based organisation, we are seriously concerned about the increasing allegation of gross human...Read More

By Sallieu S Kanu   An African Development Bank (AfDB) team comprised experts from the Finance, Social and Environmental Management, Procurement and Disbursemet Departments and the Sierra Leone Field Office (SLFO) have completed a five-day mission visit on the Freetown WASH and Aquatic Environment Revamping (WASHAERP) Project which is being implemented by the Guma Valley...Read More

By Ibrahim S. Bangura Team Lorem, a group of students of Fourah Bay College, University of Sierra Leone, on Thursday, November 10, 2022 received US$15,000 after being selected among the top twelve winners in the Global Imagen Ventures Youth Innovation Challenge recently. Dr. David Sengeh, Minister of Basic and Senior Secondary Education and Chief Innovation...Read More

By Ibrahim S. Bangura Sheku Gibril Koroma popularly known as Sheku G., a Sierra Leonean philanthropist based in London, will on Wednesday, November 16, 2022 commence the construction of the third mosque in Bramaia chiefdom in Kambia District, as one of his ways of helping humanity. Koroma said that he had built a mosque at...Read More