By Sallieu S. Kanu A regional message development workshop to raise awareness about the findings and recommendations of the Tripartite Committee’s Report concluded in the northern city of Makeni on August 20, 2024. The workshop was organized by the International Republican Institute, in collaboration with the Ministry of Information and Civic Education and the National...Read More
The Executive Director of the National Sports Authority (NSA), Dr. Emmanuel Saffa Abdulai is to deliver a public lecture at the University of Namibia on Sports Law, Governance, and Reforms in Africa on September 16, 2024, according to a statement from NSA. The lecture will take into cognizance topical legal, and governance matters that influence...Read More
By Fatima Kpaka Firas Youssef, president and general manager of United Family Kingdom Investment, was on Friday, August 23, 2024, arraigned before Magistrate Sahr Kekura of Pademba Road Court No. 1 by one of his workers Mahmoud Mansaray for failing to pay NASSIT contribution. Defendant Firas Youssef was charged with non-registration of an employee contrary...Read More
By George M.O. Williams Experts have attributed the collapse of many storey buildings and fences in Sierra Leone’s capital, Freetown, which claimed the lives of 13 people in July and August 2024, to the utilisation of substandard building materials and poor engineering design. This revelation was made during the monthly Inter-Pillar Coordination Meeting (IPCM) which...Read More
By Sallieu S Kanu President Dr Julius Maada Bio on Friday, 23 August 23, 2024, officially turned the sod for the construction of seven new buildings and the rehabilitation of 24 existing structures at Bo Government Secondary School, according to a statement from the Office of the President. This project is part of a US$65...Read More
By Fatima Kpaka Abu Bakarr Yillah, 47, a police officer attached to the Operations Support Division of the Sierra Leone Police stationed in Kambia was on Thursday 22nd August 2024 sent to prison by Magistrate Santigie Bangura of Pademba Road Court No: 2 for allegedly murdering Fasineh Bangura. The accused made his first appearance in...Read More
Initial results show homes in Sierra Leone’s capital fitted with heat-reflective roofing sheets can be up to 6C cooler By Eromo Egbejule in Abidjan Mohamed Koroma has lived in the Kroo Bay waterfront community in Freetown for more than 50 years but cannot remember a time when the weather has been as hot as it was in...Read More
Source: APO Group A 14-year-old girl from Sierra Leone is free to follow her dreams of becoming a doctor after having a facial tumor removed by international health charity Mercy Ships (www.MercyShips.com) Without the timely surgery, the tumor would likely have continued to grow to the point of causing airway obstructions, and ultimately, death by...Read More
By Stephen V. Lansana The Vice Chancellor and Principal of the University of Sierra Leone (USL), Professor Aiah Lebbie has on Tuesday, August 20, 2024 officially launched the 2024 African Genius Awards (AGA)which will be hosted by Fourah Bay College (FBC) on Saturday, September 7th, 2024, making it the first college outside South Africa to...Read More
By Fatima Kpaka Magistrate Santigie Bangura of Pademba Road Court No.2 Mohamed Moriba Fabbah, 32, a contractor, was on Thursday, August 22, 2024, sent on remand by Magistrate Santigie Bangura of Pademba Road Court No.2 for an alleged theft of 50 length half-inch iron rod and 80 pieces of timbers. The accused who made his...Read More
