By Fatima Kpaka Abdul Sorie Hassan Kamara, a police personnel formerly of the Operations Support Division (OSD) of the Sierra Leone Police (SLPP), who is the 12th accused person in the ongoing trial for treason has on Monday 15th July 2024 told the court that he had no pre-knowledge of the November 26th 2023 coup...Read More
By George M.O. Williams Five teenage girls between the ages of 11 and 15 were intercepted and taken to the Motema Police Division, Kono District by stakeholders of Koquima Town, Tankoro Chiefdom, according to John Smith, the Senior Social Service Officer, Ministry of Social Welfare in Kono. The victims were allegedly trafficked by their grandfather,...Read More
By Fatima Kpaka Professor Emmanuel Femi Gbenga Ajah a lecturer at IMATT College has on Tuesday 16th July 2024 dragged David Kamara, a student and barber before Magistrate Santigie Bangura of Pademba Road Court no 2 for allegedly stealing his laptop computer worth Le 15,000. The accused was making his second appearance and was arraigned for the crime of...Read More
By Sallieu S, Kanu Sierra Loene’s President Dr Julius Maada Bio on Tuesday, July 16, 2024, received Ambassador Simeon Moriba, who is paying a courtesy call as the new Secretary General of the Mano River Union after his appointment recently received approval from all member Heads of State. Ambassador Moriba expressed gratitude to President Bio...Read More
By Feima Kpaka The European Union Ambassador to Sierra Leone, Manuel Muller on Monday July 15, 2024, bade farewell to the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Alhaji Musa Timothy Kabba at his tower Hill Office in Freetown. Ambassador Muller recalled the bilateral relations between Sierra Leone and the EU which spans for decades,...Read More
The Executive Director of the National Sports Authority (NSA), Dr. Emmanuel Saffa Abdulai Esq, marked his first hundred days in office on Monday July 15th 2024, having led over eighty engagements to amplify the country’s sport sector to a profitable end. He was appointed on April 9, 2024, Dr. Abdulai had long envisaged the rebirth...Read More
By Desmond Tunde Coker Sierra Leone Women’s Premier League double champions, Mogbwema Queens from Rutile, have intensified training ahead of the CAF Women’s Championship, slated for August 2-22, 2024. The tournament will be hosted at the beautiful Southern Arena Stadium in Bo. To strengthen their squad, the management of Mogbwema Queens has signed two foreign...Read More
By Sallieu S. Kanu A team from the World Bank with the Minister of Energy l, Dr. Eldred Taylor and technical personnel from the Electricity Distribution and Supply Authority (EDSA) on Saturday, July 13, 2024, conducted an assessment on the status of the project dedicated to upgrading the Freetown network from 11KV to 33KV under...Read More
By Ibrahim S. Bangura Abioseh Warren Martyn, aka Afrimaroon, a veteran reggae musician in Freetown, on Friday June 12th, 2024, explained that the musical genre could unite people of diverse cultures and serve as a vehicle to advocate peace in society. Afrimaroon is the Chairman of Sierra Leone Reggae Union. According to him Reggae lyrics...Read More
By Sallieu S. Kanu On Saturday, July 13, 2024, the Sierra Leone Chambers of Agribusiness Development (SLeCAD) and Craving for Development formalized their partnership through a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to bolster agriculture and support the government’s Feed Salone flagship project. The signing ceremony, held at SLeCAD’s new office on Lumley Beach Road in Freetown,...Read More
