By Desmond Tunde Coker The Mano River Union has on Monday, October 3rd 2022 celebrated its 49th, year anniversary with the theme “Deepening the Culture of Peace.” The Mano River Union (MRU) is an international association initially established between Liberia and Sierra Leone by the 3rd of October 1973 Mano River Declaration. It is named after the Mano River which begins in the...Read More
By Sallieu S. Kanu The Ministry of Basic and Senior Secondary Education (MBSSCE) together with partners on Tuesday, October 4, 2022, launched Education Knowledge Platform, a hub which will allow policymakers, schools leaders, students and education partners to access useful resources that support them in their work to improve teaching and learning. Platform holds resources...Read More
By Ibrahim Sorie Koroma Health Education Officer – HEP/MoHS Paramount Chief, Alhaji Masakama Kanamanka III of Kholifa Rowalla, a key champion for the ongoing Human Papilloma Virus vaccine roll-out in Tonkolili District has said that his support and championing of the HPV Vaccination was as result of a commitment made by traditional leaders (PCs) at...Read More
By George M.O. Williams The Electoral Commission of Sierra Leone (ECSL) has extended the period of voter registration to two-day (7-8 October), the Commission said in a statement it put out on Monday. The second phase of the voter registration exercise should end on October 4, 2022. The Commission said that before the extension period...Read More
By Fatima Kpaka Adikalie Suma, alias Kalamasinah, Mohamed Bangura alias pobom and Kamanda Sankoh were on Friday, September 30, 2022 sent to prison by Magistrate Mark Ngegba of Pademba Road Court No.1 for allegedly setting on fire the dwelling house of one Abubakar Suleiman Kamara. The accused persons who made their first appearance in court...Read More
By Fatima Kpaka Esther Yeanor Koroma, a deputy Superintendent of Police and Head of the Firearms Bureau of the Small Arms Commission, on Monday, October 3, 2022 testified on the alleged case of unlawful possession of firearms by an ex-military man and six others during a Chieftaincy Election which was held at Sambaia Bendugu. The...Read More
By Sallieu S. Kanu In a move to protect adolescent girls from cervical cancer, the Government of Sierra Leone today introduced the Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) vaccine to the routine immunization schedule and launched the start of a campaign to reach 153,991 girls with the vaccine. The introduction of HPV vaccine is one of the...Read More
By George M.O. Williams The European Union Delegation in Sierra Leone in corporation with the Freetown City Council, National Tourist Board of Sierra Leone, Sierra Leone Association of Journalist (SLAJ) and Shout Climate Change Africa on Saturday, October 1, 2022, cleaned up the Aberdeen/ Lumley Beach in a bid to raise awareness about the critical...Read More
By Fatima Kpaka Detective Police Sergeant, Issa Kamara, has on Monday 3rd October, 2022, tendered cutlass and pickaxe in the ongoing preliminary investigation into the alleged murder of one Memunatu Bangura. The accused are arraigned before Magistrate Mark Ngegba of Pademba Road Court No.1 on two counts of conspiracy and murder. According to the particulars...Read More
By Desmond Tunde Coker Brookfields City Football Club on Sunday won the Mano River Union Trophy in a post-game penalty after a 1-1 draw during the 90 minutes at the KT Field Kingtom Freetown. The gala was organized in commemoration of their 49th, anniversary with a two day gala seeing four teams battling for the...Read More
