By Foday Moriba Conteh Social media evidently has the proclivity of weaponizing the use of data services and the internet ecosystem to inflict mayhem in Sierra Leone as recently witnessed. Sierra Leone enjoys the lowest cost in data tariff comparative to other countries. The low cost of data positively widened access, but not without its...Read More
By Desmond Tunde Coker After months of skill-perfecting endeavours, the Sierra Leone Cricket Association (SLCA) has named 14 players ahead of the International Cricket Council (ICC) Under-19 Men’s Cricket World Cup Africa Division 2 Qualifier scheduled for September 30 through October 8, 2022, at the MKO Abiola Cricket Oval in Abuja, Nigeria. Below is a...Read More
By Ibrahim S.Bangura Hajaratu Bangura, popularly known as Pinkee Pinkee, a rap prodigy in the east of Freetown has been nominated for the category of ‘Young Female Artist of the Year’in the third edition of the East-end National Award Ceremony 2022. Pinkee’s nomination came after gaining so much attention from the public with her unique...Read More
By Sallieu S. Kanu Sierra Leone’s Minister of Mines and Mineral Resources, Hon. Timothy Kabba, is set to attend Africa Oil Week, a leading Oil and Gas event held in Cape Town, South Africa, according to a statement put out by the APO Group on behalf of Africa Oil Week. Organised by Hyve Group Plc.,...Read More
By Ibrahim S.Bangura CeeJay Mark, a renowned Sierra Leonean musician, on Friday September 23,2022 has stormed with a single song titled: ‘If’,a track which talks about the power of love and the consequences of letting go off a relationship that doesn’t worth it. In the song, Ceejay expressed that he did regret his action of...Read More
More than 50 women recently graduated from ‘Bloodless Bondo’ rite at Matotoka Town in Tonkolili District Northern Sierra Leone. The bloodless Bondo rite was supported by the Amazonian Initiative Movement (AIM), a local non-governmental organisation championing the empowerment and rights of women and girls. The ceremony was considered as an extraordinary moment that gives a...Read More
By Fatima Kpaka Marcella Sesay a 35 Year Old woman was on Monday 26 September 2022 dragged to court before Magistrate Mark Ngegba of Pademba Road Court No1, for allegedly defrauding a US Navy officer over Le 1 billion. The accused Marcella Sesay appeared before Magistrate Mark Ngegba of Pademba Road Court No.1 for fraudulent...Read More
The Ministry of Planning and Economic Development (MOPED) with support from the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) on Friday 23rd September 2022 organized a day’s engagement for 40 Paramount Chiefs and Traditional Society Leaders on the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) and the National Population Policy (NPP) at De Wizard Conference Hall, 62...Read More
By Fatima Kpaka Sierra Leone’s Minister of Tourism and Cultural Affairs, Dr. Memunatu Pratt, has bid farewell to the outgoing Chinese Ambassador to Sierra Leone, Hu zhangliang, saying that the Chinese Embassy’s support has contributed immensely to the developing tourism sector in Sierra Leone. In his remarks, Ambassador Hu Zhangliang noted that during his tenure...Read More
The West African Police Information System (WAPIS) which seeks to fight transnational organised crimes nationally, regionally and globally by collecting, storing, and sharing data on criminals, with support from the European Union, has completed a four-day training of twenty eight participants, drawn from the Sierra Leone Police, Anti-Corruption Commission, and the Immigration Department. At the...Read More
