By Alimatu Jalloh The National Social Security and Insurance Trust (NASSIT) on Sunday, January 21st, 2024, held its 21st annual thanksgiving service with the theme: “Regular update of Members Record: A Means to easy access to your benefit”, at the New Life Ministries International Miracle City, Ross Road in Freetown. The service was well attended...Read More
By Sallieu S. Kanu FREETOWN, January 29, 2024 — In a bid to enhance Sierra Leone’s data collection capabilities, Statistics Sierra Leone, in collaboration with UNICEF, has initiated a week-long workshop at the New Brookfields Hotel. The workshop, which is currently ongoing, aims to review the Multi Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS) questionnaire and explore its...Read More
The newly elected Western Area Basketball Association (WABA) executive has organized a one-day refresher workshop for coaches and officials in their association. The workshop was conducted at Dr. Lahai Taylor hall Brookfields in Freetown on Saturday January 27th, 2024. The workshop brought together members of the National Basketball Association, Coaches, and officials from different clubs...Read More
The president of Badminton Sierra Leone, Chief Michael Shamsu Mustapha, has been recognized as a honorary member of a Badminton Academy in the Czech city of Most, where he also signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) which would facilitate the construction of a Badminton Academy in Sierra Leone and promote technical exchange. The Association has...Read More
By Desmond Tunde Coker The Minister of Sports, Madam Augusta James-Teima, National Sports Authority (NSA) boss, Dr Kenneth Brima and senior officials from the Ministry and NSA, have visited the Sierra Leone Football Association Secretariat to inspect the ongoing artificial turf construction project. On arrival, the delegation was received by the Acting General Secretary, Ing....Read More
By Sallieu S. Kanu Four people including Alimamy Kamara are in custody over the brutal killing of Iyeba Sanda Barrie, 35, at the Kamaseh Village in the outskirts of Kabala Town, Koinadugu District, according to the police in Kalaba. The body of Iyeba was discovered by locals in a river at Kamaseh village. The deep...Read More
By Sallieu S. Kanu Four people including Alimamy Kamara are in custody over the brutal killing of Iyeba Sanda Barrie, 35, at the Kamaseh Village in the outskirts of Kabala Town, Koinadugu District, according to the police in Kalaba. The body of Iyeba was discovered by locals in a river at Kamaseh village. The deep...Read More
By Fatima Kpaka A Military Officer attached to the Joint Logistics Unit (JLU), Murray Town in Freetown, Farrrah Turay, has on Friday, January 26, 2024 testified before Magistrate Santigie Bangura of Pademba Road Magistrate Court No. 2 in the case of the alleged murder of his younger brother Samuel Turay. The accused, Kabba Dumbuya, a...Read More
By Stephen V. Lansana The Defence Council of the Ministry of Defence (MoD) and the Republic of Sierra Leone Armed Forces (RSLAF), the highest decision-making body of the MoD/RSLAF, have endorsed the retirement of 37 officers from the RSLAF. The Defence Council include: the President of the Republic of Sierra Leone, the Minister of Defence...Read More
By Sallieu S. Kanu At the United Nations International Day of Education on Wednesday, January 24, in New York, Minister of Information and Civic Education Chernor Bah eloquently narrated Sierra Leone’s educational journey, beginning with the system the colonial masters handed over authority to us, the decadence that set in afterwards, the disruption caused by...Read More
