By Sallieu S. Kanu The Chairperson of the National Elections Watch (NEW), Marcella Samba Sesay has said that members of her organisation and herself have been subjected to harassment and personal attacks. Mrs. Marcella Samba Sesay said such attacks are not new, adding that they had been directed at them in 2012, 2018 and 2023...Read More
By Sallieu S. Kanu Sierra Leone’s President Julius Maada Bio has announced a major cabinet reshuffle after been re-elected for a second term following a controversial election on June 24, 2023. President Bio appointed Dr David Moinina Sengeh as Chief Minister, replacing Jacob Jusu Saffa, an astute and strong supporter of the President. Sengeh...Read More
By Ibrahim S. Bangura Idris Elba, a popular British-Sierra Leonean actor, has recently taken a lead character in a new movie titled, ‘Hijack’. The film is about a group of passengers who hijacked a seven-hour flight from Dubai to London. The movie is a thriller created by George Kay and Jim Field Smith, and it...Read More
By Sallieu S. Kanu The Commissioner of the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) and the Integrity Vice President of the World Bank Group have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for joint collaboration. The MoU was signed by the ACC Commissioner Francis Ben Kaifala Esq. and the World Bank Group’s Integrity Vice President Mouhamadou Diagneon on June...Read More
By George M.O. Williams In a random view finding, Premier News sought the views of people involved in different trades in Aberdeen and Lumley Markets, asking them what they wanted the Government of Sierra Leone to focus on in a bid to improve their livelihood in the next six months after the just concluded election....Read More
By Ibrahim S. Bangura WAYout, an organization that works with street and disadvantaged youths, in partnership with Ballanta Academy of Music and Performing Arts, will hold a film night to promote filmmaking in Sierra Leone on Friday July 14, 2023. According to Gibrilla Kamara, Manager of WAYout, the screening will be conducted at Ball anta’s...Read More
By Sallieu S. Kanu The judiciary of Sierra Leone has refuted claims by the main opposition All People Congress (APC) party that it had failed to hear election petitions filed by the party following the 2018 elections. “Firstly, the Judiciary wishes to inform the general public that there is no political case for trial...Read More
By Sallieu S. Kanu HM King Mohammed VI of Morocco has sent a message of congratulations to the President of the Republic of Sierra Leone, Julius Maada Bio, following his re-election to the Presidency. In this message, the Sovereign expressed, to the Sierra Leonese President, his warmest congratulations on earning the trust of people for...Read More
By Fatima Kpaka Justice Adrian Fisher of the Freetown High Court has on Wednesday, July 5, 2023 thrown out the matter between the All People’s Congress (APC) party and the Electoral Commission for Sierra Leone (ECSL) and has ordered that the applicant, APC Party, pay a cost of Le 2,000 (Le 2,000,000) to the defendant....Read More
By Fatima Kpaka Yusif Abdulai Kamara, a farmer, was on Wednesday, July 5, 2023 sent to prison by Magistrate Mark Ngegba of Pademba Road Court No1 for allegedly defrauding US Citizens Chavonna Frazier over Le 400 million for land. The accused made his first appearance in court and was arraigned on one count of fraudulent conversion...Read More
