Nigerians resident in Sierra Leone have acclaimed the outgoing Nigerian High Commissioner to Sierra Leone, Dr Habiss Ibrahim Ugbada for his successful tenure of office and for strengthening the bond of unity among the Nigerians inn Sierra Leone during his three-year tenure. An event was organised in Freetown on Thursday by the Nigerians in Diaspora...Read More
Sierra Leone’s President Dr Julius Maada Bio has on Friday October 30, 2020 inaugurated the Government Civil Society Organisations (CSO) Dialogue Series on the topic: “Government Interventions to Address the COVID-19 Pandemic in Sierra Leone.” It is expected that the public engagement will help strengthen and consolidate the country’s democratic values. “I am tasking my...Read More
As a way of bringing banking services closer to its customers, Orange Money and Access Bank have, on Friday October 30th, 2020, launch bank to wallet at their shop in Rawdon Street Freetown. This service lets Access Bank customers have the opportunity to use orange money to cash out from the bank without any problem....Read More
The National Election Watch (NEW), a coalition of local and international organizations in Sierra Leone which support free, fair, and peaceful elections has on Monday, October 26, 2020, put out a statement in which it stated that the deferment of the Mid-term census to April 2021 has a likelihood of affecting the general elections calendar...Read More
Dr. Terry Rees, Executive Director of the Order of St. John Paul II, a world-wide canonical association of professional men and women that provides free technical expertise to Roman Catholic Dioceses, has on Friday October 23, 2020, in a virtual press conference expressed distress over Le2.63 billion, which he claimed Spire USA, Inc. owes the...Read More
The Sierra Leone Football Association has in a letter dated October 19, 2020 informed Kambui Eagles Football Club that it would not participate in the 2020/21 CAF Champions League owing to its nonfulfillment of CAF’s Club License requirement. SLFA in the letter stated that, “we regret to inform you that your club has not met...Read More
Residents of Freetown municipality have in an interview conducted on Sunday, October 25, 2020, expressed dissatisfaction over the inconsistent power supply distributed by the Electricity Distribution Supply Authority (EDSA), the country’s main electricity distribution agency. According to residents, power cuts have been constant in some communities and frequent in others. They complained that it deters...Read More
The Bonthe Water Supply Project is currently in high gear with the construction of a Manager’s quarters, store, and workshop, molding of blocks for a perimeter fence, digging of a trench for laying pipes currently ongoing. Actual work on the project commenced merely three months after signing of an agreement on the Bonthe Water Supply...Read More
Hon. Justice Abdul Rahman Mansaray has sentenced 69-year-old, Mohamed Jinnah Moriba to five years in prison for sexually touching a 12-year-old girl in Kenema district. The accused had been charged for sexual touching contrary to section 20(1) (a) of the Sexual Offences Act 2012 Act No. 12 of 2020. The case for the prosecution is...Read More
Rugiatu Jalloh, 22, of No. 22 Nyeyama Road, Daru in Jawe Chiefdom in Kailahun District will spend two years in prison. Justice Abdul Rahman Mansaray found her guilty of fraudulent conversation contrary to section 20(1)(IV) (a) of the Larceny Act 1916. The prosecution in this matter had given evidence that on December 1, 2019 at...Read More
