Pa Alimamy Conteh, an elder residing at Bottom Oku, a seaside community in Wellington in the east of Freetown, has on Monday June 15, 2020 told Premier News that, the community needs pipe borne water, toilet facility and a health centre. Conteh said that the lack of these basic amenities has made the lives of...Read More
German international footballer, Antonio Rudiger, through his foundation has on Thursday June 11, 2020, provided a-day meal and face masks for Under-10 football teams and other vulnerable children at Kroo Bay Community in Freetown. Rudiger; nicknamed Rudy, is a Sierra Leonean-German national with maternal roots in Sierra Leone, and is currently plying his professional career...Read More
The Sierra Leone Football Association (SLFA) has on Thursday June 11, 2020, informed the general public that the Project to install an artificial football pitch in Kenema Artificial Turf Installation Project has been postponed due to the current covid-19 pandemic and the rains. The release further stated that FIFA and SLFA’s priorities during the COVID-19...Read More
Sierra Leone’s President, Dr. Julius Maada Bio, has on Thursday June 11, 2020 said that the Country is still contending with low levels of digital literacy, especially in non-urban areas, in the midst of persistent threat to cyber security. He made this statement during a virtual global digitization conference. The President’s statement which was delivered...Read More
Leone Stars Team Manager, Christian Dauda, together with Junior Bio, a aports ambassador, has decided to support three Premier League Clubs and a Second Division club in Lungi with 25kg bags of rice and sums of money for each player amidst COVID-19. According to information reaching this medium, the move is part of the TM’s...Read More
The Legal Aid Board and a team, comprising Consultant Battu Jambawai and the National Coordinator Sexual and Gender Based Violence (SGBV) Ramatu Kargbo, from the Ministry of Gender and Children’s Affairs, (MoGCA), last Tuesday discussed ways of strengthening response mechanisms in the fight against SGBV. The discussion took place at the Board’s head office...Read More
The Chairlady of Tambakula Wharf in Aberdeen, Fatmata Kamara, has told Premier New on Tuesday June 16, 2020, that the prices of fish have risen because of a fall in the supply of the commodity since the outbreak of the coronavirus in Sierra Leone. The Chairlady, also a fish monger, further said that government restrictions...Read More
As the World celebrates International Day of Persons with Albinism, Legal Link, a non-profit legal advocacy group, in collaboration with the Sierra Leone Association for Persons with Albinism have on Saturday June 13, 2020 called on the government to increase medical and educational support to persons with Albinism in the country. June 13, has been...Read More
Amadu Sankoh, commonly known as A Sank, a Sierra Leonean musician living in São Paulo, Brazil, has on Wednesday June 10, 2020 released a hit single titled in portuguese: “Te Amo,” which translates in English “I Love You,” featuring Jânio Vilar, a Brazilian producer & musician and Joseph Healing, a Sierra Leonean singer based in...Read More
Chief Executive Officer of the National Public Procurement Authority (NPPA), Ibrahim Brima Swaray, has on Monday June 15, 2020, presented the 2018 Annual Public Procurement Assessment Report to President Julius Maada Bio. He disclosed that over the years most of the time leakages in national spending had emanated from procurement activities, adding that upon assumption...Read More
