The Minister of Youth Affairs Mohamed Orman Bangura and the Chief executive Officer of UBA Sierra Leone, Usman Isiaka, have called on Sierra Leonean entrepreneurs to apply for the Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF) entrepreneurship programme. The objective of the programme is to empower women and men across Africa, catalyzing economic growth, driving poverty eradication and...Read More
Pupils of Tamagalie, a community in Fotonbuyeh section in Bramaia Chiefdom Kambia District, have on Monday January 18, 2021 appealed to the Government of Sierra Leone, Non-Governmental Organizations and other humanitarian organizations to construct a proper school structure to improve their learning environment. The pupils currently use a makeshift structure ‘bafa’ made of dry...Read More
Ministry of Agriculture Central Stores, Kissy, Thursday 21 January 2021 – His Excellency President Dr Julius Maada Bio has embarked on an inspection tour of the stores of the Ministry of Agriculture that is housing about 2,410 agricultural implements and 410 tractors for the 2021 planting season. In the 2018 New Direction Manifesto of the...Read More
Over four hundred thousand people are set to benefit from the Six Town Water Supply Project that will be implemented by the Sierra Leone Water Company (SALWACO). The Project is set to be implemented in Kailahun, Pujehun, Moyamba, Kambia, Magbruka and Kabala. On the 20th-21st January 2021, SALWACO, represented by two of its board members,...Read More
Magistrate Mark Ngegba of Court No. 1 on Pademba Road has on Friday 22nd January 2021 ordered a bench warrant on one Hassan Bendu, who had previously been admitted to bail, and his surety for not attending court proceedings in the matter for which the accused is charged. Bendu is charged to court for allegedly...Read More
The National COVID Emergency Response Centre (NaCOVERC) has been directed by the Presidential Task Force to reintroduce a nationwide curfew. The curfew which would commence effective Monday 25th, January 2021, from 10:00 pm to 5:00 am is geared towards curbing a second wave of COVID-19 in Sierra Leone. It could be recalled that in December...Read More
The Public Education and Outreach Unit of the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) office in Kono on 19th January 2021 organised a customized meeting with senior officers of the Sefadu Correctional Centre in the office of the Officer-in-Charge to raise awareness on corruption issues and institute anti-corruption measures in the operations of the centre. This is part...Read More
At the climax of the 2nd ordinary session of ECOWAS parliament held virtually, the Speaker of the regional parliament has on Tuesday, January 19, 2021, confirmed that Sierra Leone will be the next destination to host the 1st ECOWAS Parliament Extraordinary Session 2021. Rt Honourable Sidie Mohamed Tunis, Speaker of ECOWAS Parliament who himself is...Read More
On Tuesday January 19, 2021, Magistrate Mark Ngegba of Court No.1 on Pademba Road in Freetown granted 50 million Leones bail each to Foday Lansana Marrah and Abu-Bakarr Marrah for alleged conspiracy to defraud and obtaining money by false pretenses contrary to the laws of Sierra Leone. After they have denied the charges, defence counsel,...Read More
The Court of Appeal in Sierra Leone has on Tuesday January 19, 2021, upheld the conviction and sentence against appellants, Edward King and Sorieba Kamara, both former officials of the Ministry of Information and Communication. The Court was presided by the Honourable Justice Miatta Maria Samba, Ja; Honourable Justice Ansumana Ivan Sesay, Ja; and The...Read More
