FREETOWN, 16 January 2021 (IRCS) – Iranian Red Crescent Society (IRCS) will continue its humanitarian services in the Society’s health centre in Sierra Leone, said the IRCS President. Following his visit to Africa, President of the Iranian Red Crescent Dr. Karim Hemmati met with President of the Sierra Leone Red Cross, Christian Fayia, on Saturday...Read More
Orange Sierra Leone has on Saturday, January 16, 2021, ended its promotion with Augustine Tucker winning the last and final brand new car at a grand draw held at the Sierra Leone Broadcasting Corporation (SLBC) in Freetown. Orange Money has now given away a total of five brand new cars to lucky winners as part...Read More
“As Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), we prefer the least complicated vaccines to be the one to us,” the Deputy Director of the Africa CDC said last week. Dr. Ahmed Ogwell Ouma made this comment while giving an update on COVID-19 in Africa during a virtual COVID-19 training organized by Thomson Reuters...Read More
The Human Rights Commission has in its Annual Report for the year 2019 has made it known to the Media that overcrowding is a big problem in the Correctional facilities in the country. The Commission presented the Report to the Media on Thursday January 14th, 2021 at its headquarter in Freetown. Addressing Journalists, Madam Patricia...Read More
The National Youth Service (NYS), which is mandated by an Act of Parliament to annually enlist, train and deploy graduate youth across communities and institutions nationwide to carryout national youth service, has enlisted 700 graduates into the National Youth Service Scheme for the 2021 internship program. The graduates (Corps members), who are currently at the...Read More
The head of the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC), Francis Ben Keifala has in a media conference highlighted issues under investigation pertaining to Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDA’s) as captured in the 2019 Auditor General’s report. The commissioner said that the ACC has investigated the matter relating of a missing Le, 5 billion as payment done without...Read More
The administration of the University of Sierra Leone has in a letter addressed to the president of the Academic Staff Association (ASA) of the University of Sierra Leone said that the Government of Sierra Leone will meet with lecturers of the University to resolve an impasse over an unfulfilled promise of a 100% increment in...Read More
Financial Secretary, Mr. Sahr Lahai Jusu has given a three-week grace period to vote controllers to submit the implementation plan of the audit recommendations. He gave the ultimatum while speaking to them on Thursday 14th January, 2021 at his George Street Office in Freetown. “The implementation plan will be captured in the Performance Tracking Table...Read More
The main opposition All People’s Congress Party (APC) has deferred its Conventions and National Delegates Conference which were to have been held in Makeni between 16th January and 21st February 2021, the National Secretary of the Party said in a statement on Thursday. Ambassador Dr Alhaji Osman Foday Yansaneh said, “Cognizant of the extenuating circumstances...Read More
Judiciary of Sierra Leone Communications Unit, CJ Conference room, Wednesday, 13th January 2021, Law Courts Building in Freetown: The empanelled Supreme Court Justices have on Wednesday unanimously ruled on the matter between the Government of Sierra Leone represented by the Attorney General and Minister of Justice, versus Horse Fishing Company. Presided over by the Honourable...Read More
