Like the saying goes ‘Good work pays’ that is why the Mayor of Freetown Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr has been named in BBC’s list of 100 inspirational and influential women and female leaders that have helped us weather the storm. The list was released on Tuesday November 24, 2020. According to a statement on the BBC website,...Read More
The Coordinator of the Disaster Risk Reduction Team (DRRT), Umar Mustapha Sillah, commonly known as U. Sillah, has on Tuesday, November 16, 2020, said that the Team usually feeds orphans and less privileged people in society. The Disaster Risk Reduction Team is a non-profitable organization which operates in Bramaia and Khonimaka chiefdoms in Kambia district...Read More
The Southern Regional office of the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has on Thursday November 19, 2020, held a customised meeting with healthcare stakeholders in Bo to discuss reports of alleged misappropriation of drugs meant for the Free Healthcare programme. The meeting which took place at the Conference Room of the ACC’s Regional Office was attended by...Read More
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has on Wednesday November 25th, 2020 said that that it has continued and concluded its interview of the former President of the Republic of Sierra Leone, Dr. Ernest Bai Koroma, which it had commenced a day before. The interview is in relation to investigations into allegations of corruption, whilst he was...Read More
Detective Police Sergeant 10641 Kamara I, attached to the Cyber Unit, Kissy Police Division, has on Tuesday November 24, 2020, testified in the ongoing burglary and larceny matter at the Ross Road Magistrate Court No 1 presided by Magistrate Alhaji Sulaiman Koroma. The witness recalled on September 29, 2020 whilst he was on duty, one...Read More
President Julius Maada Bio has on Monday November 23, 2020, presented a cheque of over Le 9 billion to the Skills Development Fund to initially benefit over 1,660 citizens in the Kenema and Kailahun Districts, east of the country. Paramount Chief of Njaluahun Chiefdom, James Sheriff Coker-Jajua, expressed joy for receiving the President, but most...Read More
The Parliament of Sierra Leone has on Tuesday November 24, 2020 discussed the Bill entitled: “The Appropriation Act, 2021” delivered by the Minister of Finance, Jacob Jusu Saffa in the Well of Parliament on Friday November 13, 2020. The Bill seeks to authorize expenditure from the consolidated fund for the services of Sierra Leone for...Read More
Sierra Leone’s President Julius Maada Bio has on Tuesday November 24, 2002, highlighted key accomplishments and challenges in the fisheries sector. President Bio said, in Freetown during the launch of equipment for sustainable fisheries, that his administration inherited a fisheries and marine resources sector riddled with corruption and mismanagement. “Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated (IUU) fishing...Read More
The Country Director of the Catholic Relief Services (CRS), Paul Emes has on Monday November 23, 2020, presented the organization’s vision 2030 country program to the Minister of Planning and Economic Development, Dr. Francis Kai-Kai at his Tower Hill office in Freetown. According to the Country Director, the plan would contribute to the Sierra Leone...Read More
The Minister of Basic and Senior Secondary School (MBSSE), Dr. David Sengeh has said that there has been an improvement in subject pass rate by candidates who took the West African Senior Secondary Certificate Examination (WASSCE) in August 2020. According to the minister, the pass rates in especially Science and Commercial subjects including Mathematics and...Read More
