The director and founder of New Skool Awards (NSA), Abdul Salam Turay, has on Wednesday October 14, 2020 said the Company could lose Le 300 million if the yearly awards festival does not take place this year. He added that the nominees would also miss the opportunity to be recognised for their hard work. He...Read More
The Chairman of the National Electoral Commission (NEC), Mohamed Kenewui Konneh, has on Tuesday, October 20, 2020, issued a press statement informing the public that it will conduct re-run of Parliamentary elections which were canceled in constituency 110 and some other local bye-elections on Saturday, December 12, 2020. According to Konneh, the various constituencies in...Read More
President Dr Julius Maada Bio has on Tuesday October 20, 2020, stopped at Wilberforce Barracks to inspect the on-going construction of a five-storey building comprising 104 rooms with all modern facilities for single officers. The work is expected to be completed and handed over to the government of Sierra Leone at the end of August...Read More
Statistician General of the Statistic Sierra Leone (Stats-SL), Professor Osman Sankoh, has announced on Tuesday, October 20, 2020, that the Mid-Term Housing and Population Census which was slated for December 4, 2020, has been rescheduled for April 19, 2021. He made the announcement during a press briefing held at Statistic Sierra Leone’s (Stats-SL) head...Read More
Traders in Madina town, Tonko Limba Chiefdom in Kambia district, have on Friday October 17, 2020 told Premier News that the closure of the borders have impeded cross-border trade with neighboring Guinea leading to low sales in return. Mabinty Dumbuya, the chairlady of the traders in the chiefdom, explained that before the closure of the...Read More
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has on Monday October 19, 2020, informed the public that its Elite Scorpion Squad has arrested three staff of the Electricity Distribution and Supply Authority (EDSA), whom are believed to have allegedly facilitated the embezzlement of over one billion Leones of public fund in a period of six months. The ACC...Read More
Dozens of condemned inmates at the Pademba Road Male Correctional Centre will be relocated to the Mafanta Correctional Centre in Tonkolili district, three miles off Magburaka town, according to the Director General of the Sierra Leone Correctional Service. Mr. Joseph Lamboi said that this was part of efforts to solve the overcrowding problem in the...Read More
The Minister of Water Resources, Philip K. Lansana has said the New Direction Government is committed to achieving the Sustainable Development Goal 6.1, which seeks to secure safe and affordable drinking water for all Sierra Leoneans by 2030, as stated in the Medium Term National Development Plan. The Minister made this disclosure while addressing the...Read More
The Human Rights Commission of Sierra Leone (HRCSL) has on Thursday October 15, 2020, called on Sierra Leoneans to cultivate a sense of nationalism and patriotism so that loyalty to the State shall override sectional, ethnic, tribal or other loyalties. The Commission made this call after residents of Makeni obstructed officials the ACC from interviewing...Read More
The Rainbo Initiative in partnership with Save the Children with funding from Irish Aid has on Monday October 19, 2020, commenced a five-day training session for healthcare workers in Public Health Unit (PHU), officers of the Family Support Unit (FSU) of the Sierra Leone Police and other key stakeholders in various communities, on response and...Read More
