The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has denied an allegation put out in an article, published in the Africanist online newspaper, dated 15th October 2020; which seems to suggest that it has not taken action on a sum of “Le3.2 billion foreign travel tax revenue missing in Sierra Leone” from the National Revenue Authority (NRA). The ACC...Read More
Chief Executive Officer of the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC), Sean Cairncross, on Friday held discussion with President Julius Maada Bio on progress on the threshold programme, which seeks to improve the financial viability of the water and electricity sectors in Sierra Leone. As part of his two-day (October 15 and 16) visit to the country,...Read More
Abu bakar Kamara alias “Cover Me”, a driver in the east of Freetown, has said on Wednesday October 14, 2020 that, the outbreak of the Coronavirus has left him without job and without resources to maintain himself and his family. “I have seven children; recently, my wife left me because I am out of job....Read More
The Chief Fire Officer for Sierra Leone’s National Fire Force (NFF), Nazir Kamanda Bongay, has said the force faces huge challenges in running and in fulfilling its mandate to prevent and control fire accidents in the country. He made this statement during the Budget hearing for 2021 process which was held at the Ministry of...Read More
The European Union Delegation in collaboration with Innovation SL, on Wednesday, organized a Pitch Night to hear from entrepreneurs sustainable commercial solutions to Sierra Leone’s single-use plastic problem. The event which was held at the office of the European Union Delegation at Leicester Peak in Freetown was part of EU Climate Diplomacy Week and EU...Read More
With schools reopening for the 2020-2021 academic year, the Public Education and Outreach unit of the Anti-Corruption Commission office in Kono district, has begun one of its major outreach programs – Meet-the-School campaign. The unit on 13th October 2020 met with teachers and pupils of Dawa Islamic Secondary School at Koakoyima, Koidu City, to discuss...Read More
The Director of National Budget in the Ministry of Finance Mr. Tasima Jah has assured the Ministry of Internal Affairs that his Ministry is committed to the construction of a new correction centre that will replace the overcrowded Freetown Male Correctional Centre at Pademba Road in Freetown. He made this disclosure during the ongoing budget...Read More
Ibrahim Barrie, the Secretary-General of the Motor Drivers and General Transport Workers Union, at Peace Market Ferry Junction in the east of Freetown, has appealed to the Government of Sierra Leone to reopen the borders with Guinea. Speaking to Premier News on Tuesday, Barrie said that the border closure has caused joblessness among drivers, putting...Read More
Skills Development Fund Secretariat is setting up Grievance Redress Mechanism (GRM), Committees in Kailahun and Kenema in the eastern region of Sierra Leone. This is as a result of proposals received for funding from Government Technical Institutions (GTIs), businesses and industry stakeholders, as part of the First Call for Concept Notes; owing to the fact...Read More
The Embassy of the Republic of Sierra Leone in the Guinean capital, Conakry, has in a press release dated Wednesday, October 14, 2020, stated that reports of Sierra Leoneans being harassed and molested in Conakry are false and deliberate. The release further stated that the Sierra Leone’s embassy in Conakry in collaboration with the Sierra...Read More
