The Anti-corruption Commission (ACC) has said that it has charged two corruption related matters (2) matters to Court, investigating thirteen (13) others, closed investigations in another two (2) for lack of evidence. Officials of the Commission made this disclosure on Monday September 21, 2020, during its third update to the media and the general public...Read More
The Petroleum Regulatory Agency (PRA) has warned people dealing in petroleum products, not to aid or abet any illegal activity. It promise that stiff punishment will be imposed on defaulters by the Agency along with the security forces. The warning came after a recent raid which the Agency, conducted alongside the Sierra Leone Police, (SLP)...Read More
The Islamic Development Bank (ISDB) has on Saturday September 19, 2020, approved the sum of US$40 million for the implementation of the Freetown WASH & Aquatic Environment Revamping Project. The total cost of the project is estimated at approximately US$189.2 million dollars and is designed to be jointly funded by the African Development Bank (ADB),...Read More
Bollore Transport and Logistics, a subsidiary of Freetown Terminal, has on Monday September 21, 2020, donated provisions, cooking items and toiletries worth millions of Leones to the King George VI Memorial Home for the aged at Grafton, Freetown. The home was established after the World War II. The donation was made as a way of...Read More
A 47-year-old stone miner, Mariatu Kamara has on Thursday September 17, 2020, told Premier News that due to the outbreak of Coronavirus in Sierra Leone, trading in stones has become increasingly difficult. She made this statement at her work station at J. Mata, back of the perimeter fence of the Sierra Leone Grammar School, few...Read More
Professor Emmanuel Femi Gbenga Ajayi has on Wednesday September 9, 2020, forgiven the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) for “spearheading his arrest, detention, humiliation and damage done to his reputation”. The Professor had been cleared by the ACC of allegations that his academic qualifications had been faked. When recounting his ordeal in a press conference at SLAJ...Read More
The Ministry of Tourism and Cultural Affairs (MTCA), and its associated agency, the National Tourist Board (NTB), with support from the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), has on Thursday September 17, 2020, engaged journalists in a one-day workshop at the Family Kingdom in the west of Freetown with the theme: “The Role of Media in...Read More
Seven girls have emerged among the top best ten candidates in this year’s National Primary School Examination (N.P.S.E). The examination was conducted under strict compliance with Coronavirus preventives measures. Gisele Akibo-Betts from the International School emerged as the best candidates with a score of 367, while Aminata E. Collier of Providence International Elementary School is...Read More
Frederick Vonjo, a caretaker, was on Thursday September 17, 2020 arraigned for allegedly stealing property exceeding millions of Leones from a mining site at Yele. He was working for Hun Chin, a Company engaged in mining at Yele, Bombali District. The case is currently being investigated at Court No.2 on Pademba Road, presided over by...Read More
Exporters in the Eastern Region have donated monies which sum up to Le17 million which is being used to construct a garden plant cocoa and cashews trees, and flowers to beautify the Kenema Police Station. The AIG East, Mr. Thomas M. Lahai, summoned a commanders’ meeting after the money had been put together, and it...Read More
