The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has, in consultation and congruence with the Ministry of Basic and Senior Secondary Education (MBSSE), established and launched a Task Force to eliminate malpractices and irregularities in public examinations to be conducted by the West African Examinations Council (WAEC). This came after key stakeholders signed a communiqué, on July 16, 2020,...Read More
The Executive of the Sierra Leone Athletics Association (SLAA), has over the weekend distributed 25kg bags of rice and cash to 30 national athletes, as a way of supporting them in the crisis occasioned by the Coronavirus. During the handing over of the donated items to the athlete at the Ahmadiyya Muslim Senior Secondary...Read More
The World Bank Board of Executive Directors has on July 21, 2020, approved US$30 million International Development Association (IDA) grant to support agricultural productivity and access to markets for smallholder farmer-agribusiness in Sierra Leone, The Bank said in statement on Tuesday. This additional financing for the Smallholder Commercialization and Agribusiness Development Project (SCADeP) will enable...Read More
The Sierra Leone Correctional Service has in a statement informed the public that on July 21, 2020, it released 153 inmates who were held at various correctional facilities across the country after they had been pardoned by President Julius Maada Bio on April 29, 2020. Initially, 234 inmates were identified for release, but due to...Read More
The Network Movement for Justice and Development (NMJD), a national civil society human rights and development organization has on Tuesday July 21, 2020 strongly condemned the recent killings of protesting civilians in the northern headquarter town of Makeni allegedly by the Sierra Leone Police. “We are deeply disappointed by the alleged use of live bullets...Read More
The presidential candidate for the opposition All Peoples Congress party in the 2018 presidential election, Dr. Samura Matthew Wilson Kamara has in a press release on Sunday July 19, 2020, called for calm at Makeni after violent riot which left five dead and several others injured. In the press statement, Dr. Kamara condemned violence in...Read More
The main opposition All People’s Congress Political Party (APC) has in a statement put out on Monday July 20, 2020 said that Mr. Mohamed Konneh the appointee of President Bio for the position of Electoral Commissioner of National Electoral Commission (NEC), is not qualified for the position because “he did not meet the conditions precedent...Read More
The National Sports Authority (NSA) and the Africa Young Voices (AYV) Media Empire have on Friday July 17, 2020, signed a Memorandum of Understanding under which the AYV will endeavour to provide huge media coverage to sporting activities in the country and sell Sierra Leone sports globally. The signing took place at the AYV headquarters...Read More
Sierra Leone skipper Umaru Zingalay Bangura was substituted on in the 46th minute as BSC Young Boys thrashed the city-based club 5-0 at home on last weekend. Bangura, who has been in and out of the first team in recent weeks replaced Stephan Seiller. It’s worth mentioning that head coach Ludovic Magnin’s men got out of...Read More
The Independent Police Complaints Board (IPCB) has on Monday commenced preliminary investigations into the conduct of police personnel involved in quelling the Makeni riot which led to the killing of five young men. IPCB said in a statement on Monday that “the attention of the Independent Police Complaints Board (IPCB) has been drawn to fracas...Read More
