By Desmond Tunde Coker The Education Department, Freetown City Council on Tuesday, July 30, 2024, commenced monitoring of the ongoing National Basic Examination Certificate Examination (BECE) in the Western Area Urban District. About 126,496 pupils (61,380 male and 65,116 female) from 1,833 schools across the country – are writing the BECE 2024, which commended on...Read More
Judiciary of Sierra Leone Communications, Main Law Courts Building, Freetown, 30th July, 2024: The leadership of the Judiciary of Sierra Leone has ended a two-day capacity training workshop for senior administrative staff on the theme “Understanding Public Sector Fiduciary Management,” at Lia Hotel in Lungi, Port Loko District in the North West Region of the...Read More
By Fatima Kpaka The 16th accused Warrant Officer Class II 18178210 Adikali Turay has on Tuesday 30th July 2024 before Judge Advocate Mark Ngegba and members of the Court Martial Board denied that an imprint on his statement purportedly from his right hand thumb, was not his. The accused, in continuation of his testimony led...Read More
Sierra Leone Captain Steven Caulker has been unveiled after signing a one-year deal with the Turkish second-tier side Ankara Keciorengucu of the TFF First League, with an option for another year. In a recent post, Caulker expressed his happiness at finally getting an opportunity after struggling to find a club following a year away from...Read More
Yesterday marked a significant milestone in the history of youth sports in Sierra Leone as Dr. Emmanuel Saffa Abdulai, Esq., the esteemed Executive Director of the National Sport Authority (NSA), officially inaugurated the first edition of an Under-15 football Tournament at the Kenema City Field. The atmosphere was electric as young athletes from various regions...Read More
By Ibrahim S. Bangura Abaiyomi Emeric Tulsidas, a multi-talented artist in Freetown, has passed away after many years of serving as a professional artist and lifting up the art industry in Sierra Leone. The sad incident occurred in Freetown on Friday, July 26t, 2024. According to Sajoh Jalloh, a local artist born in Sierra...Read More
Freetown City and Wilberforce Strikers have been granted a replay by the Premier League Emergency Appeals Committee, overturning the previous decision. However, no date has been communicated for the replay of the remainder of the time of June’s 30th top-tier football contest, which was later abandoned due to chaos. The issue began on June 30,...Read More
By Ibrahim S. Bangura The Ballanta Academy of Music and Performing Arts (BAMPA) at 27 Liverpool Street in Freetown, has on Wednesday July 24, 2024, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the ‘Playing for Change Foundation’ (PFCF) to help promote arts education in Sierra Leone. The formal signing of the MOU took place at...Read More
By Fatima Kpaka Coporal Abubakar Turay, the 23rd accused person at the ongoing hearings at the Court Martial, has on Monday, July 29, 2024 admitted before Judge Advocate Mark Ngegba and members of the court’s board that he took snapshots of Koita and others at Lungi prior to the November 26, 2023 failed coup d’état....Read More
By Desmond Tunde Coker The Sierra Leone Women’s Premier League back-to-back champions, Mogbwemo Queens have paid a courtesy visit on the Sierra Leone Football Association (SLFA), ahead of this year’s qualifying tournament for the West African Football Union“A” Women’s Champions League. The tournament will officially commence from August 1st to August 11th at the Southern...Read More
