By Sallieu S. Kanu Freetown International Airport, Lungi, Wednesday 11 October 2023 – Sierra Leone’s President Dr Julius Maada Bio has received His Excellency Ahmed Al Khateeb, Special Envoy of the King of Saudi Arabia who was on a day visit to Sierra Leone. The envoy said their visit was to express their commitment to...Read More
By Kai Mansa-Musa Lilian Cole, 21, is a garbage collector and a mother of two children. She told Premier News that he resisted the pressure of his peer to slide into a life of prostitution by opting to do refuse collection to take care of herself and her two kids – Charley Kamara, aged 3...Read More
By Sallieu S. Kanu The United States of America welcomes the opening of a dialogue between the Government of Sierra Leone and the opposition All People’s Congress (APC) party, the United States Embassy in Freetown said in statement on Thursday. The dialogue is being facilitated by the Independent Commission for Peace and National Cohesion and...Read More
The All People’s Congress (APC) strongwoman Dr. Sylvia Olayinka Blyden OOR has responded to a series of references made against her in the 2023 report by the European Union Elections Observation Mission (EU EOM) to Sierra Leone which was released on Tuesday. Dr Blyden OOR said in a statement on Thursday that the EU has sought...Read More
By Tola Adenubi In a bid to ensure that member states have an effective Port State Control (PSC) regime, the Abuja Memorandum of Understanding on Port State Control for West and Central Africa has commenced a two-week mentor-mentee capacity building programme for PSC officers from Sierra Leone. The training, organised by the International Maritime Organisation (IMO),...Read More
By Desmond Tunde Coker The First Lady of the Republic of Sierra Leone, Her Excellency, Dr. Fatima Bio officially commissioned the Beamay Nursery and Primary School at the Wilberforce Barack in Freetown. The move was made by the efforts of the Wives of the Armed Forces Cooperative Society in collaboration with Orange Sierra Leone, under...Read More
By Fatima Kpaka Abass Chernor Kamara, a businessman, was on Wednesday, October 11, 2023, sent to Jailed by Magistrate Mark Ngegba of Court No1 after he was charge with one count of unlawful possession of dried leaves believed to be ‘kush’ (K2) contrary to section 8(a) of the National Drugs Control Act No 10 of...Read More
By Sallieu S. Kanu Providence International Senior High School in Freetown has the best two candidates in the 2023 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE), according to results released by the Ministry of Basic Senior Secondary Education (MBSSE) on Monday. The best candidates, Raymonda E. Mammah and Sahr Edward Fillie, from the Providence International...Read More
By Desmond Tunde Coker FC Kallon of Sierra Leone has been knocked out of the African Confederation Cup second preliminary stage after a1-1 draw in the second leg which gives due advantage to the Ghanaian’s side who won the first leg 2-1 in Ghana only need to draw in the second leg, thus qualifying the...Read More
By George M.O. Williams The Director of the Environment Protection Agency of Sierra Leone (EPA-SL), Sheku Mack Kanneh, has said that the only way Sierra Leone can tackle climate change vulnerability is through the availability of data that will be shared among relevant sector for them to plan, implement, evaluate and report issues of climate...Read More
