By Sallieu S. Kanu The Leader and Presidential Candidate for the main opposition All Peoples Congress (APC) party has told parties to the dialogue to resolve disagreements relating to the conduct of the June 24 Elections, that “we must swallow our ego, our pride and do what is RIGHT for our people and in the...Read More
By Ibrahim Sorie Koroma, Senior Health Education Officer –MoH The Ministry of Health and Sanitation in collaboration with its partners has on Friday, October 13, 2023, engaged Paramount Chiefs from the southern region at the One World Link Conference Hall in Boy City on the Sierra Leone 2023 ITNs Mass Distribution Campaign scheduled to start...Read More
By Sallieu S. Kanu The former President of Sierra Leone, Ernest Bai Koroma, has on Sunday, October 5, 2023, received in audience at his Makeni residence, a delegation of the African Union (AU) and the Economic Community of West Africa States (ECOWAS) facilitators. They informed him of their engagements so far and how they are...Read More
The ICC is thrilled at the confirmation that cricket will be part of sports programme of the Olympic Games in Los Angeles in 2028 (LA28). Cricket’s inclusion was formally ratified by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) at the 141st IOC Session in Mumbai, following LA28’s recommendation last week. The addition of cricket in the Olympics,...Read More
By Desmond Tunde Coker Sierra Leone getting ready for its next friendly against Somalia today Tuesday, October 17, 2023, after a disappointing 1-1 draw against Benin in Morocco on Saturday, October 14, 2023. Sierra Leone took the lead in the 32nd minute after Mohamed Buya Turay scored. It was much better as time progressed for...Read More
By Aminaash Nyande Brima, Information Attache, Rabat, Morocco Marrakech, Morocco, October 16, 2023: Sierra Leone’s Minister of Finance, Sheku Ahmed Fantamadi Bangura, has participated in the 2023 IMF/World Bank Annual Meeting in the southern Moroccan city of Marrakech, where he called for urgent action to tackle rising inequality. The event hosted about 14,000 delegates from...Read More
By Ibrahim S. Bangura The Ballanta Academy of Music and Performing Arts, on Tuesday, October 10, 2023, at the Logie Wright Auditorium at the Academy, has opened the book of condolence for late Paramount Chief (PC) Komrabai Peter Penfold to honor his contributions to Sierra Leone. Peter Penfold, who died of cancer on Sunday, October...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 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
