By Fatima Kpaka In preparedness for the 2023 Budget Appropriation hearings, Parliament of Sierra Leone has on Monday, October 17, 2022 engaged Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDA) at the New Administrative Building of Parliament at Tower Hill in Freetown. The Director of Parliamentary Budget Office (PBO), Ibrahim Jimisa, has said that they had invited participants...Read More
By Alusine Sesay Food insecurity in Sierra Leone has further deteriorated, with over one million people (15 percent) facing severe hunger, according a lean season food security analysis which was jointly conducted by the Ministry of Agriculture and the World Food Program (WFP) in August. The Food Security Monitoring System analysis showed the significant impact...Read More
By George M.O. Williams The Governor of Ismailia in Egypt, Major General Sherif Fahmy Bishara has on Tuesday October 11th, 2022, discussed investment and economic development with Ambassador Sadiq Silla, the Sierra Leonean Ambassador to Egypt. The Sierra Leone Ambassador and his delegation were welcomed at the Governor’s office in central Ismailia in Egypt. In...Read More
By George M.O. Williams The first female of Damietta Governorate in Egypt, Dr. Manal Awad, has on Monday October 10, 2022, held talks with Sierra Leone’s Ambassador aiming at improving bilateral trade. The discussion was held at the Governor’s office in Damietta, Egypt. In her official statement, she said it was a good opportunity for...Read More
BANJUL, Oct 14 (Reuters) – Gambia’s government on Friday said the number of child deaths from acute kidney injury, thought to be linked to Indian-made cough syrups, has risen to 70 from a previous toll of 69. President Adama Barrow gave the update at an emergency cabinet meeting which he convened on Thursday to discuss the...Read More
Alimatu Jalloh Pa Momoh Fofanah Esq. the lawyer representing the suspended Deputy Auditor General in the ongoing Audit Tribunal has said that the Tribunal lacks the jurisdiction to enquire into the professional work of his client, Tamba Momoh. Lawyer Pa Momoh Fofanah raised the issues while moving an application to that effect on Monday 17th...Read More
A fire outbreak which occurred at Susan’s Bay on Thursday 13th October 2022 has left fourteen families homeless with the volume of property loss estimated as exceeding Le (Old) 200, 000, 000. Susan’s Bay, one of the most deprived slum communities in the Western Urban District has again suffered from fire disaster just over a...Read More
By Ibrahim S.Bangura Mohamed Mansaray, alias Lenox, an entertainer of 16-year experience in the east of Freetown has called on colleague entertainers to embrace love and help one another to foster growth in the entertainment business in Sierra Leone. According to Lenox love and a commitment to helping one another is the only secret to...Read More
By Desmond Tunde Coker Diamond Stars football club in a press release has announced the appointment of Tito Cole as Head Coach. His tenure as Head Coach starts on October, 11th 2022, the day he was named to the public, to October 11th, 2025 with the option to extend for a further year. The acting General...Read More
By Fatima Kpaka Saio Kamara, Joseph Kamara and Josephine Kamara were on Monday October 17, 2022 sent to prison by Magistrate Mark Ngegba of Pademba Road court No: 1 over an allegation of fraud involving seven town lots of land at Hastings. The accused persons were arraigned on conspiracy to defraud contrary to law and...Read More
