Head coach of Leone Stars, John Keister has on Tuesday, November 3, 2020, named 16 foreign-based players for a Nations Cup qualifying encounter with Nigeria’s Super Eagles. The match was which was originally slated to be played in Nigeria will now be played in Benin city. Skipper and FC Zurich defender, Umaru ‘Zingalay’ Bangura, have...Read More
Jestina Lavahun, the Sales Manager of the Sierra Leone Road Transport Corporation (SLRTC) at Bus Station, Wallace Johnson in street Freetown, has said on Wednesday that insufficient buses in the station has caused hold ups for passengers wanting to travel to the provinces. She told Premier News that, the few buses that are available do...Read More
Sierra Leone’s President Dr Julius Maada Bio has on Friday October 30, 2020 inaugurated the Government Civil Society Organisations (CSO) Dialogue Series on the topic: “Government Interventions to Address the COVID-19 Pandemic in Sierra Leone.” It is expected that the public engagement will help strengthen and consolidate the country’s democratic values. “I am tasking my...Read More
Hon. Justice Abdul Rahman Mansaray has sentenced 69-year-old, Mohamed Jinnah Moriba to five years in prison for sexually touching a 12-year-old girl in Kenema district. The accused had been charged for sexual touching contrary to section 20(1) (a) of the Sexual Offences Act 2012 Act No. 12 of 2020. The case for the prosecution is...Read More
Lawyers representing the APC Members of Parliament that were removed from Parliament immediately after the general elections in 2018, yesterday October 20th 2020, told the Court of Appeal that they have instructions from their clients not to file synopsis or argue the appeal before the Court of Appeal until the Supreme Court hears and determines...Read More
Dozens of condemned inmates at the Pademba Road Male Correctional Centre will be relocated to the Mafanta Correctional Centre in Tonkolili district, three miles off Magburaka town, according to the Director-General of the Sierra Leone Correctional Service. Mr. Joseph Lamboi said that this was part of efforts to solve the overcrowding problem in the Pademba...Read More
The Southern Regional office of the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has confronted public officers of the Sierra Leone Police, Immigration Department, the Republic of Sierra Leone Armed Forces (RSLAF), National Minerals Agency (NMA) and the National Revenue Authority (NRA), deployed at the Sierra Leone-Liberia border town of Jendema, to address allegations of corruption received through the...Read More
The Minister of Finance Honourable Jacob Jusu Saffa has stated that the government intends to make major policy shifts in the area of agriculture, teenage pregnancy, health system, recurrent spending, among others. The Minister made this disclosure on Thursday October 1, 2020, during the formal commencement of the Fiscal Year 2021 Budget process in the...Read More
In its effort to curb bribery at security checkpoints in the region, the North-West Office of the Anti-Corruption Commission on Thursday 3rd September 2020 engaged Police, Military, forestry guards and Road Safety personnel deployed at the Mile 38 check point and personnel of the Masiaka Police Division to warn them accepting bribes and other corrupt...Read More
Aimdu T. Mattia, a COVID-19 survivor, has told Premier News on Tuesday September 1, 2020, that together with five other members of his household were stigmatized after they had been discharged from a COVID-19 treatment Centre. Mattia spoke to Premier News from an interview at the Freetown Cheshire home where he temporarily stays, while he...Read More
