National Covid-19 Emergency Response Centre (NaCOVERC) will soon embark on an active case search for over two months, the Spokesperson for NaCOVERC said on Saturday. Slomon Jamiru Esq. said, “This enhanced surveillance surge will firstly target the Western Area, and then cascade nationwide. During this exercise, we will ramp up testing from current average of 180 to about 400 tests daily.” Western Area Urban and Western Area Rural account for...Read More
The new Chief of Defence Staff of the Republic of Sierra Leone Armed Forces (RSLAF), Lieutenant-General Sullay Ibrahim Sesay, and the Joint-Force Commander, Major-General Patrick K. Lavahun, have on Monday June 29, 2020 subscribed to the oath of office before President Dr Julius Maada Bio at State House in Freetown. The new Army Chief, who replaced Lieutenant-General Brima Bureh Sesay, was promoted to Lieutenant-General, while the new Joint Force Commander...Read More
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has said it has “no clear evidence of misappropriation of funds” by officials of National Commission for Social Action (NaCSA) and their partners that could warrant an indictment. This came after it concluded an investigation on allegations of misappropriation of public funds by officials of the (NaCSA) and a staff of the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC), which emanated from a video footage screened by the Africa Young...Read More
Residents in Bramaia, a chiefdom in Kambia district in the north of Serra Leone, have recently said that due to poor road network in the chiefdom there are frequent road accidents, scarcity of food stuff and fall in trade thus negatively affecting their livelihood in the chiefdom. Abdulai Dumbuya, a stakeholder in the chiefdom, said that the road condition worsens in the rainy season. He said that drivers refuse to...Read More
The Chief Justice of Sierra Leone, Desmond Babatunde Edwards, has said in a public notice on Thursday June 25, 2020, that effective Wednesday July 1, 2020 Magistrate courts nationwide will start operating. It could be recalled that on Saturday April 18, 2020, the Chief Justice ordered the scaling down of court proceedings across the country in a bid to prevent and curtail the spread of the Coronavirus in the country....Read More
