On January 4, 2021, Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi started his five-day visits to five African countries, namely Nigeria, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Botswana, Tanzania, and Seychelles. Since 1991, Africa has been the destination of Chinese foreign ministers’ first annual overseas visit for 31 years in a row. This unique tradition...Read More
Audit Service Sierra Leone (ASSL) has in a media conference held on Thursday, January 7, 2021, reiterated that its assertions that 47 laptops computers and a 50KVA generator were missing at the time of audit at the National COVID-19 Emergency Response Centre (NaCOVERC) is true. The three vehicles who were supposed to be brand new among...Read More
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has recovered Le 220 million 000,000.00 (Two Hundred and Twenty Million Leones), as settlement of issues relating to the procurement of 47 Laptops being supplied to the National COVID-19 Emergency Response Centre contrary to the contracted specification. “There is a balance of Le 34,000,000.00 (Thirty-Four Million Leones) left to be recovered following...Read More
The Special Movie Awards (SMA) virtual edition will be held on Saturday, March 27, 2021 live on Africa Young Voices (AYV), Wesley Street in Freetown. It is themed: ‘Promoting Sierra Leonean Culture and Tourism through Films’. According to the WAARD management team, the aim of the celebration is to honour moviemakers from across Africa and generate...Read More
President Dr Julius Maada Bio has on Tuesday, January 5, 2020, granted Sierra Leonean citizenship to 22 African Americans who traced their origin to Sierra Leone through DNA results, most of them with roots to Bo and Tonkolili districts. While handing over the passports at a ceremony held at State House in Freetown, the President welcomed...Read More
