Abdul Salam Turay, the director and founder of the New Skool Awards (NSA), an entertainment award, has said that an award festival which they had planned but was put off due to the Coronavirus outbreak has been rescheduled to Friday December 18, 2020 at the Radisson Blu (Mammy Yoko) Hotel, Aberdeen in Freetown. He explained that...Read More
The Legal Aid Board (LAB) has provided representation to all accused persons tried at the Special Criminal Session held in Magburaka presided over by Honourable Justice Aiah Simeon Alieu. The Session started on Monday October 12, 2020 and ended on Saturday 31 October 2020 following the addition of another one-week to its initial two-week calendar. The...Read More
Abdul salaam Turay, the overseer of the Dream Chasers, a local record label in the east of Freetown, has said that the outfit is to sign contracts with upcoming musicians to nurture, groom and boost their potentials in music. He made this revelation to Premier News on Friday October 30, 2020, in an interview during which...Read More
Francis Kamara, the vice chairman of motor drivers in Regent Road, a popular point of departure for commercial vehicles plying from Freetown to Tonko Limba and Bramaia chiefdom, has said that unavailability of vehicles and poor road conditions have made it difficult for drivers to make the run to the two Chiefdoms. He made this disclosure...Read More
The Committee to Protect Journalists has welcomed Sierra Leone’s repeal of its criminal libel laws, and called for further reforms to ensure that journalists can work freely. On October 28, President Julius Maada Bio signed a law revising the country’s 1965 Public Order Act to remove measures that criminalized publications deemed libelous or seditious, according to...Read More
