The 2021 West African Senior Secondary Certificate Examination (WASSCE) analysis has shown that the number of candidates meeting university requirements has increased astronomically by fifteen-fold from 3,156 in 2019 to 51,748 students in 2021. For direct entry to a first full-degree programme in Sierra Leone, universities require a minimum of 5 credits of which one must...Read More
The National Election Watch (NEW) has in a press release put out on Tuesday, March 29, 2022, said that only 46.0% of voters participated in constituency 005 parliamentary bye-election in Kailahun district, and 39.9% in the bye-election in constituency 073 in Port Loko district. The percentages shows that only 9,100 votes were cast out of 19,775...Read More
Leone Rock Metal Group has confirmed that, apart from its current mining license for Kingho Mining Company operating in Simiria, Sambaia and Dansogoia chiefdoms in Tonkolili District, it also has another three mining licenses as part of its integrated mining projects. This was confirmed by the Mines Compliance Manager of the company, Samuel Kamara during an...Read More
The National Election Watch (NEW) has in a press release put out on Tuesday, March 29, 2022 said it observed that the just concluded bye-elections conducted by the Electoral Commission of Sierra Leone (EC-SL) in Constituencies 005 and 073 in Port Loko and Kailahun districts, respectively, were peaceful without any major incidence of violence disrupting the...Read More
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) on Wednesday, March 30, 2022, published its third report on actions and interventions it has instituted so far on issues raised in the 2019 and 2020 Auditor General’s Reports. The interventions focused on aspects of possible or alleged corruption and conducts inconsistent with the provision(s) in the Anti-Corruption Act of 2008 as...Read More
