The Lifeline Nehemiah Projects in Kuntorloh, Wellington, east of Freetown, on Friday February 5, 2021, concluded a two-day orientation ceremony for over 300 new students who have been admitted to pursue a one year training course in various professions including Hospitality, Electrical Installation, Information Technology, Motor Mechanics and Plumbing. Addressing the students, the Director of...Read More
Christian Lawyers Centre also referred to as LEGAL LINK, a non – profit legal advocacy group, has outrightly condemned in the strongest of terms the just formed National Union of SLPP Lecturers and demand it immediate dissolution. The Organization said in a statement on Tuesday that, at a time when academic learning particularly within tertiary...Read More
On October 9, 2003, the General Assembly of the United Nations designated December 9, as the International Anti-Corruption Day. It is a day that was set aside to raise awareness of corruption, picturing the role of the United Nations Convention against Corruption in combating and preventing it. The International Anti-Corruption Day is primarily meant to...Read More
The Legal Aid Board has on Monday November 9, 2020, paid out Le 80 million owed to 21 former casual workers of GTIEX Company in salary arrears and benefits. This was achieved after a long drawn battle in the industrial court before settling for an out of court settlement and a then consent judgment in...Read More
Sierra Leone has again, in three consecutive years, increased its score in the ‘Control of Corruption’ indicator in the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) scorecard, moving from 79% in the 2019 Scorecard, to 81% in 2020, thereby adding 2 percentage points upwards. According to the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC), between 2017 and 2020, Sierra Leone has made...Read More
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
