By Ibrahim S. Bangura Mama Salone Children Foundation and Fashion Angency, an organisation that promotes Sierra Leone culture and entertainment, has recently launched a fashion show, ‘Cultural Runaway’ at the Wusum Hotel in Makeni. The fashion show is to promote the rich culture of Sierra Leone through entertainment. The launch which was attended by Patrick...Read More
By Kai Mansa-Musa Alice Sesay, a female auto engineer at You and I Garage, Upper Brook Street Freetown has told Premier News that her work has increased her income and contribution to the welfare of her family, and has reduced conflict with her husband. She got married in 2014 and together with the two kids...Read More
By Desmond Tunde Coker This year’s national division one league will be played from 6th August to 10th of September, and the Sierra Leone Premier League Play-off is slated from 17th to 30th September 2023, according to the schedule of the Sierra Leone Football Association (SLFA). Ther came following the successful end of the 2022/23...Read More
By George M. O. Williams The prices of onions in the local market have quadrupled due to shortage in supply. While Nle10 would get you a palmful of onions in the past, it is different now. An onion is being sold at Nle20 and Nle25 in the market. The smallest is being sold at Nle5....Read More
By Sallieu S. Kanu The new Board of Directors of the Sierra Leone Association of Journalists (SLAWIJ) has terminated the interim Executive effective 1st August 2023 for breach of corporate governance principles. The Board said in a statement on Monday that the decision to terminate the Interim Executive came after a thorough review of several...Read More
By George M.O.Williams Sierra Leone’s Gross international reserves has declined to US$523.80 million as at the end of June 2023, from US$610.42 million as at end December, 2022, due to increase in payments for debt service and goods and services, according the 2023 government statement of economic and financial policies which was read in Parliament...Read More
By Alimatu Jalloh The Parliament of Sierra Leone on Tuesday, July 25, 2023 approved the First Report of The Committee on Appointments and the Public Service in the Sixth Parliament, chaired by the Majority Leader and Leader of Government Business, Hon. Mathew Sahr Nyuma. The presidential nominees were approved by Parliament are: Mr. Sheku Fantamadi...Read More
By Sallieu S. Kanu More than 227,000 pupils from 435 Junior and Senior Secondary Schools (52 in Bombali; 50 in Port Loko; 44 in Kono; 49 in Kenema; 93 in Western Area Rural and 147 in Western Area Urban Districts) benefitted from theUN Peace Building Fund and UNICEF project to the Legal Aid Board’s Anti...Read More
By George M.O. Williams The National Disaster Management Agency (NDMA has established that flooding mostly occurred in August and September in Sierra Leone, thus warned everyone to take precautionary measures. The Director of Communications at NDMA, Mohamed L. Bah told Premier News on Monday that, so far amid all the downpour of rain, there is...Read More
By Sallieu S. Kanu The campaign to eliminate Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting (FGM/C) is gaining ground in the northern district of Port Loko. Sixty Soweis on Monday, July 24, 2023, made public declaration to drop their knife, razor, and other instruments which they normally use to remove clitoris of girls and women during the Bondo initiation....Read More
