By Alhaji Haruna Sani Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) Secretariat and the Sierra Leone Chamber of Agri-business Development (SLeCAD) are to organize the 4th annual national scaling-up nutrition fair in Moyamba in their quest to boost nutrition in Sierra Leone. Ahmed Nanoh, Executive Secretary of SLeCAD, told a news conference in Freetown that the three-day nutrition...Read More
By George M.O. Williams The Sierra Leone Commercial Bank (SLCB) on Saturday, March 4, 2023, launched ‘Mi Yone Islamic/Hajj’ and ‘Women’s Banking’ accounts. The bank also held health walk where staff from the west and east of Freetown converged at the Sierra Leone Commercial Bank branch on Aberdeen Road and Cline Town, respectively, and walked ...Read More
Doha, Qatar, Sunday 5 March 2023 – Sierra Leone’s President Dr Julius Maada Bio has reiterated his commitment to the collective and shared responsibility to uphold the principles of the United Nations and affirmed his country’s renewed solidarity in advancing the Sustainable Development Goals, SDGs, and intensifying cooperation among Least Developed Countries, LDCs. The President,...Read More
By Sallieu S. Kanu Minister of Internal Affairs, David Panda Noah has said that the new Sierra Leone passport that was launched by President Julius Maada Bio has all security features with higher grade chip ( The SLE 78 chip) that replaced the P5. The Minister allayed the fears of Sierra Leoneans that Netpage, the...Read More
Globally, women face a stark digital divide. Women make up only one in five artificial intelligence workers, and an analysis of artificial intelligence systems across industries found that nearly half demonstrate gender bias. A recent study by UNICEF found that boys in developing countries are 180 per cent more likely to own smartphones than girls....Read More
By Desmond Tunde Coker Rokel Commercial Bank on Saturday, March 4, 2023, won the Sierra Leone Commercial Bank (SLCB) football tournament after defeating the Union Trust Bank at the Police field in Kingston. Mohamed Kabba scored the opening goal for Rokel Commercial Bank in the 10 minutes of play in the first half. Union Trust...Read More
By Sallieu S. Kanu The global pace of reforms toward equal treatment of women under the law has slumped to a 20-year low, constituting a potential impediment to economic growth at a critical time for the global economy, a new World Bank report shows. In 2022, the global average score on the World Bank’s Women,...Read More
By Fatima Kpaka The Sierra Leone Police Hospital at Kingtom has been providing health services not only to Police personnel but equally to community members over the years. Owing to the above, the SLP Hospital Management on 2nd February 2023, under the supervision of Dr. John Conteh, head of Hospital Management and the Hospital Matron,...Read More
By Sallieu S. Kanu A delegation from the Parliamentary Caucus on Freedom of Religion or Belief (FoRB) of the Gambia National Assembly, has on Thursday, March 2,2023, visited the Sierra Leone House of Parliament. The purpose of their visit was to exchange ideas on freedom of religious belief and religious tolerance. In a brief engagement...Read More
By Fatima Kpaka Magistrate Santigie Bangura of Pademba Road Court No.3 on Thursday sent Foday Sesay, a footballer, to prison over allegation of larceny. He was arraigned on one count charge of larceny contrary to section 2 of the Larceny Act of 1916 According to the chargesheet, the accused on Thursday, February 16, 2023 at...Read More
