Only one in four students attended pre-primary school before starting primary school, according to the National Early Grade Reading Assessment reportwhich was produced by the Ministry of Basic and Senior Secondary Education (MBSSE). The assessment was conducted among 476 teachers, 244 head teachers and 4,729 students of which 50 percent were girls,from 260 schools from...Read More
The Legal Aid Board (LAB) on Monday January 31, 2022 secured the discharge of 16 inmatesfrom various High Courts around the country during the first day of the Judicial Week. Of the 16, three were discharged by Honourable Justice Monfred Sesay JA; five by Justice Ivan Sesay JA; one by Justice Jamestina King JA, four...Read More
Six Judges of the Superior Court of Judicature presiding over cases in Freetown in the ongoing Judicial Week have discharged 47 inmates who have been incarcerated for various offences. Court of Appeal Judges, Hon. Justices Jamesina King, Alhaji Momoh-Jah Stevens, Komba Kamanda, Monfred Sesay, Ansumana Ivan Sesay and High Court Judge, Hon. Justice Adrian J....Read More
The National Advisory Committee (NAC) of the All People Congress Party (APC) has said in a press statement on Tuesday, February 2, 2022,that it has unanimously agreed that the APC party would abide by the recommendations of the Political Parties Registration Commission (PPRC). The PPRC Directives were accepted at an expanded NAC meeting on Tuesday...Read More
High Court Judge presiding over cases in the ongoing Judicial Week, Honourable Justice Manuela Harding has discharged 19-year-old labourer, Mohamed Sow and Mamoud Mansaray for want of prosecution. Sow was before the court on a count indictment of robbery with aggravation contrary to Section 23 (1) (a) of the Larceny Act of 1916 as repealed...Read More
Sierra Leone Boxing Association is to host fifteen African countries in the Zone two tournaments in Sierra Leone in March this year. Sierra Leone Boxing Association (SLBA) bid with countries including Nigeria and Mali to host the Zone 2 boxing tournament, but Sierra Leone won the bid. President of Sierra Leone Boxing Association, Solomon Kargbo...Read More
The United States government, through the Agency for International Development (USAID), has supported the Government of Sierra Leone by providing medicines to communities through campaigns every year to eliminate several neglected tropical diseases, the United States embassy said in a statement on Tuesday. Because of this partnership with the Sierra Leonean Ministry of Health, 12...Read More
The Minister of Planning and Economic Development, Dr. Francis Kai-Kai, on Tuesday participated in the 2021 United Nations (UN) Common Country Analysis Validation workshop aimed at identifying the “game changing” priorities to accelerate development in Sierra Leone. The multi-stakeholder workshop was to validate the Sierra Leone Common Country Analysis (CCA). The workshop was attended by...Read More
Chairman of the Old Edwardians Football Club Emmanuel Saffa Abdulai Esq. has resigned as chairman of the Old Edwardians Football Club after serving for eleven years. Posting his resignation on Twitter, the former chairman said, “I just informed the Pres. of Old Edwardians Association of my decision to resign effective immediately as Chair of Old...Read More
In a bid to support quality education in Sierra Leone, the North West office of the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has on Thursday January27, 2022 reached Gbinti Secondary School (GSS) at Gbinti Town, Dibia Chiefdom, Karene District in rolling out its usual Meet the School Campaign. Meet the school campaign aims at catching them (pupils) young...Read More
