Secretary General of the National Olympic Committee (NOC) in Sierra Leone, Joseph Nyande, recently delivered a lecture to young athletes from various schools on Anti-Doping. Nyande, who is a member of the National Anti-Doping Organization (NADO) and the World Anti-Doping Organization (WADO), lectured the young athletes about drugs that the international sports bodies frown at. These drugs, he said are the drugs that give extra energy or accelerate the performance...Read More
The Management of Guma Valley Water Company, led by the Managing Director Maada Kpenge, has on Friday October 30 visited the project sites of the Tombo Gravity Water Supply System Project. They assessed progress on the work done so far at the site. The Project is part the Company’s effort to improve access to water, sanitation and hygiene in Tombo village and other fish Landing Stations in the Western Area...Read More
The Executive Director for the Epilepsy Association of Sierra Leone, Max Bangura, has said on Wednesday November 4, 2020, that the association does not have regular funds to purchase drugs, and does not receive funding from government. He made this statement on Wednesday during a two-day training held to capacitate Community Health Workers in dealing with epilepsy cases at their various communities. Bangura said that because epilepsy medicines are not...Read More
The All People’s Congress has in a letter dated November 3, 2020, said that it is disturbed by the Government of Sierra Leone’s outright refusal to allow the audit of COVID-19 funds expended by it. The letter had been issued by the Attorney General and Minister of Justice and addressed to the Auditor General. “We view the reason advanced for such refusal, viz the existence of a State of...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 not operate all the time, adding that some are in the garages with spare part...Read More
