The Legal Aid Board and DORWONTONY Organization for the Aged (DoFA) have forged a partnership to cater for the justice needs of retirees and the aged. The Executive Director of the Legal Aid Board, Ms. Fatmata Claire Carlton-Hanciles and the Chief Executive Officer of DoFA, Doreen Barrie sealed the partnership at a short ceremony at the head office of the Legal Aid Board in Freetown on October 28, 2020. Both...Read More
Nigerians resident in Sierra Leone have acclaimed the outgoing Nigerian High Commissioner to Sierra Leone, Dr Habiss Ibrahim Ugbada for his successful tenure of office and for strengthening the bond of unity among the Nigerians inn Sierra Leone during his three-year tenure. An event was organised in Freetown on Thursday by the Nigerians in Diaspora Organisation (NIDO) Sierra Leone Chapter in honour of the outgoing High Commissioner and to appreciate...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 Government to infuse more candor and transparency in Government business through regular interactions with civil...Read More
As a way of bringing banking services closer to its customers, Orange Money and Access Bank have, on Friday October 30th, 2020, launch bank to wallet at their shop in Rawdon Street Freetown. This service lets Access Bank customers have the opportunity to use orange money to cash out from the bank without any problem. Explaining to journalists and press men and customers on the unique selling point of the...Read More
The National Election Watch (NEW), a coalition of local and international organizations in Sierra Leone which support free, fair, and peaceful elections has on Monday, October 26, 2020, put out a statement in which it stated that the deferment of the Mid-term census to April 2021 has a likelihood of affecting the general elections calendar of 2023. NEW made this comment in a statement on Monday, after Statistics Sierra Leone’s...Read More
