The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) continues to empower Ministries, Departments, and Agencies (MDAs), as well as other institutions with relevant information to ward off the ‘national security threat’ posed by corruption. The latest move in this direction was an interactive engagement with core officials of the Ministry of Basic and Senior Secondary Education (MBSSE) in Koidu City, Kono District. The meeting was held in the office of the Deputy Director of...Read More
The United Polio Brothers and Sisters Association in Freetown has on Friday July 10, 2020, called on the Government of Sierra Leone to provide them with equipment and a place which they could use as a vocational training centre where they could help improve their skills. The Association’s supervisor, John Koroma, said that the association was established with the aim of helping to reduce the number of people living with...Read More
President Dr Julius Maada Bio has on Tuesday July 14, 2020, encouraged parents and communities to support government’s efforts in tackling rape, early marriage and all forms of violence against women and girls in the country. Speaking during a high-level stakeholders’ meeting at State House, the President said that it is the responsibility of government to protect the lives of everyone, adding that that could only be achieved with the...Read More
Michael Lahoud a Sierra Leonean Footballer who played out his entire career as a footballer in the United States of America has announced his retirement from football at the age of 33 years. The Sierra Leone International, who was the 2005 Washington Post All-Met Player of the Year, was drafted in the first round (9th overall) of the 2009 MLS SuperDraft by Chivas USA where he started his professional career....Read More
The Chairlady of Peters’ Brook Market in Freetown, Roberta Jones, has said on Saturday July 4, 2020, that gang activities in and around the market has scared off some of their clients thus resulting a fall in their income. She told Premier News that some regular customers in the market are afraid of being assaulted by ‘bad boys’, adding that sometimes boys known to be members of gangs usually harass...Read More
