The Ministry of Basic and Senior Secondary Education (MBSSE) has in a statement put out on Thursday 11th June said that schools will reopen on 1st July 2020 to accommodate only pupils who will be taking the National Primary School Examination (NPSE), the Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) and the West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE). The Ministry said that pupils who would be taking the WASSCE, would attend classes...Read More
President Maada Bio has on Thursday June 11, 2020 reinstated Mr. Abu Abu Abdulai Koroma as the Resident Minister of Northern Province. It could be recalled that on Sunday May 10, 2020, President Bio suspended the Resident Minister North, Abu Abu Koroma from office indefinitely for unacceptable conduct following his remarks in a WhatsApp video that he would give orders for police to shoot and kill lawless youths. According to...Read More
The Head of Media and Communication at the National Sports Authority, Eric Fomba, has on Thursday June 11, 2020 told Premier News that the 2018 National Sport Authority (NSA) Act has replaced the National Sport Council (NSC) Act of 1964 and there is a communique sent to all the sporting disciplines to start working directly with the Authority. Mr. Fomba further stated that the statement by President Julius Maada Bio...Read More
The High Court in Kenema, presided over by Justice Abdul Rahman Mansaray, has jailed one Theophilus Carew to one hundred and twenty months in prison for sexually penetrating a child below eighteen years. Carew had been charged to court for sexual penetration contrary to section 19 of the Sexual Offences Act 2012. The Police claimed that on an unspecified date between February 1, 2020 and March 1, 2020 at Kenema,...Read More
Ibrahim B. Kargbo aka Ib4, the CEO of Legacy Pictures, a local Movie Production group in the East of Freetown, has on Wednesday June 10, 2020, said that the group recently produced a movie titled ‘Coronavirus is Dangerous’ to raise awareness, as the Country continues to battle the Coronavirus. Kargbo is a movie director, DOP and movie editor who has directed movies like: ‘Misery of Life’, ‘The Oath’, ‘Compound Witch’,...Read More
