By Sallieu S. Kanu A regional message development workshop to raise awareness about the findings and recommendations of the Tripartite Committee’s Report concluded in the northern city of Makeni on August 20, 2024. The workshop was organized by the International Republican Institute, in collaboration with the Ministry of Information and Civic Education and the National Democratic Institute (NDI), with sessions held in Makeni, covering the North, Northwest, and Western Rural/Urban...Read More
The Executive Director of the National Sports Authority (NSA), Dr. Emmanuel Saffa Abdulai is to deliver a public lecture at the University of Namibia on Sports Law, Governance, and Reforms in Africa on September 16, 2024, according to a statement from NSA. The lecture will take into cognizance topical legal, and governance matters that influence the decision-making process in the sports sector. The NSA Boss will shed light on critical...Read More
By Fatima Kpaka Firas Youssef, president and general manager of United Family Kingdom Investment, was on Friday, August 23, 2024, arraigned before Magistrate Sahr Kekura of Pademba Road Court No. 1 by one of his workers Mahmoud Mansaray for failing to pay NASSIT contribution. Defendant Firas Youssef was charged with non-registration of an employee contrary to section 30 (1)a) of the National Social Security and Insurance Trust Act 2001 and...Read More
By George M.O. Williams Experts have attributed the collapse of many storey buildings and fences in Sierra Leone’s capital, Freetown, which claimed the lives of 13 people in July and August 2024, to the utilisation of substandard building materials and poor engineering design. This revelation was made during the monthly Inter-Pillar Coordination Meeting (IPCM) which was organised on August 22, 2024, by the National Disaster Management Agency (NDMA) and its...Read More
By Sallieu S Kanu President Dr Julius Maada Bio on Friday, 23 August 23, 2024, officially turned the sod for the construction of seven new buildings and the rehabilitation of 24 existing structures at Bo Government Secondary School, according to a statement from the Office of the President. This project is part of a US$65 million initiative funded by the Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa (BADEA). President Bio...Read More