By Desmond Tunde Coker This year’s national division one league will be played from 6th August to 10th of September, and the Sierra Leone Premier League Play-off is slated from 17th to 30th September 2023, according to the schedule of the Sierra Leone Football Association (SLFA). Ther came following the successful end of the 2022/23 league season. The Division One League has been formatted to play at the different regionally...Read More
By George M. O. Williams The prices of onions in the local market have quadrupled due to shortage in supply. While Nle10 would get you a palmful of onions in the past, it is different now. An onion is being sold at Nle20 and Nle25 in the market. The smallest is being sold at Nle5. Magret Koroma, a trader, said few month back, the cost of a bag of onions...Read More
By Sallieu S. Kanu The new Board of Directors of the Sierra Leone Association of Journalists (SLAWIJ) has terminated the interim Executive effective 1st August 2023 for breach of corporate governance principles. The Board said in a statement on Monday that the decision to terminate the Interim Executive came after a thorough review of several serious matters related to corporate governance. “The following are the key reasons that led to...Read More
By George M.O.Williams Sierra Leone’s Gross international reserves has declined to US$523.80 million as at the end of June 2023, from US$610.42 million as at end December, 2022, due to increase in payments for debt service and goods and services, according the 2023 government statement of economic and financial policies which was read in Parliament by the Ministry of Finance, Sheku Fantamadi Bangura. This shows a persistent decline in the...Read More
By Alimatu Jalloh The Parliament of Sierra Leone on Tuesday, July 25, 2023 approved the First Report of The Committee on Appointments and the Public Service in the Sixth Parliament, chaired by the Majority Leader and Leader of Government Business, Hon. Mathew Sahr Nyuma. The presidential nominees were approved by Parliament are: Mr. Sheku Fantamadi Bangura- Minister of Finance; Alhaji Kanja I. Sesay- Minister of Energy; Dr. Austin Hingha Demby-Minister...Read More
