By Fatima Kpaka The Office of the First Lady, on Saturday, July 8, 2023, received a 40ft Container loaded with medical supplies from Life for Relief Development Organization for the newly constructed 34 Military Hospital Complex in Freetown. The Coordinator of Life for Relief Development, Madam Fanta Smith, expressed appreciation to the First Lady for successfully undertaking such an ambitious project in the interest of giving back to the masses....Read More
By Sallieu S. Kanu The Chairperson of the National Elections Watch (NEW), Marcella Samba Sesay has said that members of her organisation and herself have been subjected to harassment and personal attacks. Mrs. Marcella Samba Sesay said such attacks are not new, adding that they had been directed at them in 2012, 2018 and 2023 after they presented their finding on elections outcomes. She said that what is new is...Read More
By Sallieu S. Kanu Sierra Leone’s President Julius Maada Bio has announced a major cabinet reshuffle after been re-elected for a second term following a controversial election on June 24, 2023. President Bio appointed Dr David Moinina Sengeh as Chief Minister, replacing Jacob Jusu Saffa, an astute and strong supporter of the President. Sengeh has received both local and international accolade for the reforms he had brough to the...Read More
By Ibrahim S. Bangura Idris Elba, a popular British-Sierra Leonean actor, has recently taken a lead character in a new movie titled, ‘Hijack’. The film is about a group of passengers who hijacked a seven-hour flight from Dubai to London. The movie is a thriller created by George Kay and Jim Field Smith, and it was recently premiered on Apple TV+. Elba, played the role of Sam Nelson in the...Read More
By Sallieu S. Kanu The Commissioner of the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) and the Integrity Vice President of the World Bank Group have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for joint collaboration. The MoU was signed by the ACC Commissioner Francis Ben Kaifala Esq. and the World Bank Group’s Integrity Vice President Mouhamadou Diagneon on June 15, 2023, following the Bank’s International Corruption Hunters Alliance summit held in Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire...Read More
