The 2019 Auditor General’s report indicated that Sierra Leone National Fire Force (NFF) does not have enough firefighting equipment like fire engines, no rescue equipment such as breathing apparatus (BA set) to prevent fire fighters against hazardous fumes, no break-in tools and no Very High Frequency (VHF) radio communication equipment for easy transmission of vital information during fire operations. According to the Report, there are only 11 fire engines in...Read More
Fishermen at the Yawri wharf in Tombo in the Western Rural District have on Friday January 8, 2021 said that, the outlawing of some of the fishing nets by the government has affected their livelihood leaving some of them out of jobs. The use of monofilament nets was banned as part of the measures to prevent depletion of stocks arising from the collection of immature fish and other water species....Read More
Sierra Stars, the under 17 national football team of Sierra Leone, continue to prepare for the West African Football Union football tournament although the tournament has been postponed. Presently, 27 boys are camped in Makeni City as intensive training continues ahead of the upcoming WAFU Zone Total U-17 AFCON Qualifiers for Morocco 2021. Raymond Samuel Lewis, Sierra Stars’ head coach after a victorious friendly encounter played against Born and Raised...Read More
Moviemakers have recently disclosed to Premier News that, the film industry in Sierra Leone lacks proper structure and is badly administered thus causing its poor output and the backwardness of its officials. Brima Abdulai sheriff, a movie director, said that they encounter lots of challenges while working with government ministries like the ministries of information, trade, youths and tourism all of which have film administration as part of their mandate....Read More
The management of Special Movie Awards (SMA) has nominated Brima Abdulai Sheriff, a local movie Director to serve among international panelists who would review movies in the forthcoming Special Movie Awards festival in Sierra Leone in March 7, 2021. Special Movie Awards (SMA) is a platform where filmmakers in and outside Africa will be celebrated, promoted, recognized and films, casts filmmaking crews will be awarded. According to Sheriff, he was...Read More
