By George M.O. Williams In a bid to enhance financial inclusion and ease financial access, the Bank of Sierra Leone (BSL) will on Saturday, April 29, 2023, launch the National Payment Switch at the Bank Complex in Freetown. This disclosure was made during a press conference on Wednesday, April 19, 2023, at the Bank auditorium, Sam Bangura Building in Freetown. The establishment of the National Payment Switch is part of...Read More
By Sallieu S. Kanu The Administration of the University of the Sierra Leone (USL) is appalled by the sad news of the discovery in a grave of the mortal remains of Mr. Kabba Santigie Bangura, a lecturer in the Department of Geography, Fourah Bay College (FBC). According to the Media Officer and Spokesman of the Waterloo Police Division, Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Allieu Jalloh, the remains of Mr. Bangura...Read More
By Ibrahim S. Bangura The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) on Tuesday, April 18, 2023 at Youyi Building in Freetown, officially handed over two brand new vehicles, 230 solar fridges and cold chain spare parts to the Ministry of Health and Sanitation (MoHS) as support towards the fight against coronavirus in Sierra Leone. According to Dr. Suleiman Braimo, UNICEF representative, the consignment of the vehicles and solar fridges has been...Read More
By Fatima Kpaka Manso Lamin Koroma and Sulaiman Sesay aka Mufty were on Tuesday, April 18, 2023 sent on remand by Magistrate Mark Ngegba of Pademba Road CVourt No1 for an alleged traveling fraud to Canada. The accused persons are charged on five counts of conspiracy and obtaining money by false pretenses contrary to section 32 of The Larceny Act 1916. According to the particulars of the offences, on an...Read More
By Ibrahim S.Bangura A charitable organization,Soul of Africa Youth Leadership (SoAYL), has on Saturday, April 15, 2023, certified dozens of students after completed courses on leadership, modelling and personal development. The certification ceremony brought together facilitators, students and well-wishers at the Council of Churches in Sierra Leone Hall in Freetown. The students that were certified were selected due to their academic performance, among them are students from the Sierra Leone...Read More