Just a few days after the government of Sierra Leone lifts a partial ban on National teams to carry on their preparations, Sierra Leone senior male team, Leone Stars has moved their training camp to the Makeni Wusum Field, Makeni City. Head Coach of Leone Stars, John Keister said on Wednesday that the five-day intensive training is part of preparation for the friendly match against Mauritania in Nouakchott and also...Read More
Following the Reopening of school for 2020/2021 Academic Year, the Ministry of Basic and Senior Secondary Education (MBSSE), in collaboration with stakeholders has on Tuesday September 29, 2020, banned all school-wide activities/celebrations, including thanksgivings, prize givings, and sports meets. The ban came after the MBSSE engaged the Ministry of Health and Sanitation (MoHS), the National COVID- 19 Emergence Response Center (NacOVERC), the Presidential Scientific and Technical Advisory Group for Emergencies:...Read More
The 2020 Afrobarometer Report has indicated that half (50%) of Sierra Leoneans say the Commissions of Inquiry into acts corruption of previous government officials are fair and impartial, while 13% disagree. About one-third of respondents say they don’t know enough about the Commissions to assess their impartiality and effectiveness. The Report which was launched on Tuesday at the Institute for Governance Reform (IGR) office in Freetown, shows that a majority...Read More
The Legal Aid Board has handed-over four Honda XL 125 motorbikes (one each) to its Paralegals in the Western Rural, Tonkolili, Karene and Falaba Districts at a short ceremony at the head office in Freetown on Monday September 28, 2020. The motorbikes are part of a UNICEF-funded project geared towards promoting access to justice for children in contact with the law. These are the third sets of bikes to the...Read More
Justice Abdul Rahman Mansaray has sentenced a man to death for sexually penetrating a four-year-old girl and triangulating her to death. Initially on September 28, 2020, the Jury in the matter had returned a unanimous verdict of guilty on Ransford Nicol, the convict in the matter, who had initially been accused of murder and sexually penetrating the four-year-old child. The crime took place at Dembellia Sinkunia Chiefdom in the Northern...Read More
