Former Sierra Leonean international striker, Mohamed Kallon has received a UEFA Professional football coaching license at the Museo del Calcio in Florence, Italy. He received his coaching badge on Monday September 21, 2020. He’s the first in the history of Sierra Leone to have bagged a UEFA Pro license. The former Sierra Leone soccer idol was among the newly qualified coaches trained by the Italian Football Federation (Federation Giuoco Calci,...Read More
The Islamic Development Bank (ISDB) has on Saturday September 19, 2020, approved the sum of US$40 million for the implementation of the Freetown WASH & Aquatic Environment Revamping Project. The total cost of the project is estimated at approximately US$189.2 million dollars and is designed to be jointly funded by the African Development Bank (ADB), Organization for Petroleum Exporting Fund for International Development (OFID), Kuwait Fund, Saudi Fund, Green Climate...Read More
Bollore Transport and Logistics, a subsidiary of Freetown Terminal, has on Monday September 21, 2020, donated provisions, cooking items and toiletries worth millions of Leones to the King George VI Memorial Home for the aged at Grafton, Freetown. The home was established after the World War II. The donation was made as a way of celebrating the company’s yearly Marathon day and in fulfillment of its corporate social responsibility. According...Read More
A 47-year-old stone miner, Mariatu Kamara has on Thursday September 17, 2020, told Premier News that due to the outbreak of Coronavirus in Sierra Leone, trading in stones has become increasingly difficult. She made this statement at her work station at J. Mata, back of the perimeter fence of the Sierra Leone Grammar School, few metres from the Aberdeen Bridge on Sir Samuel Lewis Road. Kamara cited that before COVID-19...Read More
Professor Emmanuel Femi Gbenga Ajayi has on Wednesday September 9, 2020, forgiven the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) for “spearheading his arrest, detention, humiliation and damage done to his reputation”. The Professor had been cleared by the ACC of allegations that his academic qualifications had been faked. When recounting his ordeal in a press conference at SLAJ Campbell office in Street Freetown, Professor Ajayi explained that he was invited in an interview...Read More
