Tobacco contributes to 3,330 deaths annually in Sierra Leone, according to the Quality Control Officer of the World Health Organization (WHO). Reynold Senesi said that exposure to second – hand smoke caused 900 deaths annually. He made this disclosure during a media engagement on Tobacco and Nicotine Act 2022, organized by Focus 1000 on Friday, August 19, 2022 at the Country Lodge in Freetown. Sierra Leone is now the newest...Read More
As the Confederation of Africa Football (CAF) continues to roll out male and female football competitions at different age categories across the continent, more Sierra Leoneans are being designated to serve as CAF Match Officials in the said tournaments. Three female officials, Miriam Heroe, Precious A. E. Amara and Humu Marah were designated by CAF to play strategic roles in the organization of the just concluded WAFU Zone A Women’s...Read More
At least 21 protesters and six officers have been killed as anger over the soaring cost of living spins out of control As workers cleared broken glass from the shattered windows of Mohamed Sillah’s restaurant in Freetown, he described the events of last week, when rare protests against soaring inflation and the rising cost of living shook the capital of Sierra Leone. “It was an explosion of violence,” Sillah said of the...Read More
The National Telecommunications Commission (NATCOM) has suspended the licenses of STAR RADIO and TELEVISION stations to operate and broadcast following a breach in the licenses conditions, the regulator said in a statement on Friday. NATCOM said in the statement that “the suspension follows a breach in the licenses conditions pursuant to sections 30 and 65 of the NATCOM Act 2006 (As Amended).” According to the authorities, Management of the STAR...Read More
Magistrate Mark Ngegba of the Pademba Road Court No.1 on Monday, August 22, 2022 refused to admit Kasim Watffa to bail after he was arraigned for alleged murder of a military Staff Sergeant Mamoud Barrie. The accused Kasim is being preliminary investigated on four counts of murder, wounding and assault. According to the particulars of the offence, the accused Kasim Watffa on Tuesday, May 17, 2022 at Davies Drive, Hill...Read More
