By Fatima Kpaka Sierra Leone President Dr Julius Maada Bio on Thursday August 18, 2022, met the leaderships of civil society organisations, CSOs, the Sierra Leone Association of Journalists, SLAJ, and the Sierra Leone Bar Association, SLBA, what he calls a simple irregular disruption of the country’s democracy by a few people on 10 August 2022. The President thanked the CSOs and media ecosystems for constructive criticisms of his government...Read More
By Desmond Tunde Coker Popular blogger Juliana D. Conteh who won the just concluded Housemates Salone season 3 television reality show on Friday, August 19, received here cash prize of Le250 million (old currency) and got an ambassador role alongside Almon Sall for Afrimoney. The event was held at Africell headquarters in Freetown. speaking during the handing over ceremony, John Konteh, Africell Media Manager, said that Africell, AYV, and Afrimoney...Read More
Under its umbrella association named Commercial Agricultural Producers and Processors Association (CAPPA), the body has provided over 12,300 jobs nationwide of which 25% are women. CAPPA members now have Sierra Leoneans in senior management teams with over 30 Sierra Leoneans employed in management positions which will grow as more experience and skills are developed.CAPPA was formed in 2016 by a group of Commercial Agricultural Companies operating in various areas within Sierra...Read More
A 24-year-old Bockarie Kanneh has been committed to the high Court for proper trial after it was ruled by Magistrate Peter Gogra of Pademba road court No.6 in Freetown that he has a case to answer. The accused was arraigned on one count charge of Fraudulent Conversion contrary to section 20 (1) (iv) (a) of the Larceny Act 1916. According to the particulars of offence, on Sunday, August 8, 2021...Read More
By George M.O. Williams Hundreds of traders mostly women have been rendered jobless when security personnel destroyed their stalls along the Sani Abache Street in the central business district of Freetown during a curfew on Wednesday. Security personnel have now been stationed to enforce a non-trading regulation in Abacha Street. This comes few weeks to the reopening of schools when the traders mostly single-parent women, will have to raise funds...Read More
