By Ishmail Saidu Kanu President of the Sierra Leone Football Association (SLFA), Babadi Kamara, has officially launched the nationwide distribution of 8,420 footballs to schools across the country, beginning with the Western Area where 808 balls were handed over to 55 schools during a ceremony attended by pupils, educational authorities and football stakeholders. The project,…
Norway have all but qualified for a first World Cup in 28 years as doubles from Erling Haaland and Alexander Sorloth sealed a comfortable win against Estonia. A seventh win out of seven in qualifying has them sat top of Group I, six points ahead of Italy in second place and 19 goals better off….
Jeffrey Epstein appears to have confirmed that Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor was photographed with Virginia Giuffre, according to a newly released email. The message sent by Epstein – who is alleged to have taken the photo – reads: “Yes she [Giuffre] was on my plane and yes she had her picture taken with Andrew.” Epstein’s account appears…
The Nigerian government has announced it is cancelling a controversial policy that mandated the use of indigenous languages for teaching in the earliest years of schooling instead of English. Education Minister Tunji Alausa said the programme, introduced just three years ago, had failed to deliver and was being scrapped with immediate effect. Instead, English will…
By Mohamed Kamara High Court Judge, Justice Mark Ngegba, has sentenced David Johnson, a motor driver from Deep Eye Water, to 30 years in prison for transporting 89 parcels of cannabis sativa without lawful authority. Johnson was found guilty on two counts of transporting and possessing prohibited drugs, contrary to the National Drugs Control Act…
By Mohamed Kamara The Lawyers’ Society of Sierra Leone has submitted a detailed Position Paper to the Office of the Attorney General and Minister of Justice on the proposed Land Registration Bill 2025. The Society’s delegation, headed by President Augustine Sorie-Sengbe Marrah Esq and Public Relations Officer Claude Bhamee Davies Esq, presented the document, which…
Inflation Skyrockets, Families Struggle to Cope By Ishmail Saidu Kanu Sierra Leone’s latest Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) scorecard for Fiscal Year 2026 paints a mixed picture; steady governance improvements amid ongoing economic and structural challenges. According to the report, the country’s population stands at 8.6 million, with a Gross National Income (GNI) per capita of…
By James Conteh The Administration of the Sierra Leone Grammar School has announced that it will begin conducting random drug tests on pupils to curb the rising use of hard drugs among students.. According to a statement signed by PTA Secretary Samba Jeigula, the school has acquired a Drug Testing Kit to help identify students…
By Mohamed Kamara Parliament has approved 15 presidential nominees for key positions across various government agencies and institutions in Sierra Leone. The approval follows the presentation of the Second Report by the Committee on Appointments and the Public Service, chaired by Majority Leader Hon. Sahr Mathew Nyuma. The approved nominees include Justice Masiyambay Bangura as…
