News

Police wound petty trader in operation WID

9:40 AM /

By Mabinty Kamara

A thirty-seven year old petty trader is nursing wounds she sustained after an encounter with police officers led by LUC Memunatu Conteh along Kissy road in Freetown. The officers were taking part in an operation to clear traders from the footpath of the road.

Ebola hits Sierra Leone

8:53 AM /

By Bampia James Bundu

The Minister of Heath and Sanitation, Miatta Kargbo has declared Kailahun and Kenema as a high risk zone for the Ebola virus.

Call for JOB to support Bio

8:50 AM /

By Mohamed Vandi in Kenema

A senior member of the opposition SLPP has called on their former chairman and leader, John Oponjo Benjamin, to put their differences aside and support Rtd. Brig. Julius Maada Bio’s leadership for 2017 elections. Bio led the party to the 2012 elections and lost to the current government of Ernest Bai Koroma.

"SALHOC survives by God's grace" - General Manager

8:48 AM /

By Crispina Lois Cummings

Acting General Manager of Sierra Leone Housing Co-operation SALHOC, has told the Public Accounts Committee of parliament that their tenants at OAU Villa at Hill Station and 7th Battalion Estate at Goderich owe the corporation more than 4 billion leones.

Magnus Coker told the Committee which is currently looking into the findings of the Auditor General's report for 2012 that his corporation has been "surviving by God’s grace because he has not been able to pay staff for over four months.

Bo hosts Makeni on waste management

8:46 AM /

Knowledge gained has to be shared to be meaningful to the society in general. And that was what Bo City Council amply demonstrated on Wednesday May 21 and Thursday May 22, when it played host to its Makeni City Council counterpart in an inter-city exchange visit to share knowledge and experience gained in waste management practices and to showcase the efforts of the two cities in managing it.