News

By Saio Marrah

Electricity Service providers using mini-grids in provincial rural communities have blamed the frequent blackout on the too many illegal connectors that they say have surpassed the projected number of electricity users, resulting in the weakening of the batteries of the mini-grids.

This was disclosed by authorities at a Press Conference held at the Ministry of Energy in Freetown Monday 20^th March 2023.   

By Nasratu Kargbo

Sierra Leones Parliament has approved a bilateral agreement that seeks to improve the welfare of migrant workers in Qatar. The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Professor David Francis said the agreement seeks to protect the rights of Sierra Leoneans in Qatar.

By Saio Marrah

An alleged victim of visa fraud, Hannah Ayawova Musa, has told the Pademba Road Magistrate Court No. 1 that she had to sell everything including chairs in a shop she had rented for two years, just to raise money for a traveling programme to New Zealand that turned out to be false.

The court heard how she in turn also rented out the shop, having already paid NLE 15,000 (Fifteen thousand new Leones) and $300 (Three hundred United States Dollars) to the first accused, Fatmata Kula Shaw (24) after she called to say her visa was ready.

By Mabinty M. Kamara

In an effort to minimize the spread of misinformation and disinformation in Sierra Leone and across Africa, the Media Reform Coordinating Group (MRCG) in partnership with a fact-checking institution in Nigeria, Africa Check has organized a two-day master class for senior journalists across Sierra Leone.

By Chernor Alimamy Kamara

President of the Sierra Leone Association of Journalists (SLAJ), Ahmed Sahid Nasralla has called on Media Houses to sensitize voters in the upcoming June elections by providing accurate, balanced, and factual information.

He made this call during the Sierra Leone Bar Association’s (SLBA) Annual General Meeting at Fabulous Resort, York Village, Western Rural District.

By Saio Marrah

A statement made by alleged  Qnet fraudster, 24-year-old Shaka Mansaray, earlier to the Police, contradicted his denial in a court of receiving NLE 30,000 (Thirty thousand new Leones) from the complainant, Sinnah Aminata Kamara, for her travel abroad, a Freetown Court heard.

The written statement was read out to Magistrate Mark Ngegba of the Pademba Road Court No.1 on Monday 20^th March 2023.

By Prince J Musa in Kenema

The Kenema Islamic Secondary School Old Students Association (KISSOSA) through the initiative of the Teachers of the School has recognized the Minister of Information and Communications, Mohamed Rahman Swarray by launching a Foundation in his name.

The event was geared towards recognizing the efforts of the minister in promoting human capital development in education.

The launch took place at the Islamic Secondary School campus in Kenema on the 18^th of March 2023.