Lawyers’s society condemns the arbitrary arrest and detention of CSOs. In a press release, the Lawyer’s Society SL criticised law enforcement for unlawfully arresting and detaining civil society activists Thomas Babadi and Madi Williams. The above mentioned CSO’s were purportedly detained for requesting for a public gathering at the ECSL office for the purpose of […]
The National Public Health Agency and the Ministry of Health announced in a press release on December 1st, 2024, that they have obtained an “intermediate result” from an examination conducted at the 34 Military Hospital Infectious Disease Laboratory regarding the suspected Viral Hemorrhagic Fever (VHF) case from Kono. According to the release, the results are […]
Bai Mamoud Bangura seeks to resume his position at the APC party after being cleared of all treason-related charges. Bai Mahmoud Bangura, the National Organizing Secretary of the All People’s Party (APC), has conveyed a letter to the National Secretary General of the All People’s Congress (APC) party, Lasana Dumbuya, Esq., requesting resumption of duty […]
Recently, reports were making rounds on social media regarding an alleged sexual penetration leading to the death of an eight-year-old girl. According to the reports, the girl was sexually abused by her school teacher on the school premises and later died. Speaking to Liberty Online Television, ASP Mohamed Bobson Senu, Deputy Head of Media and Public […]
Following the 21-Days strike notice the Sierra Leone Teachers Union (SLTU) issued to the government for failure to pay school fees subsidies, the union’s acting secretary-general, Rev. James Lahai, shares an update on the next line of action the union will take if the government fails to comply with their demands at the end of […]
Following the death of the former Kenema District Council Chairman, Mr. Mohamed Amadu Sesay, who died on Tuesday, 6th August 2024, at the Kenema Government Hospital, there was a legal dispute as to whether the Deputy District Council Chairman is eligible to assume the office of the District Chairman or a byelection be conducted to […]
The Government of Sierra Leone, through the Ministry of Information and Civic Education, has made a press release providing an update on the alleged landing of the unscheduled aircraft at the Freetown International Airport. According to the authorities, the aircraft was travelling from Liberia to Mexico and was flying with a fictitious registration number that […]
Ballerina Michaella DePrince’s adoptive mother, Elaine ‘Mamma E’ DePrince, passes on at age 77. A family representative, Jess Volinski, shared on a Facebook post that Elaine DePrince, the mother of the late ballerina Michaella Mabinty DePrince, died on September 11, 2024, less than twenty-four hours after the death of the 29-year-old ballerina. The late mother […]
Guinness World Records has officially recorded Mary Yei Yongai as the world record holder for the most cosmetic makeover in 24 hours (one artist). Mary Yongai attempted to shatter the record for the most cosmetic makeovers, which had stood for 19 years and was set in 2005 in Jakarta, Indonesia, by professional makeup artist Martha […]
